CO129-544-13 British Empire Fair- reports- etc. 10-8-1933 - 8-11-1933 — Page 45

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business community of Honae long one finds British firas representing

Continental suppliers and Continental firmo zovregonting British

wanliers,

On the other hand, there will be those, of coures, who will

think it inadvisable to dissipate any benefit that may have accrued

to pire trace from the first two Fairs, by changing the special

character of the Exhibition, any large meeting of exhibitors and

others interested in the fair, called to discuss the next one,

will need to be juiciously guided by convenore who have already

adven future policy careful consideration and made up their mins

which is the better goal to aim at. There is this to be saiủy

that British firms are in such a preponderance in Tong Yong that

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any Fair should be largely British in character,

Admission of

American and derman firme would probably set the pace for a

brighter and better show. A Britiah observer in Canton has sug out-

ed that, rather them hol: a British Fair in Canton, it would be

much better to acncentrate on Hong Kong for the present and enlarge

the scope of the 1988 cueces-aful Fair. In Hong Kong the assistance

of hundreds of willing patriotic workers can be obtaine). He also

romantis that in Hong Kong n other nation is likely to attempt to

organise a trafe exhibition, and so we have the fiel" to ourselves,

while at Canton any effort of cure would sure to be emilate by

the Germans and America!:3,

If a lar e "orld Fair is organised in kni

ong, it will

require a permanent organisation and it may be difficult to find

witsble personnel. Even a Pair the size of the last could not be

rum with full compotence by a small number of part-time workers, Sono

work needs to be done nine months before the opening date, but

for the last three months the following personnel could be fully

employedt

An organiser, responsible for the lay-out and

all the arrangementa incidental to the booking of space.