CO129-554-4 Companies Amendment Ordinance 1935 7-1-1935 - 17-12-1935 — Page 39

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: ne enclosure

›umber 96

(and three copies

British Consulate-General,

Sub-Legation,

Copy to Hongkong,

Crow Advocate,

39

hanghai.

March 1st, 1931

Commercial Counsellor No.16.

rom the niraen ritish Chamber of Commerce, 27/2/35

ir,

$ith regard to the desire of the British

American Tobacco Company to omit the characters

zing shong (British merchants) fro the Chinese names

of their recently incorporated companies, the

Yee Tsoong Tobacco "ompany, Limited, and the Yee

Tsoong Tobacco Distributors, Limiter

I have the

(1) honour to refer to my despatch No.4 of the ỳ th

January last regarding the attitude of the Priti abi

Chamber of Commerce towards the proposal for an

amendment of the Hongkong Companies Ordinance.

will be remembered that the Chamber at first refuzed

to support the request.

It

2. I understand that this decision was reached

in the absence of the british ¿merican Tobacco Company's

represen te tive and without any very careful investig-

ation into the question.

At all events they have now

changed their minds and I enclose herewith a copy of

a letter from the Joint Comed ttee of the British

Chester of Commerce end Chins /Bocletion supporting

the

usat for en amendment si the orcinɛnce,

(1) the ressona given in my Cospatch 26,105 of the 24th

Kovember lent I have the honour to submit the request

for your fevourable consideration and would sugest

gkong might be moved to

tae (overnment of

His Bajesty's Minister,

Tritish Legation,

BAKIN.

/Bake