CO129-557-9 British protection of companies in China 26-3-1936 - 27-2-1937 — Page 32

Enclosure 1 in Shanghai despatch to Peking Number 402 of December 17th

1936.

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Singapore companies with branches in China.

Bata Shoe Company Limited is a private company incorporated

in Singapore 26/8/31 and registered here 25/1/35.

There are 4 directors: 2 British solicitors, 1 Czech

merchant and 1 limited company, probably Swiss.

500 shares have been issued which are held as follows:

298 by the above company, 200 by the Czech merchant and 1 each

by the two solicitors.

The local manager is a Czech.

Protection in China has been withdrawn

Office despatch to Shanghai No.21 of 11/3/35.

see Foreign

Eastern Realty Company Limited is a private company

incorporated in Singapore 30/12/32 and registered hers

10/9/340

There are 7 directors: 6 Chinese of whom 3 are sta ted

be British subjects and ↑ limited company, the Oversea-

Chinese Banking Corporation Limited (see below).

20,000 shares have been issued which are held as

follows: 19,994 by the Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation

Limited and 1 each by the individual directors.

The local manager is Chinese.

Protection in China has been withdrawn – see Foreign

office despatch to Shanghai No.117 of 31/10/340

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited is a

public company incorporated in Singapore 31/10/32 and

registered here 1/3/33.

There are 18 directors all Chinese, of whom 6 are stated

to be British subjects and ↑ a Dutch subject.

250,000 shares have been issued which are held as

follows: 61,212 by the Chinese Commercial Bank Limited

(not known here), 107,122 by the Oversea-Chinese Bank Limited

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