CO129-566-16 Granting of permits for Hong Kong Chinese to work in Britain 23-2-1938 - 3-2-1939 — Page 19

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Plymouth,

Devonshire.

Dear Sir,

c/o Mr. Lai Chai Lai,

Yee no Sing Laundry,

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57, Old Town Street,

Plymouth,

26th June, 1938

A.R. 16826/37.

Some time ago I received from your Department a letter re a matter referred to there in and in which letter you informed me that you would give me the information asked for when your Department was "in a position" to give that information. On behalf of Mr.

LAI Chai I asked you for the information mentioned last year and this is June 1938.

It seems to me that it must take your Departmental official

a very very long time indeed to be in a position to supply the information for which it was asked a long time ago.

Kr. Chai would be very glad to have the information soon and he trusts that the information will show some consideration towards the Chinese here. It is not enough for the people in this country to merely talk sympathy with the Chinese in the terrible suffering they are enduring the English people here can well afford to act considerately and to show their sympathy with the Chinese in deeds which speak louder than mere words.

Yours faithfully,

(Signed) C. W. Slaughter.

P.S. I cannot understand why why you need take such a long time in giving r. Chai the information required. A horde of Chinese Laundries in this country is certainly neither required nor asked

for.

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Only a few personal friends who are skilled particularly in Chinese hand laundry work are much needed. Mr. Chai is a well

educated & much respected and very law abiding indeed. It was He whose valuable information to the Cardiff Police much aided them to

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