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INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY IN PONGKONG: CEXTRACTS)

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SHIPYARDS, HUMMING FROM DAWN TO DUSK

(FROM THE DOMEI CORRESPONDENT IN HONGONG) SHIPBUILDING TOPS THE NEW INDUSTRIES CREATED FOLLOWING THE FX IT OF BRITISH RULF. DESPITE THE COMPARATIVELY RESTRICTED SUPPLY OF RAW NATERIALS, ALL DOCKYARDS IN THE VICINITY OF

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NOTEWORTHY CONTRIPUTIONS ARE PENG HADE IN THE FIELD OF SHIPBUILDING. THE CONSTRUCTION OF MOTOR SAILING SHIPS WAS ALSO

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OTHER INDUSTRIES ENUMERATED

OTHER IMPORTANT INDUSTRIES IN THE PORT AND CITY, INCLUDE SUCAR, TOPACCO, MANILA ROPES, CEMENT, OXYGEN, NAILS,

SEASONING, ESSENCES, PEER, SOFT DRINKS AND DYES. FESIDES THIS THERE ARE OTHER SMALL PLANTS PRINCIPALLY DEVOTED TO THE PRODUCTION OF COTTON FABRICS RUBBED, DRY GOODS, AS WELL AS FOODSTUFFS.

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DURING THE SHORT SPAN OF TWO YEARS SINCE THE PEGINNING OF JAPANESE ADMINISTRATION, MORE THAN7POCHINESE PLANTS WHICH HAD PEEN CLOSED THROUGH THE WAR HAVE PELN RE-OPFNED, NOW ARE PUSTLY ENGAGED IN TURNING OUT VITAL PRODUCTS.

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MARKED INCREASE IN PRODUCTION OF MOLFRAM

MARKED PRODUCTION IN THE INCRTASE OF LEAD AS WELL AS WOLFRAN ORE ARE THE OUTSTANDING FEATURE OF HONGKONC'S PINING

ACTIVITIES

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EFFORT TO INCREASE AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT

IN THE MEANTIME AN EFFORT IS BEING LADE TO INCREASE THE OUTPUT OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS THROUGH THE ADOPTION OF VARIOU” MODERN FARMING METHODS. LARGE SCALE CULTIVATION OF IDLE PLOTS THE

IMPROVEMENT IN THE PLANTING OF RICE, THE INCREASED PRODCTION OF VEGETABLES, FRUITS, ETC. ARE FEATURES OF HONGKONGS AGRICULTUREĽ PROJECT STARTED BY THE JAPANESE ADMINISTRATORS.

FISHING PROVED THROUGH THE EMPLOYMENT OF JAP

NETHODS

FISHING WHICH IS ONE OF THE HOST IMPORTANT INDUSTRIES OF MONCKONG HAS BEEN IMPROVED THROUGH THE ADOPTION OF JAPANEST METHODS. ''JUNK FISHING'' HAS TEN DATIONALIZED AND STABILIZED. UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF TWO LARGE JAPANESE FISHERY COMPANIES WHILE THE SALF AND DISTRITUZION OF FISH IS APLY CONTROLLFD PY THE FISHERY ASSOCIATIONS. CEC HONITORING).

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