CO129-590-24 Situation in Hong Kong 25-4-1905 - 25-4-1905 — Page 131

[tract from. Recent Press References to the British Empire, Summary No. 34 dated 21st September, 1942.

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Construction of the new Hong Kong is proceeding smoothly. The currency system has been renovated by the devaluation of the Chinese dollar. The local fishing industry is to be developed (22 Aug.). À census was to be taken from 4th-18th September (30 Aug.). British

and Australian prinsoners took part in a film of the fall of the island (2 Sept.) Arrangements have been made to import rice, coal and other necessities in exchange for manufactured goods. (16 Sept.).

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