CO129-597-2 Estimates 1949 1-3-1948 - 14-7-1949 — Page 134

CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案 All

part of the orders. At no time in the history of Hongkong were so many people so well dressed as has been observed this year. And all amusement places did a roaring business, not only during the holiday season but throughout the year, which was acknowledged by the owners as unprecedented; still, they look forward to better business as the desire for entertainment of the common people is strongly on the increase and a larger percentage of a person's earnings goes now into spending for amusements. numerous new cinemas, already operating or about to be finished, support this view.

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High pressure advertising is confronted with the problem how to sell more and more radio sets, motor cars, wines and liquors, tobacco specialties, cosmetics etc. brought here from every country which has luxuries to offer. In spite of the large sales there never was any shortage in any consumer article; both the appetite of the buying public and the resources of the merchants seem to be inexhaustible.

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