1933-04-07 — Page 7

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EXHIBITION AT SINCERES

Wonderful Display of Chinese

Silks

EXHIBITION OPENED BY MAYOR OF CANTON

FOR THE FIRST TIME WE BELIEVE IN THE HIS- TORY OF THE COLONY A CANTONESE OFFICIAL CAME YESTERDAY TO PERFORM AN OPENING CEREMONY IN BONG KONG,

Mr. Liu Chi Wen, Mayor of Canton, opened the exhibition of Chinese Products, now being held on the Roof Garden of the Sin cere Company, Ltd., at 8 pm. last night, in the presence of a distinguished company." At the banquet which followed Mr. Ma Ying Piu, managing director of the Company, was in the chair.

The exquisite silks which formed the major part of the exhibi Lion were greatly admired by both foreign and Chinese guests, and very considerable interest was shown in the stand of Bakelite ware and in the knitted goods, and perfumery stands.

MR. MA YING PIU

THE EXHIBITION

Admiration and Regrats,

That the exhibition of Chinese silks should have called forth sighs from the European ladies who saw it may seem extraordinary, even impolite. But the facts are quite otherwise, nearly every woman said What a pity it is that we can't wear theso gorgeous things, why are we so silly, they would sare over them at Home." But fashion is a hard task mistress and fashion decrees that except for lounge pyjams and negligées wo may not wear the lovliest richest and most characteristic products of Chinos looms. Perhaps the day may come whers we shall be wiser. Every woman present last night hopes so-

WESTERN DESIGNS

In the meanwhile, tho Chinese manufacturor has been kind. There aré yards and yards of lovely mate- rials with western designs, for all hours of the day, from plain colour washing silks, through checks and stripes and small informal patterns, to exquisite georgettes and chiffons woven with silver thread and de- licately patterned.

In welcoming Mr. Lj Chiu Wen,; largest pipulation in the world, Mayor of Clanton, and the 03 but they seemed to take no in- guests that were present, Mr. Ma terest in industries. The reason why Ying Piu, who presided, said that the exhibition was held in Hong. the aim of the exhibition was to Kong was that the port is the promote the industries of China trading centre of the Far East The Chinese people did not seem and was therefore the centre of In order to know of their own country's China's trade activity. products, and with this end in view, to boost their industries, the Chin the manufacturers of Shanghai.ese manufacturers must co-operate Hong Kong and Canton were co amongst themselves as the Chinese operating to push their goods for people were ignorant of their own ward. Twenty-three factories of country's products. They purchas

A stand of silk stockings, in very these three places participated in od what they needed irrespective fine mesh and excellent cut attract- this exhibition, which would be of where the goods came from, and open till the 12th of this month' in order to stop this, the Chinese ed in good deal of favourable com.

Mr. Ma said that the industries.

of China were rapidly increasing,, manufacturers must show their and hoped that within a few years, they would compare favourably with those of other countries. "

industries to the people. The rea- son why the industries of China

The Bakelite is interesting. There are various types of cups and beakers besides bowis, ash- trays, etc. The colours are pretty and the prices very reasonablo in- deed.

ment...

All the goods on display were sent by Shanghai manufacturers and did not have any hold on the roar-The silks are the products of 861 represent a total value of $1,455,000. ket was mainly due to lack of oolooms employing 1,243 hands. The Mr. Ma Man Fai, the managing operation, amongst the manufae exhibition will be open to the public from to-day to April 21. After the director of, Sinceres, said that the turers.

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exhibition was the third which the The present exchange difficulties first few days the goods now. dis- Company had held during the past would be beneficial to China's tu played will be replaced by those sent by manufacturers in Canton pur- year. The first exhibition was for dustries, said Mr. Liu as goods

and Hong Kong. New Asia Company, and the se-chased from other countries would cond was for twelve factories in be much dearer than those produced Shanghai. The present exhibition in the homeland. The labour was was for twenty three factories of cheap, hence were the goods, various parts of China, and he the most important of all, was hoped it would meet with even bet that China must keep up her tor success than the previous ones, dustries with other countries. He earnestly pleaded that the Chinese manufacturers would co operate to push their goods. for- Mr. Wong Kwong Tin, the wards, and hoped that the Chinese, Chairman of the Hong Kong Chin- people would help to boost up their ese Chamber of Commerce, znici country's products. In the pass that the goods manufactured ipi Chinese manfacturers had China were, only sold in China.! worked by themselves, and this was The taxes imposed on the Chinese more or less responsible for their. lack of popularity.

goods as the same on foreign, Dyr the Chinese Government were rather -Over 60,000 Chinese people had done business in Hong Kong for unfair, as in England. goods im- ported from the British Empire the past 80 years, but little pro had a privilege in taxation over gresa had been made owing to lack those imparted from other foreign af-vosression amongst them He hoped that in future they would entries En hoped that Mt. Lind

would persuade the Government to help to boost up their country's follow the English example by im industries by polling Chinese goods posing lighter taxes on goods pro- in their shops.

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Mr. Wong concluded by saying that China had been considerably, Speaking on the Industries of behind times and hoped that Irom. China, Mr. Liu, the Mayor of now on China's trade would im- Canton, aaid that China had the prove.

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