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Q.-Did the Committee sit in private? ·
A.--During the Sunday Meetings?
Q.-Yes.
A.--No, I don't think they sat in private.
Q.-Did anyone outside the Pó Léung Kuk Committee have any right to appear at those meetings?
A.-The Tung Wa Hospital Committee held their meetings every Sunday and we all sat together.
Q.-Did the members of the Tung Wa Hospital take an active part in the manage- ment of the Pó Léung Kuk?
A.--No, there were different tables about the room and a few members sat here and there. We had a Committee round one table discussing our business.
Q.-Did you keep a record of your transactions?
A. Yes.
Q.-A complete record?
A. Yes, I think so.
Q-Was any publicity ever given to the records of the Society?
A.-No.
Q.-Never?
A.--No.
Q.-Minutes were kept?
A.--Yes.
Q. In a minute book?
A. Yes.
-Were the proceedings of the Society equivalent to a system of espionage over the liberties of the Chinese subjects in Hongkong?
The CHAIRMAN.-Do you understand the question?
Witness.-There is a word I do not understand.
Honourable T. H. WHITEHEAD.-You don't understand the word "espionage?
A.-No.
Honourable Ho KAI.-Say prejudicial interference.
The CHAIRMAN. Do you understand the word "spy"? I think that is about the meaning.
Honourable T. H. WHITEHEAD.-Were the proceedings of the Pó Léung Kuk, when you were Deputy Chairman, equivalent to a system of spying over the liberties of the Chinese subjects in Hongkong?
A.-Not at all ; never.
Q. Are not their proceedings regarded so in any way?
A.-No.
Q.--Might the powers of the Society be put to any improper purposes through their detectives?
A.-They might.
Q. Can you explain how?
A. -I think the detective can, if he likes, abuse his power.
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