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(h) We strongly recommend that the 10% surcharge which prevails in some Chinese hotels as a service charge be entirely eradicated as we understand that the "boys" receive only a small percentage of the total.
15. FURTHER RECOMMENDATIONS.
(a) Non-commercial establishments.
Establishments such as the Y.W.C.A., the Y.M.C.A., the Sailors' and Soldiers' Home, the Helena May Institute, etc., should be exempt from control.
(b) Display of rates in hotel bedrooms.
A card showing distinctly the accommodation rate and the charges for service should be displayed in each room.
(c) Percentages.
In this report the percentages recommended to be set aside for the accommodation of resident or other guests should not become operative until guests normally vacate their accommodation.
(d) Control over rooms for resident guests.
When such rooms are not required for the accommodation of "resident guests" the hotel Management may after first obtain- ing the approval of the Competent Authority, use such rooms for the accommodation of transient guests.
(c) Converted Rooms.
Rooms converted from bathrooms and servants rooms, etc., into rooms for guests should not be charged for at a rate exceeding $3 per day. It has also come to our notice that extra small rooms have been constructed in some hotels and we recommend the charge for such rooms should not exceed $3 per day.
HONG KONG.
11th December, 1948.
(Sgd.) T. N. Chau.
P. S. Cassidy.
F. G. Maunder.
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J. M. Wong.
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Chung King-pui.
Y. Morris-Comfort.
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