Reception at the Chamber of Commerce Following the formal assumption of office by the taking over of the seal of Mayor of the Special Municipality of Greater Shanghai, Ger eral Chang Ting-fan, the new mayor ff Shanghai, gave a reception to the Teading Chinese at the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce Building in North Soochow Roa The function in the form of a foreign-style dinner was very largely attended.
Mayor Chang expressed his satis faction that the new Boned of Councillors assumed office at the same time that he assumed office, land referred to the provisions in the pinns for National Reconstruction formulated by Dr, Sun Yatesen which include various municipal enterprises such as those with which the new municipality: is confronted, "The work of the new municipality," said General Chang, is a stupens dows one and its success rests. with the ce-operation of the whole Chis exe community. This ce-operation will be ax cured when there is a total absence of misunderstanding- between the people and the municipal authorities and when the wishes of the people are freely expressed and duly respected. The achievements of the International Settlement and the French Concession have behind them 'a history of several decades of plane ning and work and both funds and time will be needed for the execution fous plang of the new mule
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