The Archive · 1927

Hankow Municipal Position

Constant Changes Make Administration More Difficult According to information received on July 19, Mr. H. 0. Tong, former Director of 8. A, D. No. 8 (the el.) British Concession) has resigned ani hhis resignation has been accepted, by Mr. Eugene Chen, Minister of Foreign Affairs. "After sending in his resignation Mr. Tong left the port for Kuling in company with Mr. T. V. Soong, Minister of Finance who has been staying in Shanghai! for some time but paid a short visit to Hankow last week. Mr. T. Chang, one of the Secretaries in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, been appointed to succeed Mr. Tong and assumed charge of the]

Municipal Area at noon on July 19. He announced that he does not stand for any change in the per-ynnd of the staff and has urged all members in the Administration to work hard both for Party and Country as they have done previous~ y.. However, it is stated that the executive secretary, Mr. R. C. Hsieh has also expressed a wish to resign fon the grounds that she holds a feoncurrent post in the Ministry of Communications. It is understood though that it is not likely that his resignation will be accepted, as it ill mean a great loss to the Municipal Bureau.

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