Swatow, Aug. 24, Plans for the development of the port of Whampoa are again being revived and in this connection it is interesting to quote the words of Lu-chao, recently appointed General of the Whampoa ye Ave Li, just off Whampoa, there ig a minimum depth of 34 feet even at low tides, amply sufficient for the passage of the largest vessels that now make Hong kong a port of call. The locality where it is proposed to construct the port is but a bare five miles from Canton-Kowloon Railway, and it would be an easy matter to run branch line from this railway, states Mr. Li, He further says that although this port of China is a rich industrial quarter, yet Kuangtung possesses no deep' sea outlet, as a result, the volume of trade is not what it should be. A deep sea port for Canton is bound to come in fae ture years—so why not build ona As far as Hongkong is concern ed, Says Mr. Li, it would not suffer in' any way from the development of Whampoa. If anything, it would eliminate a good deal of the frie" tions aristing from time to time fa result of dealing through middle men, There would be no necessity for trade to pass through the hands of Hongkong middlemen, consequent ly there would be no opportunity for mis-understandings between the peoples of the two ports Director-General Li is a member of the executive Committee of the Provincial Government and also a member of the Standing Committee of the sime Council. He was 0 close friend of the late Dr Yat-sen; as a matter of fact to was the latter's secretary for eight claimed for the district of Kuo yah Tung, in the northern part of this province, that extensive cent deposits exist there, situated as to be easily worked," In 1919 a company secured permission from the Canton Government to mine these deposits, Operations progressed until the daily output had reached 500 tons, However, in due course the mining operations had to be suspended as a result of bandit ace tivities, as well ax military ference, and until now the district Under the programme of tion initiated by Marshal Li, the question of reviving mining opera tions is now receiving great atten tion, An investigating party has wen sent to the district the purpose of surveying the property, and much will tapen the final report it turns in, order of the Rising Sun, which the Japanese government conferred upon him last year, chiefly in recognition of his valuable work at the Customs conference held Peking in 1926, Mr. Holland returned from leave in April of this year. 1
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