Shops to Open Doors on April 1
After a suspension of business for more than two months, local Chinese commercial institutions and shops are to resume business on Friday, April 1. A decision to this effect was reached by. representatives of the Special District Citizens also. by the equ Concession organisations on Mar.
when a committee dealing with' the affairs pertaining to resumption of business was formed, The meeting was called after the receipt of advice from the Central Government and the Bureau of Public Safety of the City Government of Greater Shanghai, More than 50 representatives of various unions attended, After lengthy dis cussions which lasted from 4 p.m, to 7 pan, the delegates voted for resumption of business. The meet ing was held in the premises of the Sinza Road Federation.
Since the outbreak of hostilities in Shanghai two months ago, var~ ious traders and shopkeepers have suspended business as protest against the Japanese invasion, With the situation returning to normalcy. and in view of the heavy losses of the merchants, the Chinese Chamber of Commerce recently solicited opinions of its members regarding the proposal to resume business, Opi ons were, however, widely divided, and as a' result no step has been taken by the chamber to urge the trade unions to open their shops.
Consequently, the Central Govern ment and the local Chinese authori ties, In separate orders, urge resumption of business. "The order the Bureau of Social Affairs reads:
"Pollowing the outbreak of wghal hostilities, local merchants have suspended business in protest against the Japanese invasion, Two months have thus elapsed, and consequently the merchants have suffers ed-heavy losses, "As the Government has devised means for a long and continued re-distance' against the Japanese igeression, the merchants in the ould at once resume their to stabilize the financial
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