The Archive · 1936

Cancel Foreign Contracts

)Kwangtung Proposes to Make New Agreements Canton, Aug. 14.

All contracts with' foreign' firms signed by the Kwangtung provinelat government are to be cancelled and replaced by new agreements, accord= ing to the Chinese press, All con= tracts for reconstruction and indus-{rial enterprises at first were hand led by the provincial department of reconstruction, but later Mr. Lin Yun-kai took' over the task in his capacity as chairman of the proving cial government, Contracts with foreign Arms now are being examined by Mr. Liu Wel-chi, the new Commissioner of Reconstruction. Over fifteen foreign engineers are engaged in different factories, and whether they will be re-employed after the expiration of their contracts is under consideration,

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