At Honam, on the south bank of the Pearl River, a busy yet pathetic sight Is witnessed theo days, as more than twenty big, {an-lan houses are winding up their business, slying vent 0 all sorts of complaints and Gurees, the owners reluctantly sce their fortunes irretrievably gone. The employees of these houses, estimated at more than 1,000, are thrown into unemployment.
Even more seriously affected than Honam by the anti-gambling delve ts Sumehun, which rose during the course of a few years from a desolate place to the most popula: gambling entre in Kwangtung, surpassing even Horam and Macao." Prior to Sept ember 1, its gay cafes, its enchrating cabarets, its palatial restaurants, its glamorous amusement centres, "and Lits good communication facilities combined to. make Sumehun a Paradise for gamblers, Wov. the situa tion has completely changed.
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