Aw Boon Haw Overwhelmed at Canton When Mr. Aw Boon Haw, Chinese multi-millionaire from Singapore and well-known philanthropist from Singapore arrived in Canton on April 5 he received one of the most ehusual receptions which he has ever experienced.
Tnstend of be greeted by govern~ ment officials and representatives 7 from various charitable societies and money-londers, Mr. Aw was welcomed by a group of 1,000 newsboys, representing the entire army coolies who deliver and soli the newspapers in this city of 1,000,000 people.
However, Mr. Aw was not accorded such a welcome because he bad come {o open his new Sing-Yueh Jih Pao" (Singapore-Canton Daily Press), but becatise the newsboys wanted him to ive funds for a school and recreation centre. This request was immediately granted by Mr. Aw.
Led by Prof, Ruy Mauricio de Lima Silva, 11. graduates of the engineer= Ing department of Rio de Janeiro University arrived at Changehun on April 7 from Anshan, where they inspected the plant of the Showa Steel Company. in any of the other fifteen provinces China that he had visited, He advocated the formation of cooperative loan societies, each society. appointing its own local directors who would be familiar with the characters and credit standing of - neighbours who might desire financial assistance to farm their land. Some little work had already been begun on" these Tines, but it was imperative that the work shoufil be enormously extended. He had noted the various agricultural crops of the province: wheat, ground-wuts, Sugareane and a vaticly vegetables. Local ce-operative groups leonid stimulate increased production, which. in tum, would bring more money and facilitate ts circulation,
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