The Archive · 1931

Acts As Commissioner Sir Robert

Associate Commissioner represent ing Hongkong at the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley in 1924 and 1925. A man of wide knowledge, [Sir Robert has travelled extensively throughout the. world has a_ good knowledge of Western methods and thoughts.

it Robert's policy in, business] consists of straightforwardness and feaution, He attributes fin life to honesty, foresight, carefulness, courtesy, and perseverance. As a" strong. opponent of ex-{travagance he is a keen believer in the reform and abandonment of bad feastoms in China. Throughout all his life he has never forgotten his old friends, no matter how poor they might be.

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