The Archive · 1934

CUSTOMS HOUSE FACTORY DISPLAY Dr, H, H. Kung and Sir Ferderiek Maze at Ceremony

Designed chiefly to stimulate Chinese export trade, the per~ manent exhibition of products Uisteet was formally opened at the iviloged factories In the Shanghai Gastom 'House on. monday by. Dr. LIH. Kung, Minister of Finance, in' the presence of the heads of the Customs Service "and" leaders commerce and. industry.

The exhibition, which se housed on the third floor, Zesembles" the didilaya of a modern department-afore Und includes articles sanging from radios to toilet water and from toys Yovchampagne. "'Three hundred and diferent exhibits are arranged Snvmore than thirty " show-enses illustrating splendidly the march Chinese indus enterprise Tocont years. Because of space limitations, the Shanghai machinery industry is represented by _photographs of its intest products, Those who attended the _openi ceremony. included Prederiek Maze, -Inspector-General of the Maritime Customs; Gen.

Mr, H. 0, Tong, Superintendent of Techen, Mayor of Shanghai; Customs; Mr. A.C. E, Brand, Coin missioner of Revenue; Mr, Jabin Hsu, Director of the General Affairs Department of the Ministry of Finance; Mr. Julean Arnold, United States Commercial Attache; Mr, 8. K. Shen, Director-General the Revenue Department, Ministry of Finance; and members of the Customs, departments.

Air Prederick jo opened the addition to, being a great Industrial centre Shanghai is now one of the principal ports of the iwortd and it is expected that the Gnlightened programme of the! Gontorvancy, "Board, "in. reapest. of Kung, in his dedicatory)

said he was "gratified to! witness' the realization, to-day, of and {dea which.was conceived while

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