Pootung Factory First of Its Kind in China The first large-scale alcohol plant tu China, built by the Ministry of Industry and Mr. Kang Pjwas-eel, an overseas Chinese, will be formally opened on November 15 in Pootung. According to arrangements completed by the factory authorities, Mr. Chen Kung-po, Minister of Industry, will preside over the ceremony.
The plant, which will be known as the China Alcohol Distillery Factory, will start functioning unmet after the opening. It is capable producing a total of 7,000 gallons of alcohol daily, which is believed to sufficient fo meet the need of the country.
Equipped with British machines, the factory, situated on the Wangchia Bridge in Pootung, occupying an area Jot 180 mow, has a capital of $1,500,000 tion was started in" March lo while the interior install tion was only completed recently,
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