With truck fleets serving og auxiaries to the narrow-gauge Yunnan Railway, business from here into }Yunnan' and Kwangsi provinces through the "side-doors" provided by French Indo-China is booming, Jo' survey revealed today.
Increasing numbers of British and American firms, with offices in Hongkong, are opening branches With the Yunnan Railway's transportation capacity limited to roughly 10,000 tons a month, motor trucks are playing a major part in the movement of goods. Vehicles bearing Yunnan and Kwangsi number plates fare a common sight here.
"The movement of French and Annamites into China is also becoming brisk following the recent tone-with reduction in Chinese visa fees, A §2 visa now permits the bearer fo remain in China for two weeks. The former charge was $10.
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