Canton, Nov. 29.
Whampoa, a seaport town 16 kilometres east of Canton, is destined to become the principal doorway to South China, rivaling in importance to Hongkong, Japanese army and navy engineers now engaged in improving the port facilities revealed today.
Accommodation for three 6,000-ton vessels have been made, where only river boats and junks had been using this little-known harbour prior to Japanese military occupation. A large-scale harbour engineering project is already being plan-
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