Chinese native goods manufacturers in Shanghai have sent a formal petition to Chungking asking that negotiations be opened with authorities in Singapore so that importation of Chinese goods into that British port wil] not be restricted, according a Chinese report.
It is stated that Mr. Kao Ling-pel, Chinese Consul-General in Singapore, has already been conducting negotiations with the authorities in Singapore with a view to doing away with the new regulations which control cash remittance by overseas Chinese there to their mother country and limit importation of Chinese goods, Previous Chinese reports were to the effect that the new regulations enforced in Singapore had affected Chinese native goods manufacturers in Shanghai a great deal. It was pointed out that since the sale of their products in the interior had been limited they depended much on distribution of their cargo in Singapore and South Sea Islands.
Authorities in Singapore were said to have banned.the importation of 84 kinds of Chinese goods and the action was taken in respect to those exporting countries which are not linked with the sterling bloc. It was asserted by previous oris that China, in particular, was greatly affected by the new ruling.
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