Under the heading of "Other Products the report states: Apart from containers for cosmetics, glass fac~ tories have been busy' otherwise. There are approximately 100." glass factories, large and small,"and their conditions are crude and dificult to improve. Enamelware factories, despite the heavy cost of raw materials most of which, including black steel sheet, have to be imported, have been busy, some redueing production only temporarily ax prices of imported goods rose, Rubber shoe factories fave had a slack year, Local sales were adversely affected by the rise in prices which followed exchange drops, Exports to unoccupied areas are not possible, the shoes being look-fed. on as war supplies.
Trade with the Yangtze valley was confined to those factories operating North of the Creek. One factory has hequn "the manufacture of rubber dipped goods, a skill which has been brought by a Jewish refugee. Surgical goods, ruber balloons and elastic thread are some of the new seeds being made. Rubber balls are being nantifactured by one new enterprise.
mos bottle factories have had a good year, and Consequence {wo St them have been able to. build modern buildings for their enterprise, whereas formerly they were in alleyway houses. There is a large export business to. the Philippines, malaya and the 'South Seas, and' even 10 America, The product is not on che prohibited list for Singapore and the outlook is bright
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