Peiping, June.26.
The North China liaison office of the Asia Development Board has announced plans for the development the Tangku harbour -as'a prelude to the creation of a Greater Tientsin, in order to undermine the importance' of the British and French Concessions there as the financial centre of North China, according to Chinese press reports.
The announcement of the plans is stated to be connected with the enforcement of the blockade by the Japanese of the British Concession.
When the plans are realised, it is expected that the two. Concessions in Tientsin will gradually lose their importance as North China's financial centre.
The plans, ' according to. Chinese reports, include the modernization of loading and unloading facilities of the First Special Area (Ex~German Concession) and the Third Special Area (Ex-Russian Concession).—
Reuter.
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