Hong Kong— Brightest Spot Of The Orient

Chronicle (Levin), 9 November 1948, Page 7

Hong Kong— Brightest Spot Of The Orient

. AUCKLAND, Nov. 8. "Themost looted vvartiine city in the world, Hong. Ivong, is now the brigh'test spot in. the Orient/'-said Mr. Lawrence Ka^ooi'ie ou arrival by Skymaster ..from S^yduey todayi A director of ten .compaxxies iu Hong Kong and 20 iu Shanghai,, Mr. Kadoorie, with his vvife, :two children and governess,,is here for a; iuouth's holiday before g°iag t0 •U-nited- States aud. Britaiu. 1 * Wljy- Hoxig Kopg is the brightest spot iii the ■Urien.t is because of good governmeut and souu'd curreuey, '' (Mr. ixadoorie said. Xn "Shanghai the "cur;reiiey.had become. completely uucom trolled, ' So.loxig as there was eivil war and". :tlie' Govenim'ent could print notos, it. wexif on pr.iating them though re'cently au atteihpt had' been uiade at cprre'ney control. . Questioued about' Comxnuuisni, Mr. Kadoorie thoixght 999 of every 1000 socailed Coinmunists did not know any .tliing .about Ivarl Marx or Lenin. ' C'ommuuisni had a big liold and was going to be ditficult -to stop. ' There was a stroug feeling among many Chinese that- it vvould be" better if the United States stopped pouring money into Chiiia. The Chinese people, fed up with war, wanted peace and beiug fanious at cbnipromise, felt something could be done. During the war Mr. Kadoorie auci family were placed in civilian camps UV ' the Japauese. ■ "It was not comfortable — let us leave it as tliat," ho said. . ,