POLICE FORCE, HONG KONG. (Hansard, 8 February 1934)

Mr. M. MacDONALD

I am informed that Russians are not normally employed in the regular police force of Hong Kong on ordinary land duties, although a number are serving as anti-piracy guards under the control of the police department. Since 1930, only a very few applications have been received from British ex-service men unemployed in Hong Kong to take the places of the Russian guards, and in no case was the applicant fitted to undertake the duties he would be called upon to perform. I am advised that there are no employable British ex-service men at present unemployed in the Colony. Further, the cost of such guards is borne by the shipping companies, and it is unlikely that those companies would be willing to pay wages on a scale higher than those adequate for Russian guards so long as the present arrangements fulfil their purpose.

Description.	1932.	1933.
Hosiery (knitted, netted or crocheted goods):
Stockings and hose:	Dozen pairs.	Dozen pairs.
Of cotton, or of which the chief value is cotton	780,517	906,292
Of wool, or of which the chief value is wool	200	501
Of silk, or of which the chief value is silk	—	134
Of artificial silk, or of which the chief value is artificial silk	63,049	49,890
Underwear:	Dozens.	Dozens.
Of cotton, or of which the chief value is cotton	467,339	568,902
Of wool, or of which the chief value is wool	15	77
Of silk, or of which the chief value is silk	321	12
Of artificial silk, or of which the chief value is artificial silk	5,389	215
NOTE.—The figures for 1933 are provisional.