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1987. Is that in addition to the $10,000 you have just mentioned ?-No.<br />
the $10,000 is my floating capital.<br />
19B8. Did the previous owner have a licence for spirits as well as for<br />
chandu ?-Yes.<br />
19B9. Was he any relation of yours?-Yes, he was my relative. He<br />
went back to China and I bought the business over from him.<br />
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1990. Had you $5,000 of your own then or did you have to borrow<br />
it ?-Part of it was my own money.<br />
1991. How much was your own ?-I had $3,000 and borrowed $2,000.<br />
1992. From whom ?-TEO BA TAN. He is also a relative of mine.<br />
1993. What interest do you pay him ?-12 per cent.<br />
1994. If your licence were cancelled and all the opfum you had in<br />
stock were bought back at cost price. that would be quite fair ?-It would<br />
not be fair.<br />
1995.' What would be fair then ?-To compensate me for all I have<br />
sp(nt on the shop and further to compensate me for the loss of the earnings<br />
which I would have made.<br />
1996. You say you have had these licences for 6 or 7 years; what was<br />
your trade before that ?-I was a coolie contractor for rubber estates.<br />
1997. If you lost the chandu licence you would still keep the &hop<br />
open for the sake of the spirit licence, I suppose?-Yes.<br />
1998. But you would not be making quite so much profit ?-That is so.<br />
1999. What you meant just now was that you wish Government to<br />
compensate you for the profit you would not be able to make ?-Yes.<br />
2000. You came here as the result of a meeting of opium sellers ?-Yes.<br />
2001. If the Government did decide to take away your licence, do you<br />
want to say anything more about it ?-It would not be fair for the Government<br />
to take away our licences.<br />
2002. You wish to say it is unfair and if the Government insists on it<br />
you want some cempensation; that is what you came here to say?-Yes,<br />
.Goyernment should compensate us. .<br />
2003· Mr. Lim Nee Soon.-Is opium suppression, in your opinion. a<br />
good thing ?-It is a very good thing if it is carried out without any loss to<br />
anyone.<br />
2004· What do you think is the Chinese public opinion? Do they like<br />
opium to be suppressed or not ?-Chinese public opinion is in favour of<br />
suppression; but how are you going to suppress opium when China is<br />
. producing a great deal more than the British Government supplies?<br />
This concluded TEO LYE HI's evidence.
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