[1] Escalating the incident, on June 23, 1925, a heated demonstration in Shameen Island took place which resulted in the Shakee Massacre.

[2][citation needed] Troops under foreign command, perceiving shots being fired at them, killed more than fifty Chinese protesters and wounded almost two hundred more.

[1] Prominent Chinese citizens in Guangdong called for an anti-British strike, especially in British Hong Kong.

[3] Jamieson claimed the two were out of touch and out of date, unable to converse in Chinese and were ignorant of the political situation in China.

[1] The economy was paralysed and Hong Kong's total trade fell by 50%, shipping diminished by 40%, and rents decreased by 60%, which lasted until the end of the boycott.