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"With regard to the actual con- administration of Hongkong no hand of unknown assassins in And the effect of work and of struction and carrying out of the more tolerant government than Observatory Road. The murdered business being lost is that less work, we propose that the quay wall that of Sir Edward Stubbs can policeman was on his usual beat
should be constructed of concrete be found of the prejudices and was last seen alive at about money is available for distribution blocks, for the making of which and idiosyncracies of the Chinese 12.30 am. Twenty minutes later among the workers, except among ample material of excellent quality people: The Executive of Canton another policeman came along and those-employed on house building, is conveniently available, both in to-day have experienced more than found him lying dead 'on' a door and on Government work which is regard to the stone and sand re-at any time the desire of the step with nine dagger wounds paid for by Government out of in- quired for the aggregate and also British officials of Hongkong through his body. the Portland cement, excellent to regard sympathetically the The deceased constable's re- creased taxes from the community cement being procurable from the ambitions and aspirations volver was missing but this was and from sales of Crown Land. Green Island Cement Works at of our Chinese neighbours, discovered later in a clump of Kowloon."
and there is no fear that, were the bushes.
That is the position. An ample On the other hand, it may be desire now manifested through the mentioned that the Canton factory, semi-official organ of the Canton pered with which would go to show of criminals and agitators, would The weapon had not been tam Force by ridding the Colony and thoroughly efficient Police
even though underofficial sponsor- Government to be translated into that the man was caught unawares ship, has operated in a very fitful active practice, such a desire would and
did not have a chance to ensure more house roons for the manner throughout the period of receive the countenance and good defend himself. its precarious existence. If our will of Hongkong-the controllers motive of the crime the Police suits of efficient Police' protection As to the real workers, many here of nearly 50 years faithful service. The re- Chinese friends are in real earnest of its capital, the employers of its could not give any definite in would be less labour troubles, in- in their desire for co-operation, labour, and the organisers of its formation although arrests in con- what better opportunity is there industries. Let Canton give the nection with the case are expected creased production and increased than to translate plous hopes first practical and tangible example shortly. The murdered man had employment, and increase of tracie into actual practice by removing of its earnestness and sincerity.
been in the police service for only and business with more money for against all artificial' barriers
Yours faithfully,
distribution to all. Such Police Hongkong? Without recourse to
protection is due this Colony which, conferences commercial agree-
so far as we can see, is open to a ments could be entered whereby
similar hold up at any time. mutual interests could be served
Sinews of State.
J. P. BRAGA Hongkong, August II.
[one year."
Atrocious Murder.... There is no account of any in- quest or inquiry into this murder.
and proprietary rights safeguard- CRIME, IN THE COLONY, or of any arrest inade. Neither are
ed.
Improvements..
Kowloon Bay Reclamation..
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The accounts also show revenue
The accounts of the Colony for any placards to be seen, although
credit balance of Without labouring the point, the
a reward of $500 is said to be: 1922 show a Chinese Authorities can visualise [To the Editor of the " China Mall."1 offered. This atrocious and cold-$12,658,642.41, to which result every the magnitude of the immediate |
blooded murder in the heart of taxpayer down to the humblest prospects of our industry when the
Sir-Residents will agree with Eumpean Kowloon is passed over hawker or coolie has directly or in- following summary of projected the leading articles headed "The as though it had never occurred directly contributed, and these peo reclamations under Government is need for Police Reform," which and so few, if any, placards posted ple with their families should be as presented in print:-
appeared from 25th to 30th of June up as to escapo notice. And $500 far as possible protected from inti- Harbour
in The Hongkong Telegraph, the is considered a sufficient reward, midation and in their lawful goings 472acres articles pointing out that of 1565 while $1,000 reward is offered and comings, in their homes and in Police now in the Colony, only 180 against an absconding clerk and their daily work which supports the men are wholly and solely em-$4,000 offered in re the attempted Colony and the Government. ployed in crime prevention and murder of Mr. Sham Sze Heung, the for 1922 of $22.291,065, being detection, 244 men being Water Superintendent of Chinese Tele- Total.........97 acres. Police and about 1,086 mey em- araphs, who, near the Supreme $5,014,805 over the estimate and ployed at one time and another on Court itself, was on 16th July shot $4.562,933 more than the Revenue for 1921, the excesses over East Point Reclamation 50 acres. traffic work; that the pay of the ( in broad daylight. One would ex- And if to the following be added Chinese Police is per month $15 to pect a reward of £500 placarded in the estimate fox 1923 To the Editor of the "China Mail."all contingent works, besides the $22, from which they must each all the principal strects and Police being in Taxes $99,572: Kowloon Tramway, the big Water-pay $11 for a kit box and $1 Stations of Hongkong and Kaw Hawkers Licences $95,381; Liquor Dear Sir,-All friends of China in
works scheme, etc., it will be seen to the guarantee fund; that the loon, and also advertised in the Duties $127,399; Opium Monopoly general and of Canton in particular that many tens of thousands of Chinese Police are generally of a British and Chinese newspapers in $2,051,305; Stamps $465,675; Tobac must welcome the article you re- toos of limestone will be required. poor от indifferent type, as re this horrible murder of Wong co Duties $360,177; Water Excess produced from the Canton Daily As a concomitant benefit to the
Vick. And is it likely that a re- supply and meter rents $83.526; News for co-operation between Chinese alone may be cited the
ward of $500, even if made public, Postage $85.654: Railway $81.296; Canton and Hongkong with a view employment of the junks in the
will procure information respect Interest $139,291 and Land Sales "to cement the friendly relations
carrying trade.
ing this murder and possibly bring $1,087,804
Revenue for the year $22,291,069. and co-operate in building up with-
upon the informant a like fate, for out further delay the many enter-
who is to prevent such informant credit balance $12,658,000, with prises that make for mutual pro-
being killed as he walks at night murders and other crimes as stated. sperity."
or even in broad daylight in Ko And a policeman at $17 a month loon and the assassin getting clear sent out alone and murdered, his was nine times away? This murdered Chinese shrieks as he constable received $17 per month, stabbed and his dying groans the people about pocket and he was alone, one of the who,
The Canton leader writer more than once in the article under notice used the word "cement" in its figurative sense. It so happens that "Cements" have been very much in the air recently in Hong- kong and the warring elements fo a short stretch of our public thoroughfare have been engaged in
a struggle of "bears" and "bulls " with the usual outcrop of rumours that would do credit to the Shang- hai "hunder." The latest "story is that a leading local industry is about to be starved out for want of raw material. The connection be- tween this yarn and the Canton editorial will be apparent presently. Pursuing his arguments to their conclusion, the editor of the Can- ton journal suggests a Canton- Hongkong Conference of a quasi- Kovernmental character if need be in order to give effect to his prb- posal for co-operation on the basis of 50/50" in all things.
While it cannot be denied that conferences sometimes produce academic results in the sphere & industrial and commercial activi ties, no time need be lost for the holding thereof if Canton be really in earnest in its desire to promote al foster co-operation with Hong- kong.
Example of Cement. Without seeking in any way to appear unfriendly, as nothing is further from my mind than even a semblance of hostility to the hand of friendship that has been held out to Hongkong, let it be said with perfect candour that more than one instance can be quoted of rivalry in Industrial development which was actually set up by Canton in op- position to Hongkong. A case of striking prominence is the cement manufacturing industry. At one time this industry, which has since enjoyed and is still enjoying great prosperity, depended exclus- ively for its limestone on Canton. Our neighbour thought fit to setup
a competitive factory at Honai,
At the laudable desire for promot-
ing industries in Canton none
his whistle was buttoned inside his heard by not realising that
indicated by the fact that nearly half had bad reports against them during the year, no fewer than 6 were either dismissed, or deserted, Castel Concession. whilst 4 more. resigned, from Another glaring instance of the which causes the Chinese Strength obstructionist policy of Canton was reduced by 102 men; also, that may be cited in the nullification of the men appear of poor physique, what is now historically known as half their number being at one time the "Cassel Coal Agreement." or another in hospital during the Into the merits of that agreement year; that many of these mea are it is not my purpose to enter. married and most of them said to Suffice it to say that the predeces-be hopelessly in debt; that there sor of the Canton Daily News was is the temptation to squeeze among class of poor young fellows such as murder was being done, plainly most vigorous in its denunciation the Chinese members of the here described, but who, dressed up saw the men, saw the body move t of the agreement and the present Force; that these Chinese are said in uniform and with whistle and and the murderers quiety walk off, administration of Canton Govern- to join the Police Force only as revolver buttoned up, may be seen one smoking a cigarette, while a ment was responsible for the can- a last resource; and in any case, is in Kowloon at intervals. Such are Chinese constable arriving half an cellation of a compact ratified by it fair to expect them to unduly the police sent out alone at mid-hour later refused to approach the officials of a previous régime. It is risk their lives in bad localities at night to face murderers and bur body. There was no help near the lack of guarantee of the in- dead of night for fifty cents a day?glars. No wonder ground-floor violability of contracts that keeps The articles praise our Capt. windows in Kowloon must be bar- off foreign capital from Canton Supt. of Police as an excellent red or shuttered at night and the among other causes. What better organizer, and as having done so wives and children within made to Proof can the Canton Government much to make the Force efficient, suffer in this hot weather. Wives give to Hongkong of its earnest but point out that the system, the, fear to be alone in Kowloon houses ness for industrial co-operation cadet system, is wrong which may at night. than to revive negotiations for a place in the post of C.S.P, a man coal concession for the mutual be-without adequate training or who nefit and advantage of Canton and may be otherwise unitted for that Hongkong?Times out of number position. have the captains of local indust-
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And we can but surmise the father's feelings on seeing the body of his Son, of the hoy he had reared. stabbed to death in our service and buried with little if any enquiry or notice. One would hold Govern ment itself responsible for this man's death, which must arouse the strongest indignation in any one I have often walked the streets worth calling a man. Are we in of Kowloon at night from 10.30 p.m. Russia or in a British Colony, and to 12.30am. without seeing a single are we supporting the Government ries pointed out what witold wealth With the very full report of the policeman, and on the night of or are we not? This sort of thing would accrue to the two leading C.S.P. for 1922 before me I would Friday, 3rd inst., I left the Star cannot go on.
Ferry Wharf Kowloon, and walk- cities of South China were the add to the foregoing as follows.ed to Kowloon City via Salisbury
(Continued on page 9.) coal fields of Kwangtung thrown Page 25 of the report gives the Road, Chatham Road, Kowloon open for exploitation by joint actual strength of the Force on 10th City Road and all the streets Sino-British capital. Our ship- December, 1922, as 1420 men, viz, adjoining the Docks, reaching building industry, which has Chinese 765, Indians 450 and Bur Kowloon City at 2 o'clock. thriven in spite of difficulties and opeans 205, so that the Europeans returned by Kowloon obstacles, will have opened to it a scarcely exceeded a seventh of the new era of prosperity probably total Force of 1,420 men, never, paralleled in the history of year the Force is increased to 1.565 the two shipbuilding Companies in men, and, if the European Police Hongkong if only coal could be form a seventh of the 180 men said found near enough to Hongkong to be wholly employed on crime for steel foundries. With steel work, only 23 European Palice casting as a leading industry our would now be so employed-to shipbuilding yards are sure to be police Hongkong, Kowloon and able to better compete with any in the New Territories, some 700,000 the world. We have hitherto people. Even if Europeans formed successfully captured orders in a fifth of those 180 men, the Euro- spite of competitive tenders and peans wholly on crime work would the whole of European Kowloon, have demonstrated to shipowners, number but 36 men. both in Europe and China, that Hongkong yards are capable of producing vessels second to none in point of finish and sea-worthi
Attendant Benefits. The many other local industries which depend for coal as one of
ness,
This
City Road, Hungbom village, Chatham Road, Gascoigne Road, Jordan Road, Nathan Road, Kim- berley Road, Carnarvon Road, into Nathan Road, Peking Road, Canton Road, and Salisbury Road to the Ferry, which was reached at 3.15 Canton, Peking, Nathan a.m. Ithence returned by Salisbury, and Observatory Roads to Kimberley Road, where I arrived at 3.45 am. This walk embraced practically
that
and a view of all the streets run- There are reported for 1922 thirtyning from those named. It was a five murders with eight arrests and bright moonlight night, and in all only four convictions, one hundred that time and in afl and twenty one gang robberies district there were to be seen with but fifteen arrests and eleven but two policemen, two Indian convictions, eighty seven street and constables standing together at the highway robberies with only thir-junction of Jordan and Nathan teen arrests and ten convictions, Roads at 2.45 am. twenty three cases of robbery with The foregoing figures and facts.
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its first motive powers will grow violence with but two arrests and speak forthemselves: murder, bug- apace with an adequate and cheap one conviction. For 1922 there were glary, robbery and other crimes supply of the fuel. The sugar 1,697 more cases of crime than for continue with few arrests or cop- and working of the factory difficul-refineries, the light and power 1921, and the estimated value of victions. The Colony is the resort
companies, the gas factory and
should eavil. But with the erection
ties were created and successfully
put in the way of the Hongkong industry for securing its supply of the most important item of raw material which it required. Official
skilled labour that
fail
to, benefit
hundreds
several other industries, which property stolen in 1922, vide page of criminals and agitators who live need not be detailed, will draw against $376,531 78 in 1021, an inity, whose housing increases rents, 3 of the report, was $882,674.48 upon and prey upon the commun- their supplies from Kwangtung crease for 1922 of $506,142.70. The whose activities slow down pro instead of from far off Japan and value. of property recovered was duction, which is a large source of records in Canton will bear evid-Chinwangtao, which now supply for 1972 $61,099.8t and for 1921 the wealth of the. Colony, and
the Hongkong and Kwangtung $14.383.99. ence of the voluminous correspon-
thereby increase the cost of living dence exchanged with the Govern- market. Concomitantly with the
In addition to those specified and injure the interests of all pro ment of the Southern metropolis to industrial prosperity will arise a in the report there have been ducers of wealth. overcome the objection for
demand for skilled and un and are in the Colony Dumer- the shipment of limestone to
Lesson of the Strike cannot ous cases of burglary, robbery, Hongkong from the Kwonglung quarries. The shortsightedness of the Canton Authorities did not reckon with the resourcefulness of the management of the Hongkong 'industry. In the end, not to be haffled in its efforts to continue an Industry with an assured future, the Hongkong Company obtained its requirements farther afield. The Cement factory has been function- ing over since and, after emerging Buccessfully from its early vicissitudes—the experience of all. pioneer undertakings--is to-day in an unassailable position in its rela- tion to the local and South China marketa. The withholding of Chinese limestone notwithstand- ing, its product is of a standard-co merit the highest official com mendation. Paragraph 52 of Sirity-is. Canton's prosperity, and in Kowloon early yesterday morn
Maurice Fitzmaurice's Report on Harbour Improvements" is worh quoting in this connection
showing reduced profits or losses
of theft and other crimes never re- Only last year all Chinese in thousands of the Kwangtung ported to the police; and I write foreign employ here were held up populace. In the past, Hongkong particularly of Kowloon
by intimidation and the trade of has been the cradle for the skilled
In one Kowloon Terrace six the Colony practically stopped. labour of South China. It was
burglaries are said to have An efficient and sufficient Police principally in her docks, in her occurred; the unfortunates in one and Detective Force could have factories, in her sugar works and in case. losing $700, being a month's checked, at least in some degree, her electrical shops that the Chin-salary and fewellery, Some flats that hold up whose effects now ese, who are such adepts in handla have been twice burgled, while appear in company balance sheets ing mechanical contrivances, were Kowloon works and factories lose taught the first lessons under skill thousands yearly by thefts. The ed. British technicians. In this ro- Morning Papers of 22nd June con- spect alone China owes to British tained the following: enterprise and British capital a
OBSERVATORY ROAD debt which should place Canton
MURDER. under obligation to Hongkong with a view to foster a spirit of friend- liness. In commerco us in industries. It was that sagacious Governor, Sir Frederic Lugardy who wisely. asserted that Hongkong's prosper
POLICE MURDERED. SENSATIONAL AFFAIR IN
WKOWLOON.
There was a sensational murder
Canton's adversity is, in like man- ing when Chinese, Constable 423, ner, the arrest of Hongkong's Wong Yick, of the Tsimshatsui, prosperit Under the present Police was stabbed to death by a
in millions for that year, while other companies have failed: that hold up of the Colony and our Fallure to more firmly deal with it has increased prices and driven work from the Colony elsewhere.
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