THE CHINA MAIL, HONG KONG, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1945,
CANTON ADMINISTRATION
Police
Chief Explains Rumours Of Trouble Mayor's Novel Press Conference
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POPULACE OF CAN TON WAS GIVEN AN IN- SIGIIT INTO THE PROGRESS OF MUNICIPAL AD- MINISTRATION AT A PRESS CONFERENCE GIVEN BY THE MAYOR. ADMIRAL CHAN CHAK, AT THE COUNCIL HALL, AT WHICH ALL. THE DEPARTMEN TAL HEADS WERE PRESENT.
POLICE COMMISSIONER LI KWOK-CHUN WAS THE FIRST TO MAKE HA REPORT, HE SAID THAT THE MOST URGENT PROBLEMS PACING HIS DEPART- MENT WERE THE JAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC SAFE- TY AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF SANITARY AND HEALTH MEASURES,
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levy was discontinued, and tin ment tax was to be reduced 20 per
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SANITARY
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The Police CommassJONUT that he was vere anxious to have the enperation, suggestions and advice of bile spirited citizens, and bad, sel 4 pan. every day for callers from the eneral bublic, to whose supuestions he would give every possible consideration.
PUBLIC UTILITIES
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These doratories are exported togeenidate between 5,000 nad 4,400 people
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organization Lette BENITO free congee ant vunked rice centres for the destitute.
thathing the poor was an equal. ly pressing problema. Tenders had been called for the provision of 4,000 cotton andded coals, and, to date, 4,000 gunny has had been purchased. These will farin the nucleus of relief clothing for the winter.
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Mr. Fung said that much more money would have to be found, and the Administration had asked the Central Authorities for appropriation of $50,000,000 the Army have also been asked to help by turning over to the muni cipality ali Mincarded 17 test n my blankets, overcoats and clothing laken from the Japanese, The public was also askest fur voluntary subscriptions.
SCHOOLS RE-OPENED.
The next speaker was Mr. Lam Yat-man, head of the Public Utili- ties Bureau. Mr. Lam spoke on the city's automatic telephone 238-
The last speaker was Mr. Sun lum. During the Japanese
an Yan-to, of the Education Depart- many puppet occupation. 2,000 lines were damaged so that ment. He said that the Municipal- applications for telephone installaty's elementary schools had all Lions could now only be partly met. been re-opened
and the middle Over 1,000 new installations hail schools are expreted been completed, but with regard within a fortnight. to other new stallations the ar- rival of new instruments from ahroud was awaited.
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reopen The budget for the coming year will be con siderably increased, as it is pro poard that, in addition to The trunk line between Canton improvements, the city in going to and Patahia had been restored have another middle" school, # and was now Functioning. The school of arta and technical trunk line to Wukong and Lokschool. Cheong had also been restored but The city library and museum wan, as yet, available anty for will also be re-opened, but owing official calls. With regard to the to these having been thoroughly trunk line to Hong Kong, this is ransacked under the Japanese oc fitmetioning op to Sheklung only, cupation, and many of the books The rest of this line was too badly damaged to permit of immediate
restoration, but every effort was being made to expedite matters.
IMPROVISED BUSES
The city's motor-bus routes had now aome 100 Improvised 'bunes,
Changes? Shanghai To
Build Ships Again
London, Dec, 10.
fielief that the visit of members of the Allied Far Eastern Commission to Japan -due to start before the end
this of
month-will fore- shadow considerable changes in the general handling of the Japanese, to expressed by the Far Eastern correspond- ent of the Sunday newspaper "The Observer."-Router,
New British
Whaler Off To Arctic
ING STEAMER BUILT SINCE
Shanghai, Dec. 10.
Shanghai Britors Still Living In Camps
SHANGHAI, DEC. 10.
THE BRITISH RELIEF MISSION, WHICH ARRIVED HERE SHORTLY AFTER THE JAPANESE SURRENDER AND HAS DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB IN LOOKING AFTER THE REPATRIATION AND WELL-BEING OF BRITISH INTERNEES, IS EXPECTED TO WIND UP ITS AFFAIRS SOME TIME NEXT SPRING, MAJOR S. BINGHAM, R.M., HEAD OF THE MISSION, TOLD REUTER IN AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW. THE MISSION WAS THE FIRST ORGANISED
PARTY TO REACH SITA NGHAI AFTER THE END OF THE PACIFIC WAR, AND WAS ORIGINALLY HEAD- ED BY MAJOR C. E. TAN NER.
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