TOUR OF COLONY'S ONLY WOMEN'S PRISON
Correspondence
Stanley Intorneos
Slr,-On ' 'Tucadny a leiter np. peared in the press under name calling the attention al
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Stanley internees to the Chapel Cluncel which was being built at St. Stephen's College and to the Announcement by Canon Marta that perhaps many who used St. tephen's College Hall during their internment might itke to contribute, especially as it was in- tended to consider the Chapel as 4 memorial to those who fell and died at Stanley,
Letters received so far have in- dicated that contributors were unaware of this Fund until my letter appeared in the prede. It is with the object of giving this acheme further publieity and drawing the attention of other former Stanley internens that um again writing to the press,
Donations be sent to Mr.
may F. G. Maunder, c/o F. Ott & Co., Ltd., French Bank Building, 2nd A; or to
St. the Treasurer, Stephen's College, Stanley.
Che quer should be made payable to The Chapel Fund-St. Stephen's College,"
H.D.L. DOWBIGGIN
COMING TO THE
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"LA SYMPHONIE
PASTORALE"
FROM THE NOVEL
BY ANDRE GIDE
Starring Pierre BLANCHARD Michele MORGAN
A GIBE PRODUCTION
Dialogue in French- English Sub-Titles
Eleven women nowspaper correspóndents from the local Pross' marched through the double doors, of Laichikok Women's Prison yesterday morni Ing and mingled with 320 Chinese prisoners serving sentences from a few days to six years.
Escorted by the Commissioner of Prisons, Mr. W.
Shillingford and Commander W. Lane Har- rison, they were conducted on a tour lasting nearly two hours of the interior of the only women's prison in the Colony. The building, which at present houses a total of 320 prisoners, is made entirely of concrete and - was set up in 1932.
During the occupation it At the opposite. end from the WHA used 05 quarters by building's entrance is the laundry Japanese troops. while
where a score the room,
or more wardresses' block
each day ironing became women work
and washing their clothes. Bathing atables. Re-opened again in
and sanitary
facilities are also January last year, the clean
altunted nearby and they appear- orderly interior, of the build-
ed adequate in number for the no sign of Ing today shows
Inmates. wartime experiences.
Matron in charge is 33 year old Miss G. Remedies, a trim, efficient has been in prison who
in Hong Kong for years. She began her career na a wardress when Lalchikok Prison was first opened.
Yesterday
she explained how life inside goes on from day to day between 16 and 00, and "The women here" she said "are aged their sentences
vary considerably. Before the wor we had two "lifer but at
stretch longest present the being served by any woman is
woman service
rooms
10
Visitors to the Prison yo terday were impressed by the clean" and hydante Intarfor of the working and sleeping quer- ters and by thú nominees of the prisoners. Inside walls whitewashed and spotless and all the rooms
and are alry
Bre
bright, being provided with a
quantity of windows. The where a qualified mid-
wife and nurte are on full time duty, also included a "imbour" room where prisoners who ara,
housed.
THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JULY 17-1918.
Dr. & Mrs. Lee Hong-ming photographød' after their wód. ding at Bt Torosa's Church yesterday. The bride
for.
· Was
merly Miss Bophie Toul Yuk-king (China Mall Photo).
proctor makes three regular SINO-BRITISH CLUB DEBATE
A visita
each week, apart from emergency calls.
women have children under 12 months when they are sen
six years. They all males their own clothes and cook their own food, They also are responsible for. whitewashing the halls and
and painting the greentenced to imprisonment at Lal- bars on every window,
chikok, they are allowed to keep them in the prizon, but the au- thorities maintain a lenient point of view on this subject and some- times the children are allowed in
Daily Routine
"Their routine consists of being roused at. o'clock by the Prison bell, breakfast of tea and bread ni 6.30, working on various jobs still 11, when they have a bowl of 'congee, unt working again until 4.30, when they eat their meal of the day usually mula Osh, rice and vegetables ora similar dish. At 8 p.m. they aro sent back to their cells where they may sew it they wish until p.m. when the lights are turned out."
Lafchikok Prison la made up of a long, wide corridor running the length of the building from East to West, and fvo wings on either side. Thirse.contain the laundry, two dormitories, cells, weaving rooms, cook house, h01- piint and reception office.
The Arat stop *Yesterday's
tour was made room where
up
to about the age of four years. At present there housed with their mothers in the Prison.
The wardresses' quarters, which are outside-nithough nearby-- the prison contain 28 bedrooms, a "mess" and visitors' room.
William
"Too Much Dead Wood
In HK Administration"
are 16 babica Hong Kong is overwhelmingly in favour of repre sentative government, if the vote of yester- day's debate of the Sino-British Club at the Club Lusitano could be taken as a critorion. More than 120 people,' Euro- pean and Chinese, men and women, attended the debate, sponsored by the Sino-British Club, to hear proponents and opponents of the motion "That this house has no faith in representative government. Only 11 voted for the motion, six abstained from voting, and the remainder oll voted against it.
Powell Ltd's
Profit
Doctor's
Wedding
There was a large attent ance of professional members of the Medical Department al St. Theresa's Church yesterday to witness the "marriage of Miss Sophie Taul Yük-king, nurse of Kowloon, Hospitat and Doctor Lee Hong-ming,
Queen Mary Hospital. The bride, daughter 'the late Mr. and Mrs. Tsuf Yuen-chuen, war, given away by her brother. Mr. Trul Shu-hung, and was at- terded, by her colleagues, Miss Belly Beeler as Maid of Honour and Miss Elizabetli Leung Ling- kam an brides
bridesmaid.
of
The bridegrodin; son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Chee-pon, of Malaya, was attended by Docter · Chan of Queen Mary Kwong-fook Hospital as
as bestman.
The ceremony.
was performed
by the Rev, Father A. Granelii.
The bride wore a lovely gown of white taffeta, with lace round The V-shaped neckline. The flared Into a long train. Her
telle vell, which was hand eme Grolderell, was held in place by
a coronet of orange bloSSOMIA.
Becker wore a gown of M158 pale pink taffeta with a scalloped -shaped and sleeves. The very full dared skirt was tied at the back with a wide bow. Her head- dress was made of pink roses, She curfled
a poy to match. The bridesmaid wore a deep blue gown of taffeta with frilli round the yoke and sleeves. She wore a headdress and carried o poxy to match.
Peninsula
was held at the
The honeymoon is belt spent at the Dragon Inn, prior to their
departure for Mainya where they
will make their home.
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MARINE DEPT
STATION IN NT
A Marine Department station has been set up at Tai Po Kau 10 the New Territories. It will be omelally opened on August I for the licensing of lunks and regia. Hong Kong's legislators or re-tration of their arrivals and de- presentatives, did not represent parturés, the people but are chosen to re- Junks trading between Tai P present certain terests only. and other places within the waters The "Little Man" was not re- of Hong Kong or places in Chine presented, and did not knote are to report their movements n where to
govor
For fo whom to make the new office giving full parti culars of all cargo carried, it wa his grievances.
Government should seek to officially announced yesterday. contact pubile opinion, consult It and invite it to come to the as sistance of government in the ad- |ministration.
"Mr. Wilmot spoke for the mo- Mr. Loseby attacked the Hong tion,
and he was seconded by Kong people for being too timid Despite the fact that sales Professor C.L. Tseng. in the weaving
Leading to speak out correspondents were somewhat restricted in the opposition was Mr. Charles
"Government's failures are watched seven prisoners working the spring of last year owing Loseby supported by Mr. Marcus mony, but today I will deal with on the three machines owned by
do the to shortage of stocks,
is the de Silva.
only one, and that the establishment. There is at
Mr. W.H. Latimer presided plorable housing problem, sald great
made by William a
demand for profit
over the debate.
Mr. Laseby who said despite the Powell. Ltd. for the year ead- Mr. Wilmot traced the history reriousness of the problém was of English Parliamentary repre- nothing was done, legislatore kept ed February 29, 1948, HK$91,229.92.
sentation, and said in practice it silent, and the key money racket This was reported by Mr. F. C. has been a failure and has not ves allowed to go on
on unhindered. Circumstances in Hong Kong political Barry, chairman, at the company's transcended its cordid
may be different and difficult, but was for the first full
government elected must not have representative govern best international month at a rate of seven work- year's working after the war,
The Chairman
representative of the ment, if we go about if cautiously reported that be really the company's policy of conserv- electors; secondly, they must reso the "publle may infect vitality
being ré- pari rationally
The picture, when presented present for the first time in the Inter-weavers in the Colony's factories, national Competition in and consequently most prisoners Cannes, the famous resort of are keen to learn, with a view to the French "Cote D'Azur earing their future living "out-
side.
A Brst class weaving machine
won three international prizes:
1. The best French _film, 2. The
actress: Michele Morgan, 3. The best screen music.
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Exhibitions By Two
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worker in the Prison will turn #2nd ordinary mécling yesterday, origin. He said the threo desiratant is no reason why 'we' should painting exhibitions in Hong
out as much as-100 yards of cloth.
ing hours a day. The finished product is usually a type of calico towel used by the inmates. Huge Couldron
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It is not often one has the opportunity of visiting two
Kong on the same day;"
Mrs. R.D. Oliver's exhibition of some 30 watér colours wor
colour and for the variety of techniques employed,
One of Ule cutstanding water colours was "Junks at Aberdeen.“ others in the same duid style, This picture, fogether with several left no doubt of the craftsmanship responsible for such delightful paintings.
Mrs. Oliver has exhibited at the
In completo contrast was the
build up a strong Anancial tion with adequate stocks and presented; the electorate must not From the weaving room the cash for anticipated requirements, be just an interested class; and
Chinese Population In recommending an appropria
the elected, must to the opposite wing where the tion of HK$ 100,998.35 to choral capable of acting without fear of
Professor Tseng supporting the 11 o'clock "congee meal was bo Reserve, Mr. Barry sald, the offending the electorate. ing prepared. In their prison uni-Directors had in mind the destr These three essentials were ab-motion, said though Hong Kong's forms of light khaki tunics and ability of setting aside an amount sent in the present system of government may not be ideal it was better than most governments trousers, the cooks stirred a huge sufficient to privide for the war government. cauldron of beans, bran and rice, losses of HK$111,093.35 and als Voto getting was character- Astalle éountries and he while others chopped raw fish in
in to
Company's retie of each successive administra-doubled if a representative form Selon is Paris, Goupel: Salon conserve readings for the afternoon meal: sources against anticipated out- tion since 1932, the beginning of efficientment would be more (London), Royal Scottish Water
representative govern. In and
another part of the building, lays in connection with the fur- modern
He referred to the preponderant Colour Society Royal Scottish a sowing class
In nishing and equipment of new ment; and the position today was was engaged in making prison garments and em-
premises
that a bare minjority in the House Chinese population in Hong Kong Academy, and the Royal Glasgow
the large percentage of trim-Institute of Find Arts. broidery. Many of the prisoners
It was announced at yesterday's of Commons can sway Parliament
the Comparty is for the next five years. It was slents, and representative continue their embroidery during meeting that
Complete Contrast the evening spell in their cells negotiating for the employment not, representative government ment would be very dificult
of a first class West End cutter, in the mathematical stase of the the opposition, said
Mr. Marcus da Silvs, seconding other exhibitlón given by 'Mrs. J. until the lights are turned out, but this is not compulsory.
who
is expected to be at the đều word
had spoken only on the practical W. Wallace in the St. Francis pleal of the Company's patrons Colony's Government The prison, has just received a
failure of certain features of ra- | Hotel : "99"
ロー small loan fram Government for
Here one had the opportunity the purpose of obtaining
Mr. Barry referred to the death Despite thres generations of presentative, government in Eng of Mr. E N Raymond early this education and a long tradition of land, and If the electorate could of seeing contradiction in not broidery material. When sum- year.
Mr. Raymond was on the political thought and freedom, 90 bo educated to get what they enly style but traftsmanship. clent quantity x · Anished gooda Bosta
Some water colours were, in Directors for many percent of the population in Brilonied of their elected repro- has been turned out by the prl-years and had been an invaluable inn were uneducated,, unin-sentatives, they would eventually photographie detall,' others in a soners, they will be sold to repay gure in the organisation
forrued and, uninterested in prett
style which suggested the primi.. Government, and uny amount ob tained in the future will be dis- following omcials were re-elected,
favoured a nativo artist. Egg persed between distressed mom-
Mr. S. Hampden Ross as direc-
and Unie email of colour of a Ming of the prisoners' familles.
for, and Marers. Peat, Marwick, The prison sleeping quarters Mitchell & Co. as auditors. are composed of 24 cells each
Those present At the meeting. aft by Gft by 14 ft high-and were: M. F. C. Barry (chinir
Varment tå | présents you! It: vidi, not nece..! £656urs there vesathe two "dorinitories
with accom
Mr. S. Hornpden Ros modation for 180. Every call conne
Mr. W con (director) Army bed
Public. 6pintów"and" allowing zary NERDERY S adok to be Influenced by centation.” Ingib Hrown and two blankets. During the hot OBE (managing director) and private and business interests.
the hot director), Mr. Stewart
bers
tains one stigla typo
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the motion: Mr.gopisations are represent vané on an 'old Dutch' chest made
AL yesterday's riceting. thetical issues this. In a country re- M2. *B A. Bernaccht, opposing tire drawing and colour sense of
zarded as the origin of sepre- tho motion sentative goverrunent.
*Opposing Charles Loseby confined his
This re- | stead of being ruled by a bene- one stop with surprise and comé mariat to Hong Kong, and volant bureaucratie dictatorship plete satisfaction, as did also the launched ‚an attack upon the
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