Joint meeting of British Council, USIS and IASG Libraries
A joint moeting of the British Council Library, the United States Information Service Library, and the International Affairs Study Group Library, was held in the promises of the Bri- tish Council Library, Gloucester Building, yos- torday.
It was also the occasion for the opening of the International Affairs Study Group Library, which was confined to just one book case, and housed in the premises of the British : Council Library,
The meeting was presided over by Dr. E. S. Kirby. Chairman of the International Affairs Study Group: Mr. C. A. F. Dundas, Hend of the Bri- tish Council in China; and Mr. II. S. Hudson, Director of the United States Information Ser. vier, Hong Kong,
Dr. E.S. Kirby, in declaring the
which people may come to learny of the dreams and thoughts and hopes of others.
"So the American Library In Hong Kong might be called one of the American suctions, GI divisions, of this post graduate Institution," said Mr. Hudson.
"Now It might seem that be- enuse most of our books are about Amrica of by American authors, Drury upen said the Taternal The librarien are altabed tional Affairs Sturly Group wha
Government agency, that by a formed at the end of last year as
one sided #trictly non-political and un- they have a narrow,
approach to American problems affelal body, for people in Hong and the American way of life. Kung who are interested in serious portraying by designs just those study and informed discussion of aspects we wish other people to international affairs, with refer-] naive. That would be the worst nce especially to the Far East Fort of chauvinismo and would mut the Pacific Ocean area,
immediately alscredit the integrity our American libraries enjoy.
An attempt has also been made 19 start study circles on specifle nubjects which may be further developed in future.
"On the shelves of American
on the
Sani
During the first half year of its axlatencë it has conflued its ne- tivities mainly to talks and dis- | Miraries you'll find books and Pursions, held on an average of | maxazine articles about twice a month.
subject by different authors pre- sening divergent viewpoints. In one book or magazine you may find material critical of the ad- wistration and in another boni Dr. Kirby said the Group basor magazine article praise for the applied for affifintion to the To-dinitration. American libra- stitute of Pacife Relations, theres do not speak for the party evriesponding International body, in power, or the and though this has not Yet Formally come through, the In- sitate is given the Group much
audistance.
Supply of books
One form of assistance is the supply if books and other litera- ture, The Group expects to re- ceive regularly all the publications
of the Institute and associated or-
THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 1959.
Crowds jammed the first post-war exhibition in Hong Kong of Japanese goods, held yesterday. This photo shows a portion of the exhibition shortly after the opening("China Mall" photo).
Reminders
Today
Toc I meeting, 50 Macdonnell
Road, 8.30 p.m.) Women's Section, European YMCA, whist norning, 10
Union Jack Club, wist drive, 7.45
P.1. Nine Dragons Services Club, lin
'Cude of the West", 830 pm.
3.
Japanese open exhibition In
trade HK.
Japan hold her first trade exhibition in Hong Kong yesterday when she opened a six-day trade display in Prince's Building, at the corner of Ice House Street and Chater. Road. large number of spectators who visited the ex-· hibition testified to the widespread interest shown by the people of Hong Kong in the re- emergence of Japanese trade in the Colony.
The
Vampiro jets for Hong Kong
Hong Kong will have a squadron, of Varspira jet planes before the and of 1980, according to Informed sources yesterday.
The squadron, which will be based at Kal Tak, le due to сокра to Hong Kong from England on the aircraft carrier, HMB Cosan,"
The planes, the same type so the jet plane which was to have given demonstration in Hong Kong thres weeks ago, will be the first par. manent jet squadron, ever to be stationed in the Colony.
A Royal Air Force officer confirmed the arrival of the jet planes, but would not ala-
borate.
Refresh... add zest
to the hour
serving Coca-Cola sørves hospitality
Mr. Noble's address to Rotarians
Mr. Kenneth Noble, Cana- |dian Government Trade Com- missioner, gave a laik 011 "More about Money" at the Hong Kong Rotary Club week- ly luncheon yesterday.
The talk was a follow-up of |im, “Story of Money," shown to Rotarians by courtesy of Mr. Bill Anderson early last month.
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Mr. Noble louched upon the in- tricacies of International ex- change, unfavourable balance of trade, and basic financial adjust- ments. Nations, like individuals, have to live within their earnings else they get lato trouble, though when nations get into monetary trouble, matters become much more complicated, he said. Japanese Merchandise Exhibition,
5, Icehouse Street, Dominion Rubber Co., Ltd., It is the first large-scale-at- as the trade centre of South
Britain's noncial troubles were meeting. ammual
to 601-000, tempt recapture Japan's East Asia as well as the door-due not so much to spending be Marina House, 12 poun.
hold on the Asian market. way to South China.
yond her earnings as to the heavy About 200 Japanese industria-debts she incurred during the Hong Kong was chosen as the
and she has now to because of its pivotal position tion. Their products range from make up by increasing her ex- household utensils to hardware Ports. She has done remarkably tools gramophoney to radio sets, well in this connection, for her and cameras, electrical goods and exports today are
50 per cent Attings to leather goods and to higher than before the war. footwear, sports goods and toys
Sino-British Orchestra rehearsal,
St. John's Cathedral hall, locale for the sales campalenists participated in the extibl-War, administrative
government of the United States. but for the people. We present in character from one section of differences of opliten, the changes
the States to the other, su a fair picture can be developed in the infnds of our users.
If all our books and magazines were of a kind, it would be impossible to understand the United States and Its people. We belleve, like you, in freedom of thought and ex-
0.15 pm.
Foreign Press Correspondents
Clab, informal dance. Coming events
TOMORROW
Kowloon Rotary Club Tumcheon,
Peninsula ilotet, 12.30 par y's Men Club luncheon-meeting, Roof Garden, HK Hotel, 12.45 p.m.
New PAWA service
to industrial dyes. The full Tisa It is d question of earning too large for enumeration, bus enough to pay your debts and, in suffice it to say that the wide the case of Britain, despite her variety of goods on display to achievements her earnings are Pan American World Air-eloquent testimony to Japan's still not enough to pay her debts, ways have inaugurated a efforts at trade and industrial sold Mr. Noble.
The speaker was thanked by Such Kema aa textiles and Mr. BI Anderson on behalf of rayon" goods, porcelain, cotton the Club. knitted wear, and rayon, attract- ed particular attention.
Kanisations, and to develop them pression, for we are just as jeal-St. Andrew's Club Cinema and special luxury service from recovery since the end of the war.
Into a
specialised library.
Dr. Kirby thanked members and various Individuals and or ganfections in Hong Kong for their support of Graup, and le mentioned the names of Sir. Robert
the
Họ Tung, BT, Fung Ping-fan, Mr. Y. K. Kon, Mr. Y: Kwan and Mr. Li, Teo. fong,
He also thanked the British Counell for allowing the Group's Ibrary to be housed in their pro- inises and to be cared for by the Council librarian. It had originally been intended to make use of St. Jolu's Hall, but Gloucester Build in was found to be a more cen- tral location.
ous of the fundamental libertles which frat formally, expressed in Magna Carth as you, and we hava embodied those liberties in our bash law-the Constitution.
"We claim no monopoly of this practise of presenting both aldea of a question In our libraries, for we share il, an we do on abiding belief In the alghts and dignity of man, with nil free people and all those who want to be free.
British Council
before that
Supper for HM Forces, 745 Nine Dragons Services Club, Band
p.m.
Call broadcast, 8.15 p.m. Amateur Hour with cash prizes, p.m. Union Jack Club, tombola, 7.30
p.m.
HK Women's International Club, whist drive for Services, 7.30
p.m.
FRIDAY
·
Organ Recital, St. John's Cathed-
ral, 1.15 p.m.
bola, 8 p.m.
Cheero Services Club, Amateur
Night, 7.30- pan. Union Jack Club, dance, 8 p.m. SATURDAY.
Excursion for HM Forces, assem- ble at St. Andrew's Church, 2 p.m.
The objectives of the British Council and the Council Library were given by Mr. Dundas who sald.
The British Council is an or- The library is small; it is only л -nucleus of present. Indeed it ganisation set up under a Royal Will
never grow big, as it is rather Charter lu 1940-though-the-Bri- specialised in its contents and in-tish Council had been in existence tention."
sald
years for a number of Dr. Kirby. "Now the use of this library, date. The possession of a Royal unlike the
two libraries Charter by the British Council other represented .at this inceting- ensures that the Council i por- which meeting is an earnest of miited to carry out its work under
that the smail our mutual desire to co-operate the terms of its Charter free from by ie Council for the general and pubile bene- the direct control of whatever Library here, will be increased to fit--is restricted to members of Government may be in power. meet the special requirements of the 1ASG only. The books and "The Charter, says that the Bri- the people of Hong Kong. papers are to be borrowed only tish Council should be created a by members of the Group, on body corporate for the purpose of production of their membership promoting a wider knowledge of carder it is free of charge, and the United Kingdom, of the Eng- without deposit, for them. Welsh abroad and developing closer may
giving borrowing cultural relations with other coun- consider tickets to non-members, on up-t plication, but this hardly seems
"It will be seen that the ob
Honolulu to Tokyo and Manila with double-decked Clippers;-
Herbert F. Milley, Trame and Sales Manager for the Pacine- Alaska Division, said the new service will provide all-sloeper accommodations from Honolulu to the Orient with the passenger given his choice of a Sleeperette or berth in conjunction with conventional seats at no extra charge,
the Best to make
overall an
Price factor
Not a fow Hong Kong manu facturers visited the exhibition. and went away alarmed at the prices listed on the various
articles.
names and
Rotarians were reminded by the President, Mr. Fung Ping-fan, that the next meeting on Tuesday, June 20, will be Ladies' Day, and they were asked to turn up in full force with their Rotary-Annes.
Victoria Diocesan Ass'n annual reunion
The annual reunion of the Vic- toria Diocesan Association (Hong
Bishop Wilson will be in the Chair and the Speakers will be Denn Hose and Miss M.C. Knight. The reunion will be preceded by at 12 noon at St, Mar- a service garet's,
Westminster, at which Canon Swann will celebrate and the sermon preached by Gerald
Goodban, Lunch and lea will be available at Church House.
There was nothing remarkable The blue ribbon Orlent service will feature cuisines planned and about the standard or quality of Nine Dragons Services Club, tom-supervised by the head chef of the goods on display. Interested the Mark Hopkins Hotel in San to the price tags which, many spectators paid great attention and complimentary believe, will be the main factor Francisco vintage wincs.
Breakfast will be served in bed market for Japanese goods.
recapturing the Hong Kong for those who wish. The berths The exhibition is being sponsor-Kong) will be held at 3 p.m. on have foam rubber mattresses,ed by the Philippines Air Lines June 28 in the Hoare-Memorial personal reading lights and are who brought the exhibits to Hall, Church House, Westminster. larger than conventional steam-]
all the Hong Kong and made ship and railroad berths.
Sleeperette seats, an exclusive arrangements for the exhibition After the exhibition in Hong feature with Pan American, have been installed for Orient fuxury Kong is ended, the exhibits will service. These seals are converted be taken to Slam, India, Pakistan where they will at the flick of a switch into fully and fionolulu
Jounges with a foot be similarly displayed. reclining
A 200-page catalogue of items rest which slides out from under on display, with full detalls and length of more than six feet. prices, as well as Public library
Curtains are drawn to separate addresses of the manufacturers, Deldents of Hong Kong who
to merchant was distributed The meeting, which was open
spectators at the exhibition. would like invitations sent to Throughout the day the exhibi-friends in England Ahould notify to the pubile, then proceeded to
All types of cocktails, high- a discussion
Kong't of Hong
balls and after-dinner ilqueurs tion room was crowded with either Mrs. Overell, Grove House, library needs, and questions
will be served to passengers either spectators many of whom had to Walton, Wakefield, Yorks, or Mrs. the entrance H.A. Skinner, 274" The Peak, queue up outakle in the at their seats or in the lounge valung for their turn to goʻla. asked whether
Hong Kong, Immediately, event of the Colony having on the lower deck.
the three publio brary
Pan American 'has modified · Its stitutional librarico could double-decked Clippers to ac- very modest membership fee of cultural relations with other coun-
marged with it.
commodate 50 passengers on the Both Mr. Dundas and Mr. Hud-Honolulu-Orient blue ribbon run. only $10 a year, all in the Group
sald their institutional The Honolulu-Mainland service endeavours in all things democratic, in the best senses of of the British Council's activities libraries had certain speelle fune- will continue to be operated with Every facility the standard accommodations for perform. that much-abused termo, and in are on promoting a wider know-tions to its finances it is run, as the say-ledge of the United Kingdom, in would, however, be made avail- di passengers. Ample borth ne- ing goes, "on a shoestring." on others, on developing closer cul- able to those who want to refer commodations will be available
to these libraries.
on all Honolulu-Mainland fights members subscriptions suffelen tural relations, The two are not
Questions regarding the index-nt the regular berth charge of only to cover minimum expenses." necessarily the same though it is
found that usually the one willing of books and posting up of US$25. lead to the other.
Information as to what books are
tries:
main
necessary, as membership of the feets of the Council fall under two 1ASG open to anyone with
headings-promilog serious Interest
in the kind of wider knowledge of the United
material we offer, against the
Similar objectivas
Kingdom and developing close
to be tries. In some
The next speaker, 'Mr. ¿Hud- son, said the general objectivon of the American Library and "that of the British |Council ærð similar, wach portraying the the 'nature," and projecting
character of the country it ra. presents.
American Libraries in foreign countries are trying to give th people of the world an ompor- tunity to "know" the Unitexl States through books and mago- zines. These books fanul periodi- cals are for the most part about Amerien, either by native or for-- eign authors, or are interpreta- 1lons by Amarlcan authors of questions 'mutually Interesting to pennle everywhere.
"The emphasis is on an inter- pretation of America for wa
countries emphasis con
were
д
in. be
One of the principal means avallable were also raised and used by the Council for these discussed.
there is two-fold activities is the
Kong the Library
Bri-
Dr. Kirby said
cu'
tish Council Library. In Hong reason why Hong Kong cannot was started have a public library of its own, year provided there is sufficient public In a small way just over a year
but there was Httle res- Ago. Since then
steadily #t
pressure, grown in size and scope. There ponse from the audience, and no are
1
the seat from the aisle and insure complete privacy,
Restoration of diamond ring
Detective Sub-Inspector
various section Miction, concrete suggestions were put Scrogg applied before Mr. Hin- blography, hlatory, technical forward as to how this was to be subjects and works of reference, achieved, beyond the sending out shing Lo at Central yesterday to all of which books are being of letters to elicit support from for the restoration of a valu gradually added, Furthermore, |different quarters,
the
About 40 people attended the meeting.
able diamond ring to the right- ful owner.
In his application Inspector Scragg sald that the ring be- longed to Wal Yee-pok who had ) given it to Mu Wai-lim to sell some months ago. Ma disappeared with the ring
by the kindness of citizen of Hong Kong, the Library has of the A selection been given Chinese classics The Best pur. pose of the Library is to fulfi
PRE-WAR LAND the terms of the Council's Char- ter. One advantage of a Library
SALE DEPOSITS
On May 18, the Police received is that it Tuinis, at the same time
Information that the ring was both the first and second objects of the Caynoll, and at the same to refund a certain
Authority has now been granted in the possession of Yau Chlu sincerely bellove that the morn
number of tong and when they went to „Elmo,'manta' a'
Local need. people of and country knove, about
British
Council (braries Pre-war land-sale deposits and his home he admitted that he those of other countries, mis-
sultors funds, which were credited had the diamond ring. He told world vary greally understandings between nations throughout
¿District will be minimised, for knowledge in composition for they are do- the District Office, South or the Poileo that Ma had pledged Office, North, it was the ring with him, for a loan of develops confidence while ignor signed and up to meet the omeluily announced yesterday. K:$9,000. built up to meet the
Depositors may file their Inspector Secogn continued people who ung the Library.
claims within four months from the original owner of the ring Continuing Mr. Hudson describ. for this reason that it is the policy June 13 1930, but if no claims was hifa to pa Yau HK$1,000 od libraries as something in the of the Coupell to build libraries have been received by October, for the return of the ring and nature of post-graduate institu, slowly so that there can be no 15 1950, in respect of any part that au was willing to adcopt dions, providing trained suldaned doubt that the local requirements cular outstanding case, the out- the distr
A Buggestion Book standing deposits will be written However Mr. Lo denied the mark Unic catodiens for adulla tos kept in the Library" and users off Any enquiries reeding the application saying that he wanted Improve their knowledge in fond on requested to write in the book detelle" or "ticao-depsate may cho 10% kawas further particulari, AEGLE eral orde mecialed Ack/Wind Dale uskonton for additions to imedes at the appropriate Bomekin” off an meyclopaedia foliag
£4, kherefore, hoped- Once, In the New Jackallorlessyr the applications
Hudson.
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