THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1050,
Extensive programme for | Travellers Hong Kong Education week
cation weak in Hong Kong, the first of its kind in the Colony, will be held from November 27 to December 2, announced Mr. T. R. Rowell, the Director of Education, at a Progs conferença yostorday,
e idea of an education week is to put Hong Kong education before the Hong Kong public, to throw the schools open for parents to see their children at their lessons, and generally to give the children a treat.
Reminders
Today bero Services Club, tombola,
1.30 p.m.
Dragons Service Club, tombola (snow ball), 7.30 pm Air Display, at Kal Tak F
3 p.m.
nd the Bend by Jonathan Sly, European YMCA, 8.30
[p.m.
programme la
An ambitiɔus being drawn up by the Eduri- - tion Department, and following are the provisional fixtures.
The programme will be launch- ed by an address by the Governor over Radio Hong Kong on Sunday vening on November 20, and in The course of the week twell- known residents will give talks on their reminiscences en educa- tional development in the Colony.
Though. It has yet been de-
finitely decided, suoh old timers: us Sl: Robert Ho Tung and Sir Shouson Chow are likely to he
mug the speakers.
J
Throughout the week th Inema houses will be giving free
shows from 9.30 a.m. to 13.30 p.m
Ex-daily to school children, who wir
haelmas Fair, Murray Parade
ground, 3.30 pm. Andrew's Church Forces cursion, 2 p.m.
Tak ADC presenta "Play bill", at Astra Cinem, Kai
Tak, pin.
Coming avants
TOMORROW
011
50,
1 classical Concert, Macdonnell Road, mchair Group. European
YMCA, talk
"Chinese Communism in the village," by David Bliworth, 8.45 pm. Chinese Clerks Association, ica party, Kam Ling Restaurant, 11 B.
he Dragons Services Club, flim
show. B
pan.
Art Club, sketching party to Kowloon, meinbers to usson) ble at Jordan Road Vehicular Ferry Wharf, 1045 am.
MONDAY
be allowed by their schools to at- tend the shows in groups.
Two concerts will be held, onc ut King George V School in Kow con on Tuesday, and one at the New Queen's College Hall Dr
New Education Plan for HK
wir
A Ten-Year Educational Plan Involving the setting up of live now soltools a your is being conaldered by the Board of Education, it officially learned yesterday.
This plan alone will pro. " bably
require 100 new tenchers a year for the first five years, making the pro- blom of the teacher training feld acuto, said the quarterly report of the Education Do- partment,
It added that in addition to taking increased entries at the training college, it may alac bo necessary to give special education scholarships at the University.
gaged in ecucation, teachers and others, are proud of our achievement: we want Hong Kong to be proud of it too." Bld Mr. Rowell.
The idea of an education week was first brought up by Mr. Ro- well at the Education Conference held in Singapore in June 1949, and Singapore heli its first edu- cation week last year.
late, will make up for it by make- Hong Kong, though a year ing its first education week one the most popular and successfu
| "Thursday, They will start at functions ever to be held in the
p.m.
The new school orchestra will play at these concerts at which there will be dancing and other fornu of entertainment.
Massad display
But perhaps the biggest Itom on the whole programma wli to the massed display at the Army Ground at Shokunpoo on Monday and Friday. More than 3,000 people will be taking part in the dieplay which will stait off with massed choira,
The display will continue right on to the evening when the whole ground will be lit with search- Thee will in addition be a ion Jack Club, tombola, 7.30 physical display at which it is
ropean YMCA, Whist Drive,lights.
8. pin.
p.m,
dgo
TUESDAY
Rotary Club lunch at Root Garden, HK Hotel, 12.30 p.n. Drive, European YMCA, 8p.m.
Light Orchestra rehearsal, Cathedral hall.. St. John's 6.40 p.m. ion Jack Club, dancing class,
ne
8 p.m.
whist
Club,
Dragons Bervices
drive (cash prizes), pero Services Club, informal
7:30 pan
dance, 8 p.m.
WEDNESDAY H meeting,
50, Macdonnell Road, 8, 30 p.m. Art Club, monthly exhibition and Christinna Curd, SL John's Cathedral hall, 10 a. (admission free).
Dragons Services Club, dancing class. 6 p.m.; boxing class, p.m.; dum show, 8.30
p.m. -
on Jack Club, whist drive,
7.45 p.m.
her's Section, European YMCA, games morning, 10 jajo.
heped to have various national dances including English, Scottish and Chinese.
Colony
Mr. Rowell saia further an nouncements will be made in the Press when arrangements ar completed.
Court Brevities
On a contempt of Court charge, Clan Kam, aged 38, of 23 Wond Chuk Street, and Wong Shing. aged 37, of 381 Castle Peak Road, were fined $20 each by Mr. B. W. S, Winter at Kowloon yes terday.
Chan and Wong, who spectators in court, were caught Court was in session. smoking cigarettes while the
were
There is room for 8.000 specta tors at the display and there is no charge for admission which is
Chorged with the possession of by ticket sent out through the a revolver and ammunition, four schools
or on application.
unemployed men were remanded Admission to any of the con- three days by Mr. B. W. cerls and to the football match winter at Kowloon yesterday,
8. is alse by ticket, free of charge. Defendants, who were taken Souvenir programmes are be-into custody at the intersection ing printed in English and Chi-of Nanchang and Pelho Streets test. Altogether from 25.000 to
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on Thursday, were Wan Choi, 30,000
printed for aged 36, Cheung Sun, aged 29. copics will free distribution. They will have Cheung Kwal-woo, aged 22, and photographs of various education Foo Chung, aged 34. al activities and development, including the new schools that have been bullt.
Non-political
owners were
victimised by villagers
Sappers asked police inspector for a lift after robbing taxi-driver
A story of wayloving in the Two 20-year-old Army sappors who hitch-hiked in
New Territories of travellers from Acrom the border was told be- fore Mr. F. X. d'Almada at Kow-
toon yesterday when a village elder
and 4 village guard
of Wal Shan village, near Sheungabul, were sentenced to 12 montha' hard labour on a charge
of demanding money will At
incnaces.
The defendants wore Liu Ching-hung, ored 30, village elder, and Lu Won-hol, aged 30, village guard.
Detective Sub-Inspector B.A Newman, of the Talpɔ Pollec Station, who prosecute, told the Court that for some time informa- tion had been received by the T- Kun Ling Police Station that travellers from China had been held up for money as they passed Wah Shan Village on
through
their way to Kowison.
On October 20,
Ave
plam-
lothes men, hended by Palier Constable Lo Kong, disguised as travellers from Shanghai, pranched the village from the direction of Ta Kun Ling. arriving at the village, defendants approached them saying that they were village guards.
a polico Inspector's private car in Castle Pook Road shortly after they had robbed á taxi driver of HK$18.05 further down the high- way, were given four years' hard labour yes- terday,
the Criminal Sessions, Mr. Justice Scholes, in sentencing the prisoners, stressed, once more the seriousness in the Colony of the crime of robbery which, he said, is unfortunately pre- valent.
thov
Sopper Glyn Edwards, RE, and ]nd they were spending their feav Supper Denis Ivor Colley, RE, at the time of the offence, and were told further that the Court, were staying at the Soldiers and however, was taking into account Sallory Home in Wanchal. the fact that no weapons or any
On the day concernod, rent violence was used in the particular robbery and the sum claimed, they decided to return to camp and pick up any mai! taken watched to the 64 Field they received. They accordingly
small, Squadron Royal Engineers, ed over to Kowicon, stationed in the Now Territories, went to their comp. On their way
accused were convicted by a back. they made up their mind
to hitch a ride. The Inspector's Jury of four men and three wo- men of robbery with aggrava-
car showed up. Inside the car. they were told they were under
the
in that on the night of Sep-
9. they rebbe the con plainant, Leung Kam-long, of the fum in question
Cury retired for about 15 The "regulations" minutes before bringing in a un- They further wanted to know if animous verdict on both accused. The defence was conducted by Mr. S. V. Gittins, who was in- structed by the Director of Army
the travellers had known abou the Hong Kong regulation governing travel and that al
whe parsed through the village must pay $3 a person.
Thoy (defendants) would take them to the police should they fall to pay the money asked for. At this. Constable La Kong. who was acting as a guide to the others, suid that he had only on in and they (defondants) take $0 a: he needed 61 for his own expenses. Defendants agreed and $8 in marked money manded over.
WOE
arrest.
and
Edwards said he did not know how the $10 came to be inside his sock.
When the verdict was delivered yesterday, defence counsel tole the Court in mitimtion that ne Veapons were used in this case, and only very little violence. Ae-
Legal Services, HGIF Moor Arused were young men, and they N
Hleks, HA, of the Auny Lega'
had boon in police custody since Dept.
was present. The prosecutor
the day of their arrest. M. was Mr. Hench, Crown Counsel. He was assisted by Detective Inspector J, Hidden.
About 3.30 p.m. on the night concerned, the taxi driver, was driving along Nathan Road near Whiteld Burracks, when he was huited by the Edwar.ts and Colley.
He was directed to drive them towards Castle Peak Road. When the taxi arrived at the 161 milo In Imposing the sentence with. out an option, Mr. d'Almada stone in the New Territories the strongly reprimanded defendant complainant was ordered to turn for giving an bnpression to out-into a side road There he was
iders that Hong Kong is a closed told to stop. Colony.
Bookkeeping Examination
Results of the London Chamber of Commerce Spring 1950 Book- keeping Examination:
Past list:
Hit in face
Edwards then put his arm around Leung's neck, While the other acousse, got out onto the driver's seat and hit the man In the face,. Being frightened, the ariver took out $3.05, and handed it to the first accused. Apparently not ontlefied, the accused searched the sacand complainant, and took 510 from his wallet. The wallet WALE
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Mr. Ju.tice Scholes told the fortunate prisoners that it was for them their case was not the usual mode of robbery here. No weapons were used, and the mount of violence used and the sum Jaker was small.
He pointed out in passing sen- tence, however, that robbery in a serious offence, and that in Hong Kong it is treated
very seriously because, uniortunately, it is prevalent here.
DONATIONS ACKNOWLEDGED
The Hong Kong YWCA peknowledson with grateful thanks the following donn
our for its Building Fundi-$3.000 from Mr. Aftco Huttonloa: 11,000 from the National Cash Register Go; $500 from Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd.: $250 each from Mr. Wong Chuk Yu and The Hunz Kong China Gas Co. had.: $100 curb from the Gallop & Co. Anderian, Mayton & Co.'s Agency, Mr. EQ, Hilt, The Han
le houson Chow, Mr. & Mrs, J. H. Weening, The American Express Co. Inc. Arnhold Co. Mise 'Chun' Man Yet, Kow- toon Textile Industèles Lid.: 180- varb
trum Masta. To Bum On, Dr. Brass Stu
ana, Stan Sink Store, Mr. Chun Wah
Mr. Ho Pak Hal. Mr. G.8.- Sarafonion. Mr. Ma Man Minx, TM, Gregory & to 140 wach from all Wong Dust Hing, Ms. Ng Yea Dak, Mr. Youn Ying Yoo, Mware, Lo Lam Kee, Great Wall Medie
Elementary: Cheung Pak-chew,
returned. Alfred Lu}, Tsang Chifu-man
Left alone, Leung drove on to Lan Yuen-chuen, A. H. Kilcholl, Chau-lam, Parisy Lo, Alice Yun whe was pasting the station at Bella Wu, Wong Shan-han, Chung the Castle Peak police station and marlo a report. Inspector Hidden, Lan-yuen, Chen Kwan-yin, Alfred the time in his privae car, notice Tee, Lui Yia-sun, Wong Set-ringed the crowd, and stopped. On Tsui Leung-yam, Rose Suk van leerning of the robbery, he and yuen, Leung Yen-sang another sub-inspector, drove of Leung, Taul Kal-ming, Hul Sek- in the direction of Kowloon. ile, Chan Kan-pin, Lam Ho-fun, A few miles town the road Young Kwan-sing, Matthew
upon the two soldiers Wong Wal, Pauline Fung Cheung sitting a the bridge. The two Cheng Kwanlin, Terhorn Kroe, 15, cu for perice, Hide evere leiten aines Co, Mrs. Xu, Mr. Wone Tat Gorun. (all with Distinction).
Hong-man, Hornwall Yue, m by Inspector Hidden.
After questioning "them Instie Intermediate: Chen Walming, the car, he decided to detain the Lo Ping-yim, Yeung Holum, two for liquiries. The car stop- Colla Sung Wong, Leung Kwok-ped when I met up with a vehicle chlu, Tso Che-bun, Pang Tit-carrying a party of police from chung, Agnes So, Wan Tack-Kowloon. Presently, the com- and Dang cheuk,
Ake Shung-wal, James radiately identified the two direction in his taxi. Hs woman, who
Kai Cheung-chow, Chan Hung-
icctised. to the Fung Pul-kwan, Hui kwong. Chúng Lokion, Chung
About to be searched, Edwards Po-lam, Lau Sun, Lee Lut, took out $8.05 from his pocket Pul-sak. Za Ku-ki, Mak Wine- and surrendered it, saying that Yun, Willlam Ko, was all he owned. On being cheong, Sallie Tee, Vincent Lau, Harold searched, however, a #10-bill war Bruce, D..P. Ingle, Wong Slu-to, found in his left cock. A. Young, (all with Distinction). Accounting (High); Chow Ping
Five hundred cattles of sugar, 14 tins of kerosene and 33 bottles Mr. Rowell stressed that there to be confiscated by Mr. F. X. to be confcatch were ordered is absolutely no political signifie d'Almada at Kowloon yesterday ance in the whole thing which when three Junk
just to give the public and charged with exporting prohibit- parents at opportunity Lo 500 ed goods and operating junks what goes on in education and
without n Ilcence. also for the children to express Wong Hui, who had 130 catties themselves in public.
sene in his Kang education before the Hong Chuen,
71-year at, Kong nubile. We who are on carried
catties of Ained $40 confiscation of their goods.
Su Jal, aged 20, who had a previous confention. Tor zimilar
In March
of-8
"We just want to put Hongor-and-four-tins-of-kero kwong, Lee Chi-yuen, Lam Kanlainant showed up-from-the-
Inter-School Dramatic Competition starts
in Inter-Schools Dramatic Competition was start- ed yesterday when pupils of the Heep Yunn and Belilios Public schools staged two plays, "Aba Hassan Pays His Debts" and "The Prince Who Was A Piper,” respectively, The compétition has been or no families need not apply." Reed by the Education Depart- Saturday, Nov. 11, 180 p.m.-- The performances by the Pei Ying Middle School: "The bols will be judged by a small" Well,”
mittee.
of the English section the will be E. O'Neil Show, Lucken, Mrs. M. Obilitas Drs. F. Smith and Starbuck
Chinese
Janguaga pals the judges will be Mallamó My Lam Kwun-san, Professor Kion, Yung Yeezyin, Leung ig-laf and C.C. Tong.
120
pach Inata 100 to
ined a total of When he waA
was sen-
tenced to two months without option. He had 250 oattles of sugar, 10 tins of kerosene and 33 bottles of orange squash.
All defendants were taken into custody in Un Long Creek on Thursday.
"
Commitial praseedlogs against three men charged with armed robbery were hoard beforo Mr. James Wicks at Kowloon yester- day.
The men, alleged to have rob- bed Chen Yuet-ho, of 38 Temple Street, first floor, wife of an over- seas Chinese now in the United Saturday, Nov. 11. Bp.m-N. T. States, of cash and jewellery to C. Attiched School: "Pseudo the amount of Secretary."
Wednesday, Nov. 15, 7.30 p.m.-- St. Paul's College: "Escape." Chingro section Friday, Nov. 17, 2.80 p.m.-H Yan Girl Middle School; "Cort
Felday "Nov.
Sam, aged 22 33,185, Were Ng
Yan, aged 30, and Ng Wo, aged 24.
Evidence against were that on the September
ing a bielehding to
Pobed that the winners Luen Llang... a p.m.-Wan- proceeded to tie up the occupants,
to giva perform
U play to the public teal”.
In "Education Week".
lib Hist of the other schools ng, bárt” in
defendanta morning of three men bring and pre premises. friends of the family entered the be After having boon Burved ten by the amoh, the men
School: "Bachelors nead escaped with one gold cele, six ransaciced the house and not apply
four gold banglica, rings, Friday, Nov. 17,
8. p.m. Wan- gold
wrist watch, one gold chain, After several witnesses had Thenday, Nov. 20, 8.30 p.m.-- given corroborative evidence, Bellllos Public School; "The Dumb hearing was adjourned, unti Wife
Monday. Nov. 21---Talpo School:
Inspector A. Soutar is in charge of the prosecution's case.
one
the competition teal P.M. School "A Marriage US$160 and HK$170.
Made in Heavep
an home of the plays they performing follow:
*English section ·
ova (Thursday) 5.30 pm Today Discuss
kidil Convent School, The.
of the Beholder."
love1
Kiurday, Nov. 35.8 p.m.
College Prindary School
17 (Friday) 4:30 pmnd Wah Nam English Evening Girls School: "The In School:"Lum Chung, and the
Herole. Monk.”.
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The
How 20
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Nov.
21
Other Inn
Sacred
(Monday), 4 p.m.st. College:
The Panotua
* Pastiquesday) 7 p.m.-King orge V. Benool; "The Croak, The
and The Candle"
39) (Thursday) 0.80 p.m.
Xan College
-(Friday) (B.30 Girls School: Elizabeth
(Saturday) 5.80
Friday, Nov. 248 p.m.-Wah Nam Middle School and Houp To Middle School: "Tha. Digam of a Widow. “.
WOMAN DIES AFTER FALL
A 68-year-old Chinese woman Jumped or fell from the third floor Sunday, Nov. 13, pmPul verandah of 12 Canal Road West
Kl Middle School: "The Wall."
Saturday, Nov. 25, 8.30 Hon Wa Middle School
· The
-Odtobar 20.
overnment
yesterday. She died on the way to the Queen Mary Hospital.
STUNG TO DEATH BY HORNETS
Tours, Detbbbr 20. wie driver, Adolphe Dentarą, laged Ná, digj after being shung by hornets which attacked him as ho WAJ OBEYIng, the railway station Giron, Wasters - Fran
Dony charges
In defence, ubth nceu ed deniert sun, Ho Sik-kee, Lau King-ching the allegations against them in Teang Man-dat. Siu Chun-sing the witness box. They maintain. (with Distinction), Ho Sl-chang,
Si Chun-kit. Leung Chun-kan,
Jorge Maria Rozario, Lee Yat-Chan Bun-yin, Au Young Yik- wah Wong Mui km, IP Chi sinh, fung Choung Chak chuon Chíu Ku Yun-ting, Chow King-chol, But-lin.
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