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Education In
Hongkong
THE Director of Education's
T comprehensive review of
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the Colony's education prob lems which ho delivered earlier this week WALA thought-provoking as it was Interesting. If he did not cover a great deal of new ground, he nevertheleas aue- ceeded in painting a very clear word picture of the progress which has been made in local education since the war and of the In- escapable demands which will have to be met in the the tremendous increase in the number of schools and scholars during the past five or six years were enlighten
fature. His figures showing
Jug, but most will acknow- ledge that more important was his disclosure that the wide pre-war gap between the Chinese primary and the middle schools and Government and Grant-in- Ald scholastic institutions in in the process of being closed, with a definite trond towards a standardised cur- riculum conforming to the new conception of practical as well as academic training. In other days, as Mr Crozier
emphasised, scholars in our * local Chinese schools looked outward towards China and studies were largely based on the Idea of pupils com- pleting their education in the universities of the main- land. All this has very largely changed since the war, particularly in view of the new political situation. But obviously this involver the Hongkong education authorities in greater rea- ponsibilities. If the necom- plished Chinese student
cannot or prefers not to complete his higher studies in Chinn, then the Colony Is in bounden duty to pro- vide him with the necessary This was very facilities. strongly recognised by the and im
Keswick Committee Home of their more
recommendations portant were based on these now circumstances.
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GALE WINDS LIKELY TONIGHT Mystery
Latest About
Typhoon
WORKERS ABLE
TO GET HOME
Although Typhoon "Susan" is expected some time later today to pass about 60 miles south of the Colony, the Royal Observatory said this morning that office workers should be able to get home safely after 5 p.m., before any drastic effects of the gale are felt here.
At noon the Observatory issued the following. statement: "There is little further information on Typhoon "Susan." At 9 a.m., the centre appeared to be situated about 160 miles southeast of Hong- kong and was probably moving slowly WNW. On this track it is expected to pass within 60 miles to the south of the Colony during the night. Winds Will freshen from the north and northeast and may reach gale force this evening, with rain at times.
"
The weather forecast until midnight is: fresh northerly winds, backing northeast, and reaching galo sovere gusts. Cloudy with force later today with light rain setting towards the late afternoon and be- coming moderate or heavy this evening.
Death Of
Mr Leonard
Starbuck
The No. 7 local typhoon signal. indicating the possibi- lity of gales from the northeast, was holsted at 0.50 this mom- ing, and it was still up at noon. At 7.15 a.m. the Royal Ob- servatory issued A statement saying: "Typhoon Susan, which 19 small and, intense, passed close to the south of Pratas Island soon after 3a.m. 70 knot winds were reported there.
The centre is now situated about 180 miles southeast of Hongkong, moving WNW at six knots. If nots. If t continues On Its present it will pass within 30 course, News was received this miles to the south of the Colony tonight, Winds here will freshen of the steadily from north and north- morning by cable death in London of Mr cast and are expected to reach Leonard Starbuck, Assistant gale force in the afternoon or Director of the Royal Ob- evening." servatory and a popular re- aident here for many years.
Prominent, Popular mov
H.K. Resident
The late Mr - Starbuck - died the day before yesterday after a long illness which necessitated him being flown back to England on August 15.
WAS
well-
At 9 um. little further in- formation about the typhoon was available, but according to the Observatory, It appeared to be slili moving on the same course at about six knots and there was no reason to alter the statement issued carlles,
daily routine st
the
Britain's Rocket Of The Future
First picture of the British gulded-missile rocket of the future, the super- sonic projectile whose speed and range are on the secret list. Around the rocket's main body is a ring of booster rockets. It was manufactured in Britain by Armstrong-Whitworth and was shown to the public for the first time at last week's Farnborough Air Show-London Express.
UN To
Debate
Subject
Of
Missing Prisoners Of War
Ft
New York, Sept. 16.
The Steering Committee of the United Nations General Assembly today defeated a Soviet attempt to delete from the agenda a proposed debate on Japanese, Italian and German prisoners of war, allegedly held by the Soviet Union.
The vote on this was 12 to 2 for admission to the agenda. The Committee recommended that the Assembly approve a list of 72 items for its agenda.
The Soviet Union stoutly opposed proposals Jooking to wards a study of possible Char- ter revisions. In 1955, but the Steering Committee overrode its objections and voted by 12 to
two to
recommend their in- clusion. Poland again voted with Russia.
the
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New Iraqi Cabinet To Be Formed
Baghdad, Sept. 16. King Faisal of Iraq today asked Dr Mohammed Fadil Jamall, President of the Chamber of Deputies, 10 form a new cabinet.
Of Mrs MacLean
Deepens
Geneva, Sept. 16. Police of Switzerland and neighbouring countries aro searching tonight for Mrs Melinda MacLean, American- born wife of the missing British diplomat, Mr Donald MacLean.
A mystery telegram from "Dumewhere In Switzerland"
It was understood here tonight reached her mother, Mry Melinda that the King had today in-Dunbar, here today, a few hours formally accepted the resigna- after it was disclosed that Mrs tion of the outgoing Prime MacLean and her three small Minister, Jamil el Madfal.
Jamil el Madtal, who headed black car five days ago.
children had disappeared in a minority
government, resign-
Q
ed on September
to allow
Mr Donald MacLean and his
General Nuri Al Said Pasha fellow diplomat, Mr Guy Bur
vanished in as leader of the parliamentary
1031; Mrw May. to live at her
majority or any other political w mother's flat in Geneva Lost
| lender supported by the majorliy October and had remained there
-to form a cabinet.
He insisted
for occasional
to nal trips London and elsewhere.
Lost Friday she told her
en withdrawing except despite General's Nuri's surance of support,
0.5-
Today it was stated that he mother, Mrs Dunbar, that ahe also reigned owing to ill health
would be spending the week-
and "absence of harmony" end with friends at a villa near
Montreux. cabinet ministera.
Neither the friends
among
Dr Jamall, 50, has been nor the villa can be traced. Foreign Minister six times.
"All my colleagues will be neutrals and among the young Intellectuals," he said. Reuter,
to
Two security officers who Ho said he expected to com-probed the case of Burgess and plete his cabinet tonight.
MacLean two years ago hove been sent to Switzerland by
Off.co the British Foreign seek clues in the new mystery, MOVEMENTS TRACED The Geneva police chief, Mr Charles Knecht, contrmed that Mre
Dunbar had received a
DUES OWED
TO THE UN
Nicaragua,
telegram today.
ecme of the friends."
Just
Treaty Ratified
As a British subject Mrs Mac- Lean needed no visa to travel to Denver, Sept; 10. | Switzerland or the neighbouring President Eisenhower today countries of France, Italy,, signed the formal ratification of and West Germany, all of whom Austria a treaty of friendship, commerce are now looking for her. She and
was not bound to inform the Forelsen Office of her moveriente
navigation between tho
Router,
ini
"I am afraid I cannot yet tell you contents," he said, we are still verifying them. Nor con I. tell you
the sender's name. But I can say that it New York, Sept. 16. was sent to Mrs Dunbar from Twenty-four nations had paid somewhere inside Switzerland." in đưll their 1953 contributions to Trucing Man MacLean's moye the United Nations by today but ments on the last day she was the 30 other member rations still seen in Geneva, Mr Knecht cald.. had belantos due totalling most tonight: "We have established US$10,000,000, gintiitics fped by he United Nations Headquarters want to her garage, had her car
on that
Friday
morning she reporned.
"The largest balance drie was wont to the bank where she filled and drove off. She then the
Soviet Union which withdrew some money-quite n owed $2,049,462,50 towards its wat 1953 assessment of $5,427,730. amall amount-from her ac-
Next largest was that of China count.
"Then sho which owed $2,481,477 of its
went home and had 1993 assessment of $2,484,040,
kuch with her mother. agenda and also formally op- trary to article 107 of the
After packing a suitcase con- Nations listed as paid in full fre proved, the proposed allocations Charter,
were: Afghanistan, Australia, taining enough clothes for her. with the minor exception of the He declared that a prisoner of Burma, Canada, Costa Rica, self and the children for the various items to the seven main
war commission, which hun bon Dunlop, Dominican Repubile, heck, pildren out with ter committees of the Assembly,
up to the question, Ethiopia,
Iceland, throo SOVIET OBJECTION
occupied itself by gathering Indonesia, Liberia, Luxem-2 o'clock."
statements will slanderous"
Mexico, inl-bourg, __The___General Assembly
"She said she was going to the mical-to-the Soviet Union. meet at 2.30 p.; GMT
Panama, Saudi-árable, Thallani, | Montrouze ones to “sing... mih Union DELEGATE'S Thursday
QUESTION
Cairo, whom she to open is general
of South Africa, the friends from To the Chinese scholars who
Mr Jacob Malik, Soviet Am-debate with Mr John
Sir P local
Percy Spender, of Austro- United Kingdom, the United had met by chance in Gerjeve, NOW depend
Foster
tary 11a, which is a bassador in London and second- Dulles, United States Secretary
co-sponsor
and of the States
Venezuela.-Reu-bud her mother could not re- facilities for their education
of the Soviet of State, expected to
ter, Valuable three-hourly weather ranking member
en the agenda and who
member the name of the hotel be the item the most important of the
Mrs MacLean had said nor the He leaves a wife and three reports have been received by delegation to the General A9- first
speaker. The Assembly was called to the Steering Com recomnicndations in the
Observatory from Pratas pembly session, sat in place of will consider the Steering Com-these, said that it dealt with Imittee table for the debate on sons all of whom are In-England, the Keswick Report was that
Known to his
recommendations at the mittee's many friends weather station and from air Andrei Vyshinsky for the establishment of
Steering here As "Len",
Committee Mr Starbuck number of ships in the China
meeting garding the agenda at its after the fate of hundreds of thou- student
sands of Japanese, German and at the took a great interest in Radio Sea. These have enabled the and did not say a word about noon meeting beginning
Italian prisoners who had never Hongkong University | Hongkong and
7 p.m. GMT. position of the typhoon to be Kores. located with considerable ne- Other delegates had expected
Leen repatriated. through the medium of the
In moving for deletion frem the Soviet delegation to
Sir Percy said he found it bring the agenda of the proposed de- curacy.. Two Chinese language.
The
up the issue of the composition bate on prisoners of war still cult to accept as evidence United States and Japan. + distinguished educationists
Colony was little affected by the of the Korean peace conference allegedly held by the Soviet and proof the statement that all The treaty was signed at though she did a year ago inform are now here to advise the
proximity of Typhoon "Susan" and possibly to demand that the Union, Mr Malik declared that prisoners in Soviet hands had Tokyo Inst April 2 and was ap- them of her intention to lako up University on the best way
this morning, partly due to the whole questions be reopened in the repatriation by the Soviets been repatriated. How could proved by the United States on residence Switzerland. - of tackling its urgent prob-
fine weather, which, the Observa- the light of the Chinese Com- of Japanese, German and other nearly halt Д million people July 21.-Reuter. lems, but it is hoped that
tory forecasts, will not last long. munist call for a broadening of prisoners of war had been com-
dicappear, he asked. Calm reus enabled regular ferry they will also be able to
membership of the con- pleted long ago. Thus the in- Sir Percy,
It was "extraordinary," said services and a tow small sampans ference.
that the Soviet devote some attention to the
clusion of the item would only Union, which so and junks were still plying the But, apart from his observa- "unfcush" new enmity.
often spoke Keswick Report and will be
harbour.
tlon against revision of the Protesting against the In-of belief in human freedom, was willing to
their offer
Charter and any consideration clusion of the hem, Mr Malik morely relying on the technical opinions on ita main
of
Malik remained quie', the prisoner of war issue, sale the question did not fall interpretation of the Charter to proposals. The Hongkong
within the competence of the avold responsibility. University has now become
The Steering Committee made United Nations, and that cor-
Mr Malik retorted that no the natural And
asired Sir Percy 10 proper
no change In the provisional sideration of It would be con- one had
accept the official statements of institution for our youthful
the Soviet Union and Added: Chinese with proper qualifi
"We have lived for over a third cations to complete their
of
without accepting studies. But the mistake
Nis must not be made of con- fining facilities to those who possess only acadomic prowess and potentialities. Vocational training cannot bo neglected if the greatest possible number of the Colony's youth
to receise the educational benents to which they are entitled. Theso ого big undertakings carrying with
The West Berlin agency sold Deutschland called for a purgo have disappoured but don't lot that seven Russian tanks and an of State enemies who was described as He was a keen Freemason and Wa-pand the "gang of Chiang undisclosed number of troops the East Zone Goverment in mora important things to attend | them the difficult problems of finance, classroom and at the time of his
the June 17 troubles equipment facilities, and unior Warden, University Ching-kuo,"
Lodge, E.C., a member of Uni- General Chiang, eldest son of racks in Macklenburg Province The Party's Central Com-
IN GOOD FAITH adoqunto atailing. The
and Concordia the President of the Nationalist to versity Chapter
crush a revolt by 2,000 mem- milico
ordered nii local Mr Lodge referred to the Director of Education Mark as well as being Ark Chinese Government on Formo-
bers of The Fast
East German Communist cells to examino Polish delegato's "gratuitous in- warns that moeting the Mariner and Knight Templar,
"People's Police", the Mr Starbuck was Vice Chalt-, ls.chief of the Political War the East Zone Army clous of the conduct of domauda of education must
faro Department of the Nation-
during the Junc revolt, the cent statement of Mr Dulles and One
People's alist Defence Ministry,—Reuter.
Police lloutenant newspaper added. Expulsione added:
odded: "When the United involve financial sacrifices man of the Y.M.C.A.
Sintes was killed and several Polles were reported from Party or Mr Starbuck
to destrom com-
Propodo on the part of the
soldiers · wounded when the ganisations in Wismar, Desenu changes in the Charter, it will munity, 'That fa Tully identified himself.
East Germans rebelled against and Merseburg,
do so itself"
BU their
Mr Rusalan
training officers
salt that the Lodge at Pinnow
In Merseburg one Party mem- proposals Berricks,
under discrtualora Angermuende, the report added, ber was expelled because he came independently and Las Vegas, Sept. 10, Rusa'an officers barricaded was alleged to have not only
good!
Falth trom
overeken tion's Board and has also been Prince Aly Khan's former themselves Inside a bullding and taken part in the Jute uprisings statós and, although Poland
wife, Rita Hayworth,
and called for reinforcement," the bui had helped storm the city might have dificulty in under- its vice-chairman.
Me Blarbuck was born in Argentino-born singer Dick | Bureau added. Russian troops gaol to free political prisoners, standing this, they were not
physics Haymes plan to marry on and tanks word rushed to two the Deutschland stated.
"atelkie proposals degree at the Nottingham Uni- September 24, the day after barracks and quelled the revolt. The Communist Press also re |- Mr D.31 Vón · Balluseck, of versity and worked D Atho
future bridegroom will The cause of the mutiny was ported that Party members were the Netherlands, said that two scientist under the War Offles have obtained his final divorce not disclosed.
being expolled for collecting yours from now the Assembly At the same time, the Com-Eisenhower food packages. would be faced with the ques munist Party newspaper Neues United Prem.
(Conid, on Back Fagu, Oo£ §)
are
The Late Mr Starbuck
Some of the girls schools sent thaic pupils home this morning, but most of the boys' school re-l mained open
Revolutionaries Active In S'hai
London, Sept. 16. Chinese security organa have arrested a group of "counter revolutionaries" who had made armed raids and incited stroct riots, according to a Tass, official Soviet quoting reports from Shanghai
nows agency, message
known announcer. He was one of the broadcasting commenta- tors at various functions held
of tonight. honour of the Duchess Kent when she visited Hong- Tas said that the men had kong Inst October.
also distributed anti-Communist literature.
One of them, Ma
death was :
beout
put from
prominently .with the
17 his arrival in Hongkong when the time comes for years ago, serving on n varioly additional calls to bo made
of committees. Since the war
appreciated. Nevertheless European YMCA from the time Rita Sets The
on the public purse strings,
it is to be hoped that the
burden will not be thrust on ~those who genuinely cannot. afford to pay more, but will be aproat over that part of the community who can,
bear without hurt, responsibllity.
of
he has served on the Associa
1911. He obtained.
*
Wedding Date
the
for a short while before being papers, it was learned here to-
(Conid, on Black Page, Col. 5) night-France-Press.
East German Police Army Mutiny, Report
Berlin, Sept. 16. Anti-Communist "Information Bureau West" said today that Russian troops and tanks had been called out to crush a mutiny by units of the East German Police Army.
were rushed to Police bar-
near
had
catamente
equally as tong
and will live
The Soviet def consideration
of the
said that question in 1950 had shown clearly, that it wa
was included in the agenda illegally. Further consideration would not serve the cause of редсе but would only kindle hatrod
among
Sir Pare
Percy said Mr Malik wa
was as good he saying: "Five hundred thousand people
us bother about it; we have
opposed
to, t
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