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COMMENT OF
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Housing Report
The
THE first interim report of special contmittee appointed to investigate the Colony's housing problem is a sobering document. makes abundantly cleur there is no magical solution! available; that if the poorer people of Hongkong are to get adequate housing, new policies allied with a long- term plan are essential, The initial diflicuity confront. !
ing the committee has been į lack of vital data and statis. ties; for example, how many require resettling or housing and what is their rent-paying ability. committee, and for that
elne, matter
anyone only hazard a very rough RUUSH,
and guesswork
The
Can
makes problematical a long-¦ term housing plan.
A census undoubtedly would
be of some help. The com- mittee urges 1:
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DAKS
THE FAMOUS COMPANI 'IN ACELONI TROUSERS
Whiteaways
German Reunification: Speech To
Speech To Satellite Chiefs PRESS COUNCIL
'NO HURRY' SAYS Mr KATTACKS GAG
HE
TELLS PARTY MEN: MERGER
IS NOT POSSIBLE TODAY
HIS ADVICE: PATIENCE AND
DON'T GET EXCITED
Moscow, July 17.
Mr Nikita Khrushchev, Soviet Communist party leader,
said in a speech today that much patient work was necessary
for the achievement of a reunified Germany.
He was speaking at a Kremlin reception for Herr Otto Grotewohl, East German Premier, Herr Walter Ulbricht, East German Communist Party leader, and other members of the delegation which flew to Moscow yesterday for talks with Soviet leaders.
priority. It would not pro- "Don't worry an
don't the advice which vide all the required data. hurry was but it could offer some use. Mi Khrushchev gave them, ful working
He said "the imperialists mixi turi fientions Pista
statistics.
would pinpoint areas of population density and as-
with certain
reasonable Accuracy the number of ruef dwellers andl other dia. placed inhabitants. In mediate official attention to this question is advocated,
Wind
on the basis of the Bonn con |
stilution and the Dona, anglane – that is, on a purely capitalist and imperialist basis
**The German Democratic Republle is also for reunilica-
"But untience does not mean. we must look for the time at which to capitulate before the capitalists.
fur We
Co- penceful
between the two systems,
29 KILLED IN BIG BURMA QUAKE
Rangoon, July 17. A severe earthquake last night rocked Mandainy, Sagaing, Bhamo and Myingyan in upper Burma, according to reports reaching here today.
The full extent of damage and casualties was not immediately known but unofficial reports said at least 29 people were killed.-Reuter.
Britain To Support
NEW LOOK AT EMPIRE
BILL IN
IN LORDS
London, July 18.
The Press Council, an unofficial organisation which studies and pronounces complaints about British newspapers, today condemned a parlia- mentary bill which proposes strict controls for the press.
The bill, which was introduced) and corsorship that this country to the House of Lords last week has known, whether in peace or by the Eari of Selborne, calls war, for centuries."
The resolution concluded by for a licensed press under the supervision of an official three saying that though the Press man authority, licences could be Council has no statutory powvers, withdrawn
1 variety of its censure, publicity and in
"has
had offences
fluence
already marked effect"
The Council then went on to with three complaints deal which had come before it:
for
The Press Counell, a voluntary group set up by the profession itself with representatives of alistic uniona, described the bill as "misguided and reactionary," 'Abolish Freedom'
SOCIALIST proprietors, editors and journ
BACKS
China Ban? TORY PLAN
London, July 17.
float, and I permit mystif rutss it would, of course, want Crifeution on a Socialist basis,
London, July 17. Secialist MP Reginald on which it has built te state. "Is it possible to achieve this
Britain is expected reluc: Sorensen today joined Con- Rocky? Apparently this condition | existence that is, competition|tantly to support a United vervative MPs who are de- States motion for a further manding a reassessment of moratorium on discussion of the
of the organisation China's admission the Commonwealth.
is not possible tocary
"Much work must be done here, and in s work much patience must be shown must not get excited
We
By Stages
IT is now generally recog- BOMBARDIER FORGOT TO TURN they can solve their own prob-
nised that the Colony's housing problem has two components resettlement taf squatters! and provision of
hutses
the for
poorer sections of the com-
The
manity and the lower-pnid white collar classes. resettlement programme hag made useful progress and apparently could be accelerated, given the moval of "bottlenecks." But the overriding handicap both as regards resettle- ment and creation of new
residential
ro-
suburbs ap-
pears to be unavailability of developed sites.
The committee has faced up
in a
to thin Issac con:mendable manner Bri
OFF A SWITCH AND
H-BOMB WAS FOUR MILES OFF TARGET
·Washington, July 17.
in
An Air Force General told Congress hitherto-secret testimony released today that a United States hydrogen bomb missed its target by nearly four miles in a Pacific test last May because an airman "forgot to turn a switch off.”
enlarging
the Scnute Air Force
committee.
in the
preget ssing believei
Of course,
we run into sub-problems every day and we A heavily-censored have
And ways to solve version was released tonight, Then, but we have maintained
THE DANGER
pretty well our schedules."- Iteuter.
MP's VIEW OF TRADE BAN
to
But Mr Saronsen disagreed with the 20 Influential Torles who want a Royal Commission to look into the matter.
Insttad he urged immediate all-party discussions in Britain 09 Arst step.
de..
It criticised a South Lon- don weekly newspaper for suggesting that anti-Semitism was behind a fire in tocal "The mecsure would not
synagogue. The paper should fend but abolish the freedom of have printed a letter from the tho press, one of the proved rabbi denying this and an earlier historic
of safeguards
the report that the synagogue had Its British people," it said. "In its been desecrated and that
saying special
place would arise a triumvirate members were
with prayers, the Council said.
of
empowered censure
the administration of only the loot and vaguest rules....
"Almost everything listed in
the
to
Q crimes of (for
admonished the Sunday Pictorial (or printing a
possible violations of the picture of a child with the clear of propriety inference that the child, whose required standard is so vague
as to be impossible name was given, was illegitimate. defino, such as undue
It persisted in criticising publicity'
the London Daily Sketch Boxual or sudistic nature), for approaching by telephone the fumecossary exploitation* (of widow of a man who had just human grief), and unnecessary been killed in Cyprus, desplie a intrusion (on personal privacy). letter from the woman saying
TOW had she It added that a
no complaint
vto
"I think that if the GermansUnited Nations, informed in West and East Germany are
sources said today. not interfered with, when the
Britain Bul
feels that ad- two sides can be convinced that
mission of the Peking regime to the world organisation cannol les, when they can take their
bo delayed much longer place at a common table, they
she will give Ady support will find a common language.......
a new U.S. inktive not at one, but they will reach
postponement of China's Agreement gradually and by
and on "disrespect or dy to Lagainst the paper-Router. clusion in the United Nations
prevent stages."
Malaya will soon be wanting to the Royal Family" would be prompted chiefly by
know what their status in the proper considerations of Western
haviour of gulie minor royalty Commonwealth is to be.
if they acted flagrant French Tell Reds solidarity, the informants said.
He predicted that this might No a decision so far tus
disturb South Africa but more
tore against the public interest.
"No Arms Cuts' Like The Times been taken by the British Gov-then that, he said, it is necessary ernment.
Ho tuld the East German leaders don't worry" over the fuct that West Germany did
wisti not
to negotiate with them. "Don't hurry, the time will come when they will come knocking at your door," he said.
to
After Elections
to
for
In-
The urgency, he from the fact
that
ex-
said, stemS territorica much Os the Gold Coast
now to decide what the ties that the Commonwealth really bind are and what the basic minum China's membership is
terms of membership are, tq, be, that be raised at 'the M Sorensen
ugreed United forthcoming
Nations stringent terms for membership Assembly in November, after might break up the Common the U.S. presidential election. wealth as surely as a tendency
According
to allow the Commonwealth to information reaching Britain, there is little drift, but he insisted the lines drawn somewhere.m chance at present that the US must be
the London Express Service. will weaken its opposition
If the West fick been unable to "strangle" the Soviet Unionpected Inumediately after the revolu tion, even less could it strangle the
of Communist group "On that side there is great strength-I won't underestimate the strength on that aide-but
countries now.
the Socialist side the
Hits The West
Turning 1 Mar. hal Georal Zhukov, Defence Minister, he remarked "Isn't that right?"
Mr Khrushchev derided the Western countries for calling them elves the "free world."
Mr Khrushchev also derided the "freeden of the press" in the West, where he sald the working class "have the right but not the money to have their Own newspapers and radio."
General Thomas Lletel nant
Is the same hearing, Majus- ዕዳ proposes the immediate Power, Commander of the Air (General R.A. Schriever, describ-strength is also not negligible,” creation of
special hesturch แ
Developmented as being in charge of deve- development office of the | Command, Wiz
unloping the intercontinental und
range Public Works Department, the previou, Air Force official intermediate
bollistic Ita frat functions would be explanation that the miss was missiles, said that these missile
pigrammes were to ascertain what areas afnue to "a human error in
of the manipulation
al out bombing
us fast land or reclaimable sea are
as he Auitable for the construer which dropped the weapon,
equipment" of the B-52 bomb- | possible.
"We have got a tremendous tlon of new towns or His tealmony was given 121 puh going. General Schriever suburbs: what would be the cla.ed session Inst June 20 w cost of the basic engineer- ing works required, and what would be the value of the land for development or sale.
The sub-committee's Chair- The practical feature of this
man, Senator Stuart Symingtou proposal is that it envisages (Democrat Missouri), Intor- eventual development injected
nt one point: "If it include sale of the land for fellow left off a couple OL housing, sale for industry, switches you would have quite a the construction of Govern- few apologies to make for hit- ment-aided housing and the ting & elty instead of an air- construction of parks, public acid, wouldn't you?"
General buildings, schools, clinics,
Power replied; markets and other essential beings you have
"Wherever You have human This type of accident.
You have that in if the time of war. You bomb
the MANIFESTLY
housing problem is to beef you put too many safety
wrong targets ...... solved, the cost cannot be raci
factors in you star! down- borne entirely by the tax grading your performance just
They have already due to the safety factors," payers.
he met heavy commitments in sald the matter of aquniter re- settlement and that burden will continue to be carried for some time to come. But when the committee en- visages the building of new towns and suburbs, then Government and private enterprise must join handa
suburban amenities.
Senator Saltonstal commentos that the B-52's crew had had the best training, and General Ho Power went on: "Yes, sir. (the bombardier) forgot to turn а Bwlich ot. Basically it Amounts to that.
'LEFT
IT ON' "They make Irial
runs
to.
London, July 17. A Bocialist MP predlotel day that the British Government 13 heading Into n utterly anomalous" position over
the trade embargo on China.
Mr የ . Donald Chapmeh
said he understood that between 40 and 60 tractors and a num- ber of smull trucks had been exported to China as "samples" under the exceptions procedure prescribed by the general agres- ment on the embarge.
These "sample" were likely to produce sizable orders but the Government apparently saw little hope of casing the embargo at least until after the Us presidential cicctions
November.
to bring the satellites into to make sure everything is set, Mr Chapman thinks therefore being.
and there was a mwlich that on
that if firm orders are placed Government'a frnt
effective the final run should have been the government will either have role in such a partnership turned off and he left it on.
This put the error in. Com-ocptions
could be the early develop pletely human error,"
of land and the
ment
that be a fatal error
Although "Imperialists greatly love to talk about their electoral system"
they "crushed" the Guatemala government "legally deeled by the people,” he said. ver, there had been no
in Vietnam this sum- mer as agreed the 1954 Geneva conference because In South Vietnam "there has been formed, instead of the French, a most, so to speak, democratic state, and it firmly holds it in its paws."
Strength Needed
ما
entry of China into the United Nations, even after the ciceliun. The indications are that if China's
declaration on the renunciation of force In the Formosa area is not forthcoming by the autumn, the moratorium on discussion of Peking's admis- sion to the organisation will be continued.-United Press,
AIRMAN SHOT IN
CYPRUS
Nicosia, July 17.
A British airman was shot dead this afternoon by three masked gunmen at Ayios Dhomelios, a suburb of Nicosia.
The airman was visiting the houst of a Cypriot friend when the three guramen entered and shot him at point blank rango. Mr Khrushchev
Aylos Dhomeries is a western continued
suburb of Nicosia through Is the "this democracy
con-
most military trame ception of the tree world.
The which free world consists of freedom passes on the way to the major for the capitalists to plunder camps west of Nicosia. the working class without inter-
The arca has been surrounded by troops and the Investigation ference from anyone,”
15 continuing.-France-Presse.
After the Communist Party Congress last February. "certain
people" tried to use the decision General For Trial
that there wero different ronds to socialism In
"divide the fraternai Communist On Serious Charge
WW
must
parties and deal with 11 one by one,"
This wo inust under- stazi and dirtw appropriate conclusions.
"Therefore, strengthen the solidarity be tween the Communist parties and working parties which stand et Marxist-Leninist posi- Mons. We must seek contuels with socialist, partles, social de mocrats and working parties which did not stand on these positions."-Router,
London, July 17. A retired British General was cleared by a Woldingham Court today of a charge that he at tempted
to have carnal knowledge of a 13-year-old girl but was sent for trial to the Old Bailey on a charge of indecent assaultz
General Sir Frank Masservy wso a former Commander-in- Chief of Pakistan Army and of the British Foreca in Malaya and.Burma-France-Presse.
make wide to
use of the ex- procedure thereby
ban rendering the
virtually Senator Saltonstall esked: meaningless or thandon the carrying out of engineering "Would
inade altogether. works necessary before any at another time? I met would Meanwhile, in the House of building construction can be that error lead to such a failure Commons today, Mr R. W. attempted.
of accuracy that we would hit Low, Minister of State to the The formidablo task of re- pur own people
lorries had been exported 19 housing a considerable pro- awful lot of troubly make an Board of Trude, said that 120 China since the beginning of portion of tho Colony's General Power answered that this year. London Expre population can only be ful in his opinion an error of this Service. filled by carefully conceived type could never be very great. and practical town planning. ONLY SMALL ERROR Realisation must talte a long The bombardier resets time. All this is fully ac cepted in the committee's cross haing on the target. What you have the erroneous drift report.
London, July 17. Foreign Minister to serve with i Experts say his recall from Government at least has some information being put in, drit
Tron Curilan experts said the Foreign Minister, Mr Bonn also heralded a new wor thing basic on which to information from a previous run
today that the "Kremlin has Sepitov.
of nerves by the Kremlin against. work, and will be expected that the error: never
be very great because he hcs called in Valerian Zorin to topo
West Germany 'and Chancellor to make a quick decision.
unrest in the
specialist on central Konrad Adenauer personally. on the proposals contained the cross hairs on but it is riot with current
zatellites.
Europe, Zorin is credited with
The now deputy Foreign in the interim report so that ynchronised properly.
Zorin, who was recalled) sud having "pulled the stringe" Minister was expected to take a denly from his post as Am- which led, to the Communist leading part in ro-stinping Moe- badoador to. West Germany, has seizure of power in Prague ii cow polley for Germany United been appointed “, a “deputy, L. 1948,
his
could
"It is synchronised on the the committee can proceed previous run, so it will always unhibited to complete Ital be of a small magnitude," he valuable labours,
Zorin May Tackle Satellite Unrest
ever
discussion
of the be-
tho
It also objccted to the Eart of Selborne's
standard" of newspapers should.
that proposal
be that of the Times of London during May, 1058. This took no of different tastes or pocount interests among readers, the re solution said.
It said the bill would give the three-man authority "the most stringent powers of suppression
Paris, July 17. The French Government (oli the Soviet Union tonight 10 could not consider reducing lis foroča at prosent.
The message, handed over in Moscow by
Am- the French bassador, M. Maurice Dejean, was sent in reply to a letter Premter, the Soviet Marshal Nikolai Bulganin, who Invited various Nato contries
unilateral
from
POZNAN SEQUEL: 323 ARRESTED to take without warung for the
Warsaw, July 17. Poland's public prosecutor un- nounced today 323 people have been arrested in connection with the Poznan riots. He indicated most of them would face trial.
news agency Pap, conclusion of a general agree- cial Polish
ment. prosecuter Marian Rybicki sald toll in the uprising
The French Premier M. Guy the death
reducing which started on June 28 was 53. Mollet sald in reply
troops wounded French
stationed in 300 were More than and 127 were still in hospitals, | Germany "cannot be consider-
led by Steelf."—Reuter.
In an interview with the off-he said.United Pros,
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