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WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1957.
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Simon And The
Case In Point.
SIM
IMON is 22, but he looks He looks like 'n studious schoolboy, the sort whom others, less gifted and more robust, delight to torment.
quite five years younger.
The Jeweller must have been surprised to see one who looked 30 gravely innocent on the ulher side of his counter. "Good morning." the jeweller anid,
Simon put a hand to his pocket and brought out a Hot cigarette
"I w-want to know how much you will give me for this," he salti.
cuse,
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case,
The jeweller took the weighing it will casual x- pertise with his hand for scules, "Hmmm," he said, "I shall have I'll make a to see about this note of your name, then if you could call back...."
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Conference Asks UN To Act
· Geneva, May 28.
An international conference has asked the United Nations to declare the 700,000 mainland Chinese refugeas in Hongkong as coming under the mandate of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and thereby eligible for international aid.
The conference asked this to United Nations General Assem-
be considered at its next Gen cral Assembly.
The conference, which WES attenled by delegates from non-governmostal International organisations cried tonight.
It was at this conference that Dr Elean Rees said yesterday there was "an apparent lack of on the part of the enthusiasm British Government, both in the UK and Honghong, that refugee problem should become an international
Europeans In
Another resolution
bly meeting in July."
Mr Summers adde that until such time as there was a concrote plan his organisation was unable to do anything to wards solving the problem.
In
TWO HURT IN ROAD ACCIDENTS
An old woman and a
man
passed ut the conference asked Commun- were injured in traffic accidents 1st China
Kowloon and more exit
Hongkong to grant visas and other.
yesterday morning. They are governments more entry visas for European both in hospital receiving treat- refugees küll on the
maininud ment.
of China, according to a United The woman, Tam Chau living Press cable.
ai 109 Tal Nam Street, second
POLICEMAN PRESENT SIMON Eave his name,
Mr Ken Summers of the floor, was knocked down by a jeweller noted, not with Hongkong United Nations Re-bus in Prince Edward Road near out surprise, that the name befugee Offee sald that his or- the Junction with Sai Yee Street, was given bore no relation to
ganisation here was solely cen- The man, Cheung Yue of 400 the
on the case, corned with European refugees Jaffe Road, ground floor, was monogram When Simon had left he called from China.
injured by a lorry in Pokfulam the police.
Road near the Dairy Farm,
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When Simon next visited the Jeweller
policeman Wis present to hear han Inquire about the gold cigarette
He showed himself.
cate,
"I'm arresting you," he suld
to Sumon, "for stealing that case,"
A
YOU READ IT
T. Bow Street Simon pleaded guilty to the thefl, and a policeman Listed his six previous convictions, then said to the mingistrate, Mr Geruint Rees: "This man nude n statement about how he came by the cigarette case. Sholl I read It outer
"Do you want it read out or are you content that I should read it myself?" Mr Rets asked Simon.
Ex-
"You rend ." Simon sald. So, unusually, Simon's planation for his crime was kept a private matter, and he was dispatched to sessions for sen- tence, without anyone in press- box or pubite gallery knowing more than the barest details of the crime that sent him there.
"At present we have no plan for Chinese refugees," said Mr Summers, "but it has been re- commended that the Hambro re port be placed before the
A womans had her wrist watch snatched in Un Chau Street, Kowloon, yesterday afternoon. No arrest hes yet been made.
Inaugural Viscount Flight Postponed
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The inauguration of the Hongkong Airways jet- prop Viscount service,
Tulpei Hongkong - Tokyo, has been post- poned for 趄 short
it period, nounced today.
was
an-
The inaugural flight to Tokyo, to have taken next Saturday place and the inaugural flight from Tokyo to Hong- have taken kong, to place on Sunday, will
now
operate
on con- secutive dates in the near future. The brief postponement of the Hongkong Air- ways' Tokyo service has been muude pending clarification of the air- line's operating and traffic rights position at intermediate points on the route. Further announcements will be made by Hong. kong Airways at a later date.
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LIN DAI, HK'S AWARD-WINNING FILM STAR, BACK FROM TOKYO
Lin Dal (conize) holdfug her trophy, with her mother (left) and (right) at Kal Tak today.—China Mali Photo.
Now that the Asian Film Festl- vál is over for another year Hongkong actors, actresses and delegations are returning one of Hongkong's most success-
to the Colony.
ful movie stars to go up to Tokyo was Misa Lin Dal. There she was awarded the distinction of being The best actress at the Festival Miss Lin Dal returned to the Coking this morning by BOAC from Tokyo,
The plane landed after a one- hour delay dud to bad weather.
Meeting the beautiful actress at the airport were, her mother,
grandmother and members of The International Films Com- pany, the makers of the filmy "Golden Lotus". Lin Dal won the award for her
burt in that film.
She told the Press she fell grateful and honoured when she learned of the rather un- expected result.
Miss Im said that although she had been in the movies for five years she still had a lot. to learn about technique and training and was not yet fully qualined.
She thanked her fans for their
support.
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INSURANCE FIRMS
China Underwriters Ltd had shared in the "lean underwriting results" experienced..by in- surance companies throughout the world in 1956, the acting Chairman, the Hon. Leo D'Almada said today in the company's annual report,
"Insurance companies through~|| Our own motor business is out the world have reported beins closely watched and steps that 1950 was on unprofitable] have been taken to elimkata year, particularly for "busines?j poor business. The results for other than life mesurance; and the first four months of this Il may have been noticed that year are much better. many of them have had to en- croach heavily on their reserves:
The promlurian the Marine
to cover depreciation or invest-account also increased by cus- third over the 1945 Agures, but ments," he said
"We have shared in the loan her again the result is unpro- underwriting results, but the able. The cost of the - overall value of our investments excessive and steps have been creased business has proved has been maintained, and our taken to reduce the expenses Investment and exchange
increased by that this will not reduce the very materially, and it is hoped
scrve has been amounts carried to it from ex business received.
change and rédemption of A sum of $25,000 has to be
securities during the year.
"I think that, in a bad under
my
transferred from proft and luss to maintain the fund at over 80% of premium come. This high percentage causes a strato
writing year, the results be considered satisfactory."
In the absence from the Colony on leave of your Chair in excess of likely requirements On an increasing account; It is
in our accoltat, which is prac-. tically all on cargo risks, but I is considered prudent to main-. taka the fund at this Sgure.
Armstrong,
It
man, MH: J. Laila to me to make the usual statement on the accounts of the company for 1950.
Life Department
Premiums
dess of the increase
With the appropriations. fram
excessive
are only slightly profit and lose our reserves, in above the 1965 figure, the small- cluding undistributed balance of In- being due profit and loss, show an to the cessation of new business crease of $103,414.
Our fundo Increased by nearly in Burma mentioned by Mr Armstrong In his statement last $2 million, with the result that
the total Hablilties year,
and assets Interest is over $120,000 more have increased by $2,350,000
the than last year due to the in-¦ during
your. Miss Lin Dal came back to the creasing find and to a slightly Mortgages and loans increased . Colony to finish one picture better rate of interest earned
by more than
$1 million and Claims with the Motion Picture, and
and surrenders run-investments by nearly $2 million, General Investment
Com while the somewhat Com-inue to be favourable.
very considerably amount of cash in hand at De pany, Ltd and when she has mission was
nished this she will fly toes, both in amount and in comber 31, 1953 was reduced by Japan to
filma portion to premium income, nearly $800,000. make two
It will be noted that the there. Mie Lin sud that she than in 1955, due to a smaller
year pro market value of our investments hoped to fly to Talwan to proportion of first
infums make two more films there.
Expenses are almost shows a margin of over 10% the same as in the previous She said she only attended the
The Life Fund has Increased award winning movies while in Tokyo. She added that other countrica in Asia had larger markets
and Invest ments but she believed - that Hongkong would soon do bete fer and greatly improve.
Burglar Who Kept Crowbar
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Sentenced To 5 Years' Gaol
An expert burglar Chan Fai who dismantled iron grills with a crow- bar and kept a collection of gloves and picklocks at home, was sentenced to five years by Mr Justice A. D. Scholes at the Criminal Sessions this morning.
above book value,
Property Sale
by over $1,870,000 and this in- cludes a satisfactory surplus over Intercat carried to the profit acharial liabilities, which being held for distribution to and there is a proilt of $02,590 and loss account has increased,
policyholders and shareholders on the sale of a small leasehold
when our next quinquennial valuation is made.
Fire Department
い
property.
The result of the transfer from the departmental accounts is a net underwriting profit of $15,000, but the total
Premiums in the Fire departant for appropriation is only
of
ment increased by 23% over the 1955 premiums. Cialms were only the same low ratio of 32% premiums as the previous year. Commission MES
$40,000 less than in 1935 when underwriting showed a profit of $140,000. fractionally
The
interest figure alone higher in relation to premiuma, but expenses were reduced, with covers a dividend of the same amount as in 1955 with a margin be satisfactory result that transics of $100,000 can be made of 50 per cent and the board in
therefore to profit and loss.
the recommending Accident business was proft-same distribution to shareholders, The fees of directors have able, except in the motor Insur-
coch at $1,000 ance section which constitutes remained more than half of this occoumi, year, fixed when the company
business Our accident
was formed in 1924. The work of the board has incrensei creased by one-third over the
In recent 1955 figure, but the claims were very considerabiy much higher than we have pre- years and you will notice that viously experienced, and it has a revision of the fees is in
support the cluded in the business of the annual general obting. It is suggested that the fees be-In- Motor insurance has proved creased from the beginning of umprofitable according to reports this year to $3,000 a year for that from all over the world: the cost, the chairman anvt $2.000 a year life of repains continues to mount for each of the other dieotors,
on and third-party claims gat|and, a. resolution to that effecti
will be moved at the meeting..
account from profit and loss to the extent of $60,000.
The Judge called Chan "ạ As a result of enquiries the He had been ill since his last professional criminal" with a Police searched the cubicle relcaso and after his arrest had very bad record and said it was where he lived and found five suffered much mental anguish, his puty, to send him to prison gloves, a crowbar with paini He had helped the Police to re- for a long time for the protec- from the iron bar of the Moc-
cover some of the properly. “ tion of the public."
kenzie's
After being sentenced on the been necessary home, and picklocks. Chan, represented by Mr stolen cardigans and two pawn-
There were also two of the two charges, Chan faced another indictment for breach of a de- J. D'Alton, pleaded guilty to tickets concoming two of the
portation order, He also plead- two charges of shopbreaking
ed gulity this. and housebreaking and denied wrist watches stolen from the
third charge of breaking into Mackenzies, the home of the Rev. J. T Savage at 54 Ma Tau Wei Road on January 15 and stealing a camera and $00.
60 Cardigans
Accepting his ples, Crown Counsel, Mr M. Morley John offered
no evidence this count,
A Jury was empanelled formally to acquii the accused of this charge..
As to the first two charges, Mr Moricy-John sade, that on the night of December B last year the accused broke into the Wing Ping Company st ОЗА Wuhu Street und stolo 00 card)- gans, a coilon blanket and two ladies jackets.
The accused gained entry by removing iron bars from the buck window.
Early on the moming of January 8, the aceited broke into the home of Mr and Mrs Charles Mackenzie on the third | floor of 54 Ma Thu Wei Road by removing un íncy bar across the | bathroom - window in the sens
Way.
Five Gloves
"He stále a total of $200,' thred wrist watches, a fade brooch, a jada''cod. goldring, two gold
, a pale of ear-rings and a Buit-length "belonging to various people kthe-flat
Crown Counsel said that the nocubed was, acrested on January 33 because --ho was found at tempting to communicato, wish, a pristinar, chetained in Hunghom Police Station,
MF Morley-John, sald the original order for banishment was minde
SIDE GLANCES
The accused took the Police to a number of pawshops from January 19, 1849. Since then higher and higher. which were recovered 32 more the accused had been found in ot the cardigans stolen from the Colony in 1932, 1953, 1954 the Wing Pig shop.
and 1955,
Fach time he was The Police record of the re-banished,
but on January accused showed convictions for 23, 1857 he was again arrested loitering, robbery, theft and here. burglary, and, according to Mr Marley-John, a considerable time spent in prison ance 1047.".
Mental Anguish
Turned Back
"He had very little choice," Mr. D'Alton said about these returns. Counsel explained
In mitigation, Mr D'Alton that as soon as Chan arrived said that accused was only 28
on the mainland he was turn- and had had "an unfortunate ed back and besides he had had suffered the consequences career" since he
He spent 20 years in Hongkong.
Mr Justice, Scholes sentenced
was 18.
of his bad record, keeping bad Chan to a further nine months company and finding difficulty | for returning from banish- in obtaining employment,
ment.
Going Home On Leave
the
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Brigadier G. 6: Gifford-Hull, resident engineer ak".Alm Tú là Chung tham nolock left the Colony the morally by BOSC for Three months home love in the United King”. dom
Brigadier Gifford-Hull was moen off at the airport by himy simula 21 þér, kdy Denimo Gitterdeilulli (above), and Mr and Mr Lawrenon Hadoorte, and miso members of the Tai Lazi Chang project.
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