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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1957.
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OPERATION CLEAN SWEEP UNDERWAY
Almost 2,000 Coolies Clear Away Gloria's Trail
THREE-DAY JOB BEGINS
by J. P. Prettejohn
China Mail Reporter
The Sanitary Department of the Urban Services will take three days to sweep up the debris brought about by Typhoon Gloria.
And if that is not the last word in efficiency, the Superintendent of the Department said the gigantic work of cleaning the Colony's streets and winding alleys after the blow could be done in two days. And that, of course, depended on the un- interrupted service of the Department's refuse barges, which had been temporarily withdrawn because of the strong winds after the No. 10 signal had been lowered.
"But mind you, I am not saying that we guarantee the removal of every minute pile of, leaves in odd corners of the streets," Mr A. W. T. White, the Superintendent said.
The Sweepers
His assistant, Mr M. E. Purvis, told me that he had under him 1,000 street sweepers on the Island and 900 in Kowloon and the task of bringing the streets back to their normal cleanliness fell on these 1,900 and others who were responsible for the transportation of the gathered refuse to the dumping. barges.
Mr Purvis said the gang of street sweepers worked till the No. 10 typhoon signal was hoisted and after the blow, they resumed work again at 7 am on Monday to begin cleaning up the debris.
They worked their normal two-shifts a day plus over. time right into the night to obliterate the trail of Gloria's devastating visit.
"And their task is not made the more easy by some members of the public who dump their household refuse into the street for collection," Mr Purvis added.
The Superintendent explained that the workers of the Department were only responsible for the sweeping of "rubbish.". The large pile of mud or silt deposited by the rain, the heavy tree trunks and branches, he said, were the responsibility of the PWD and the Forestry Depart- ment respectively.
Major Problem
Mr Purvis, the Assistant Superintendent, said the dis- posal of the typhoon debris after collection by sweepers was a major problem that delayed the time factor,
He explained that before the No. 10 signal was hoisted, Sanitary Department employees working in their normal routine, had gathered about 100 lorry-loads of refuse for dumping.
Because of the withdrawal of the barges, as direct- ed by the Marine Department which was responsible for the safety of Government's water transport, this huge quantity of waste could not have be totally dumped.
The result was that when the signal was lowered and the services of the water transport resumed, there were waiting for disposal 80 lorry-loads or about 250 tons of city refuse to be disposed of first before the typhoon debris could be dumped.
DRUG SMUGGLERS CHOICE FOR STOP PRESS
SENT TO PRISON
A man and a woman who were said by Detective Sub- Inspector 11. Lauret to be members of a big smuggling ring I the Colony were sentenced to long terms of imprisonment when they came before Mr T. L. Yang at Howloon this morning.
Chin Net-heung, a 23-year-old married woman who pleaded guilty to possession of 43 facts of raw oplum was sentenced to one year.
Yang Lung-yau, unemployed, who also admited having 272 tacle of the drug, was given one year and a fine of $10,000 or an additional six months. This foam was also placed under Police supervision for two years,
The opium was found by a Police raiding party who peiing on information visited the cockloft of No. 4 Junction Road on September 9,
The same day the Pollen also raided No. 23 Yin Chang Atreet cocktoft where the married woman was arrested,
Both defendants claimed that the drug wrapped in paper, was left behind by friends who bad indicated that they would return for the parcels.
CHINESE
IN MALAYA
the
Penang, Sept. 23. Chinese in Malaya must decide im- mediately whether they would like to become. Malayans or aliens, country's new Minister for Industry and Commerce, Mr Tan Siew Sin, said.
their who until his over
compatriots in appintment was publicity Indonesia In that they why not be asked to choose between ollicer of the Malayan Malayan eltizenship and Chinere Chinese Association, said: citizenship.
Mr Tan,
"I will do my best to per- sunde the Government to give suficient time for people wishing give undivided loyalty to Malaya to become citizens."
ANTI-MOSQUITO SNATCHING to the PAKISTAN
MEASURES DEMONSTRATED
VICTIMS:
He told this to the Penund brench of the Malayan Chinese Association, which held a tea
"ALL WOMEN party in his honour.
An unidentified Chineso snatched a gold nocklace from a Chinese woman in Maple Street at about 11.40 a.m. yesterday. A woman reported to the
Central near Gough Street,
A man snatched a purte con- taining money from a woman
about 10.30 pm, yesterday,
Nearly 2,500,000 Chinese in Malayo must decide within 30 days whether they would like to become citizens of the new in- dependent and sovereign nation or become aliens in this country, Made It Clear.
GROUP GOING TO CHINA
Four members of an eight men Pakistani delegation arrived this morning by BOAC from Karachi on
This morning reporters and press photo- grapliers were taken on a tour in Wanchai where a wallet containing money yester-Abdul Rahman, has made it visit to China at the invita- Police that a man znotched her The Prime Minister, Tengku their way to make an official demonstration of destroying and controlling mos-day evening in Queen's Road clear that he and his govern- tion of the Chinese Govern- quitoes was shown.
ment would no tolerate dual ment.
ationality or divided allegiance. The group consists of Mr Snid
The Chinese in Malaya in
Board, Mr Mallk Flanning will have a slight
advantage Abdul Khalin, Secretary of the Economic Institute, Karachi, Nur Mohamad Latif Gatesiu, Chler Economist of the Pakistan Government, ond Mr Naalr Ahmed, Commissioner-in-chargo of the Division of Hyderabad,
The tour was conducted by two Sanitary Department | pedestrian in Li Chit Street at making this important decision Hasan, Deputy Chairman of the
officials.
according to one of the offl The Pest Control Office, cials, deals with every kind "But since mosquitoes east- of pest, from ants to rata. ly outnumber other pests and are more annoying," he squads are organised.” said, "special anti-mosquito
Each squad or unit consist of two men from the Sanitary rict there will be twe squads Department. And in every dis
the public about mo 'quitoes. to cope with the complaints of
SURVEYS
A New Book About
Hongkong
And David Wong says: IT'S
Besides answering the public's The World of Suzie Wong by
complaints, the units also make surveys of their own and real with them accordingly.
tour, the
In this morning's party went to Inspect various shops, houses and roof-tops in Mesquitoes Stone Nullah Lane, Wanchai
ор thelr lotvo? found were destroyed on the spot,
Advice was also given by the two Inspectors to the residents, telling them how to prevent mosquitoes breeding.
side down to that they will not hold any rain water.
"Mosquitoes develop
Richard Mason, Collins. 16/-,
London.
THERE comes a time in the life of
every writer when he will be tempted to write about prostitutes. Many writers yield to the tempta-, tion and achieve notable success, but Mr Richard Mason is not one of them..
and
the
Peak
about
A
LITERARY
DISASTER
say appears
Mr. Hason said that they were going to study resimi al aspects of irritation, flood enti tol and water conservancy.
to
He said, "What is good will be considered for application in Pakistan. We aro going China literally to get knowledge of everything except Com- munism,"
Meeting In Peking
The remaining four of the group will be arriving here within the week and they will all meet in Peking.
Among the things they will see will be the Yangtze River bridge. They will also, be in China, for the October 1 celebra- tion.
After the four Mr 11ason will go to the United States alone and from there to Europe to study the possibility of litro- ducing the apauge-tron process of steel manufacture in Pakistan.
The
group will leave China today or tomorrow.
for
SUGAR RAY
BEATEN
New York, Sept. 23. Carmen Basilio won the middle. weight champion- ship tonight by, out- pointing Sugar Ray Robinson in their 15-round title fight on a split decision. -United Press.
A
MULCTING
Manlia, Sept. 24. Chinese Chamber of Commerce oflicia! of nearby Passy city yesterday do- nounced the mulcting of Chinese businessmen from Hongkong and Tokyo by certain members of the Pasay city police force,
The official said it wES the policemen's practice to extort money from mer- chants parsing Pasay city. on the way to Manila from Manila International Air- port on supposed charges of tax evasion on dutiable
goods.
He said he was Dung charges against the police- men involved, France- Proase,
TYPHOON TOLL
four
Manila, Sept. 24. tugboat sank while motor vessel's 011 aground on treacherous reefn yesterday in the wake of two Facilie typhoona Gloria and Faye which alipped out to the China Sea on Sunday and Monday after hammering Luzon.
No casualties were re- ported however as Phillp- pine Navy boals and com- mercial ships rushed to the Assistance of
the 'vesanis which foundered Marindeque Island, Southern Luzon, and La Union Pro vince, Northern Luzon,
The Inter-island Vessel Rajah Bullman, the largest
of
the ships which ran aground, last night fually reached shelter in nearby Maniuayan Island. Al 37 passengers and crew were saved by a rescue hont.- France-Presse.
draws caricatures and not characters.
SIDE GLANCES
By Galbraith
AUSTERITY
In The World of Suzie But given the context of his he should think, At every turn Wong, the author of The one dimensional characters, he "Be sure to cover pots and Wind Cunnot Read and The what Mr Mason hus to other receptacles which hold water for more than five days," Shadow
these things they are empty, turn them up- love story" said one
heavy-handed and obvious. In-. inspector.
And if tries to tell "a very moving stead of trying to provide in-
about Robert sight,
hus merely.. The Superintendent and his assistant recalled that
Lomax, A British painter, up targets for the renders to
Most writers, as a rule, de- at other times during threats of typhoons, it took longer
and Suzie, the piece de knock down. It is always the light in long descriptive pas- to dispose of the extra debris because of the longer fast. It takes about seven days, waterfront. The result is a always the good characters that
very resistance of the Hongkong undesirable traits, and it is their deathless prose. But not bad characters who have the ages na a vehicle for exhibiting withdrawal of the barges on account of the prolonged after their eggs are laid, for literary disaster of the first are so understanding. And Mr on the side
so Mr Mason. Indeed, he errs them to become 1 flying
of austerity. His nuisance," the Inspector said. magnitude.
Mason makes sure that the bad descriptive passagen are are condemned,
brief tha one wonders it Mr Mason's characterisation is
strangers to Hongkong con ever extremely weak. Ho has propled Take for example the prob-visualise the Colony from his his book with characters that lem of racial prejudice, which book. are completely one-dimensional. Mr Maron brings up again They do not come alive; they and again.
visit of the storms..
DRIVERS
FINED
For failing to give the right
of way to pedestrians al pedes- trian 10ssing, three private-cat drivers were each Aned $50 by Mr T Creedon at Kowloon Magistracy this morning.
They were charged that on various occasions in Kowloon's most crowded districts drove their cart across pedestrian crossings without giving way.
The defendants are chan Chi- to, Shul Sum, and Kúm Lau-'
kam.
Fair Periods
ANOTHER 123 TRIAD MEMBERS ARRESTED
Further arrests of triad soclely members were made by the Criminal Investigation Department yesterday and early this morning.
A total of 29 men have been detained for ques- tioning on Hongkong Island, while 93 men and woman are detained in Kowloon,
The Real McCoy
Eggs-cess
Since no one has ever
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Com
never attain existence; they puppets at the strings.
an Independent remain forever end of so many
And
RAT-FACED
He has George Wheeler, "an The dialogue la cquetly weak. The reader can predict what happy and frustrated man," characters are going to say with saying: "You'll find me a pretty maddening regularity.
casy-going boss on the wholo but there's one thing I will not when they do say their pieces, tolerate on this estate. And that's They mouth them with as much animation Chinese school children reciting the Books.
as
Following the
miscegenation."
He has Wildblood, "a small Four rat-faced, taciturn man with
thinning hul, who was married
But at the same time, these who know Hongkong intimately will
discover many unrealistic altuations, like having the hero, Lomax, wall Into a omall Hving-room in a Chinese home crowded with "the usual abun- dance of children, grandparenta, cousins, aunts," and have his presence "scarcely noticed by the relatives, seated. about the room."
STILLBORN
the
to wrap her
and had children but was retrate look at a prostitute la ar Or again to have a magis- puted to sleep with fils Chinese open court and any from THE PROPS
servant, saying: "I wouldn't go Bench: "I'd like with a Chink if you paid me."
up and take her home. After some inlilai difficulty, vinced hens to take back egg other and better willers who engaged in one of those thread-written a book unwortby af
example of He has on unnamed character
All in all, Mr Mason has Producer Jaime Del Valle has once they've laid them, the City have had to deal with a colonial bare little patterns of colonial him. He has taken too long to come up with someone he be-of Memphis had quite a problem background, Mr Mason lieves is the ideal person
hus cocktail
conversation" say too little, and one parly to when they found themselves fried The weatherman says that portray the part
to bolster his sagging saying: "That's the trouble with help getting of the San with 300,000 eggs left over from story by introducing a series of Eurasians.
the impression there will be moderate locally Francisco Fire Chlef in a tele- the school lunch programme.
It you're nice to that he did not really have a fresh southerly winds blowing vision show,
hackneyed and wo-out props. them, they. Just take advantage novel in him. He merely had It was finally decided to The narrow colonial attitudes and begin to think they're as an idea. If he had lengthened today. It wDi be cloudy. but t
scramble them with mugar and are there, as are the Intermin- good as you.” d with fair periods in the after-The "actor" is William Mur-freeze them They'll be idable cocktail parties, the visits
the period of gestation for his noon. Scattered showers deve-ray, Fire Chief of San Francisco,
And so on. At tu multe cake and cornbread to fortune-tellers and the ex-the
every turnides, he might have produced a loping later this evening.
United Press.
author's volco next year-United Press,
breaks better novel. As it is, his brain- pressions of racial prejudice. through to tell the reader what child is stillborn.
cannot
"I hope your husband isn't perfect, Jane-) know I'd certainly be miserable if I couldn't nag' my George, about something!"
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