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CHINA
No. 37298
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Established-1845
FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1959.
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THE LEADER TO 79 COUNTRIES'
WEATHER CLEARS AS BRITANNIA SAILS INTO HARBOUR
Of The BIG WELCOME FOR THE DUKE
Day
THE CHANGE IN
IT
14 YEARS
is 14 years since 1.
Philip Mountbatten RN
Oxford Leads University Suicides
London, March 5. suicide rate among white male under- graduates at Oxford! University between 1948 and 1958 was nearly five! times the comparable age group rate for England and Wales, according to Agures published today in the British medical journal.
lost any Hongkong. In the aftermath of occupation The
Krey it was a picture of
tragedy, neglect, destitution. Ite WH probably happy to leave it. With pride and pleasure the rejuvenated invalid welcomes Prince Philip to day, with the hope that he'll he sorry 10 50 hours i
ко hence. Sorry enough to wait | to come back again at the carliest convenient
portunity. Because after 14 years he will have noticed an amazing transformation. Behind this change lies a story that almost qualifier Hongkong for a Duke of Edinburgh nward-that halke won by British children who necomplish an expedition fortitude and re-
The sourcefulness".
of the place sillence amazes the local people us much as anyone. Experts warn us: this can't go on. And yet it does.
THE Colony's achievement is that it has brought about its own recovery by faith and tenacity. That it to the has in due as much steadfastness of local Government as to the end- leas quent for survival by the Chinese people who have taken refuge here in hundreds of thousands in recent years, and brought
-
At Cambridge University and University College, London, I was nearly three imes, higher. it was slightly higher at seven
her British Universities.
Mental Health
Greeted By Governor
On Queen's Pier Steps
The Duke of Edinburgh stepped ashore at Queen's Pier this afternoon where he was greeted by the Governor, Sir Robert Black.
Hongkong gave the Duke a big welcome. The first Royal salute of 21 guns was fired when her naval escort of three frigates joined her at sea, Britannia was then about 60 miles from Hongkong. More royal salutes were fired as the Britannia passed through Lyemun into the harbour. And as the Duke stepped ashore church bells pealed out in welcome.
Cathedral bells in, rung together. from the "red" the Crowds watched
The bells will continue to windows of the big office build-a salute of welcome.
This means that nil thepeal until the Duke reaches trs looking on to the Queen's Pier enclosure.
were Government House. Cathedral's
There were several thousand people on the reclamation and in the Star Ferry area.
Half an hour before the Duke was due to step ashore, crowds made their way from various parts of the central district, all converging on Queen's Pier.
The Duke was wearing the uniform of an Admiral of the Fleet.
Sir Alan Rock, Sentar Health Omeer at Cambridge University, said: "Student suicides are an
The royal yacht Britannia cnd share of the problem of carrying the Duke on his tour universities for the Far East, arrived in mental health in
farharbour at 1.15 p.m.
about
Sir Alan
that
which undoubtedly 100 little Is known even uy tho e Tut directly cun. cerned...."
I dided
The smallness of the number of suteldes
nit J:1
universities "must be stressed, for with SQ few cases it is only too easy to draw
conclusions from statistical inbles."
Sir Alan said that Oxford had a suicide rate of 26.4 ver 100,000 students and Combrage
21.3 rate of
100,030 students.
erroneous
per
This compared with 5.9 per 100,000 students for seven atlier British universities-Reuter and U.P.I.
with them their industry, PETITION BID
Initiative and skill.
Their
puverty and misery too. And in their train a crop of problems which the Colony Btill trying to sort out. Our greatest regret is that the Duke in not here long enough to see it all the modern factorles and the traditional workshops, the Chinese way of life, the university and ita interests, the mass-housing, the wel- fare work, the cluster of whole reservoirs and the
field of development in which the Duke has taken elne. such a keen interest
It is a source of;-
that
RD
- where of Joent prote hus been inuch achieved e-miny obstacles And have been overcome. it is natural that we should wish n
person like:
the Duke as consort of the Head of the Commonwealth to neu how this afhall part of the Queens domain thrives. Nevertheless Hongkong is honoured
to
bo host to Prince Philip.
IN
the current vinit Govern- ment has tried to it a much as is comfortably possible into the Duke's programme consonant with the official theme, The have youth of Hongkong been accorded an enviable privilege and the reat of the programme has
been
so arranged as to allow as many as possible to ace the Duke who is held
in the
same high esteem here as in Britain and any other part of the Commonwealth. Today the Ching Mail com- Duke's memorates the arrival, with n Souvenir supplement in which much of the character of this remarkable man, and some- thing of his current tour is revealed. The reception he has been given everywhere is a vivid testimony of his own popularity and the tovarença in which the Crown is still hold in lands whose links with it are to- and formal. day tenuous The atirring triumph of this tour Imbuen
the
Queen's subjects here who with him heartily an enjoy.. able and happy stayin Hongkong
BY NT VILLAGERS?
the Police nor Nether
Governmeis Public
The
eight bella
FIRE CRACKERS AND SHIPS'
SIRENS GREET THE DUKE
By NOEL BUCHANAN
Prince Philip the Duke of Edinburgh arrived in Hongkong on the royal yacht Britannia for a fog-shrouded re- ception of fire crackers and hooting and ships' sirens. As The Royal barge from
The royal yacht and its escort The Britannia was escorted the Britannia drew alongside,
and che Rober! Sir
saluted the Duke down the harbour by a recep- of four, minesweepers
him up the and then escorted
tion committee of about two of the heavy escorts rounded tho red-carpeted steps.
dozen beflagged launches and point from Tathong channel at
12.32. At the top of the steps were small craft. Lady Block, Miss Barbara The Duke stoud on the lower slack, the Cornmander British deck with Hongkong's former Forces (Lieut-General Sir Earie Governer, Sir Alexander Grant Bostyan), and Lly Bastyan, liam and admiral of the feet, the Air Offee Commanding (Air Lord Fraser waving, taking Commodore PD. Holder) and pictures with
a movie camera the Commodore in Charge sød 'looking nt Hongkong. (Commodore G.D.A. Gregory). through binoculars..
They were presented to the Duke by Sir Robert,
Standstill
City traffic was almost at a standstill as General Bastyan Pscorted the Duke to the salut- Ing dais.
Landmarks
All the way along the harbour Sir Alexander, wearing a hat, pointed out landmarkce to Duke.
the
the As
Britannia passed Lyemun the boats through that formed the reception com- misto let off leeg strings of fire crackers. Tugs and laun. ches boated...
A great pali of anoke, from the strings of crackers driited ahead of the Britannia almesi blotting it out and infuriating photographers
the Press itaunch inside the entrance,
оп
FIVE AFRICANS
KILLED
Blantyre, Mar. 5,
This is the fret time Prince Philip has visited Hongkong "he Consort and the first In front of the Duke was an Prince
has been Inter-Service Guard of Honour time Sir Alexander
Ceylon, ist back since he retired as Gover- drawn from HMS
Idiled were Five Africans Battalion the Green Howards nor
The heavy pall of fog that had
when security forces Royal Air Force the and
throuded Hongkong since early today
spehr-carrying! Station, Kai Tak,
surrounded them
neur Zomba, of here, were
His
The banners and decorations moining lifted slightly just be opened fire on Re-along the procession route flap harbour but
fore the Britannia entered the crowd which
stili Hongkong at a road block lations Office, were able to ped Idly in the breeze os
und Kowloon were ringed with about 50 miles north
Africana confirm this morning, reportsighness mounted the dais.
Four other the city and the that New Territories villagers The Guard gave the Royal mist and were coming lots the city in Salute and the bands of HMS Prak were almost invisible from injured.
The latest victims bring the death roll since a state of an attempt to make peliilons Ceylon and the Green Howards North Pulat.
emergency was declared in this troubled territory two days ago
Took Salute
before the
to 30.
But the day was calm. to the Duke of Edinburgh and played the National Anthem. the Governor for official re-
The breeze that kept strings of flags on all the naval ships cognition of the Heung Yeel
in port flapping gently, barely
The disturbance, coming Kuk (Rural Council).
The Duke took the salute and gave more than a ripple to the after a generally quiet night in several vernacular newspapers
carried reports
surface of the water. both yester then Inspected the Guard, ac-
Bri-Nyasaland, started when security An hour today day and
about the companied by the Guard Cum- movement-bat--the Heung mander and General Bastyau tannia was due to sail through forces left their vehicles at the Yee Kuk also denied N The fog and mist that had Lyemunpropio had take road block to disperse the morning, having anything to covered the Colony for the whole vantage points
Lendon, Mar. 5. do with organising any pell morning dog-and-the beaches at the entrance to the tlon..
sun came out as the sky cleared. Pa
Flim Star Kay Kendall was Luxury launches, junks and sued for breach of contract to The FRO confirmed, however, But the Duke could nui get a
Arthur thy
Bank by J. have been good view of the Peak or the lock yachts drew up along the that road blacks
side to watch the Productions. The company sat up in the New Terri- Upper Levels as they were still Shaukiwan
Duke's arrival.
asics on unspecified amount tocles, but added that there covered by a light mist,
Hundreds of families at padimages-UP.L checks were just rontine,
tiently on funks anchored at Shaukiwan.
As the Duke stepped ashore the Chaplain of St John's Cathedral, the Rev. J. W. Foster
THE BRITANNIA
on the
Crowd-Reuter
rocky
of
THE-DUKE
RENDEZVOUS
We Sight Britannia
At 7.57
From PHILIP HARRISON on board HMS Cardigan Bay The Royal Navy's escort of three frigates sighted the royal yacht Britannia at 7.57 a.m. today and the Duke made & brief appearance on the poop kas HMS Cardigan deck Bay drew close to trans- fer royal mai
Tension aboard this ship, leader of the three frigates cscorting Britannia.to Hongkong, re-
laxed after the intercepiòn, a 21-gun solute and transfer of the mali was completed on schedule.
HMS Cardigan Bay, HMS 9: Bride's Bay and HMNZS Rotoill are now in arrowhead formation behind the Britan- ala, heading for Hongkong.
Radar Contact :
First radar contact
with the
Britannia was made at 7.32 a.m. when it was 11 miles - away,
Steaming in a line asfern, the escort closed in at 15 knots through light swell with mist over the water.
Our radar was tracking the royal yacht constantly and reporting the position to the bridge every few minutes,/< The first sighting of the Brian- nla was mado at 757 (am. when she identifled herself with a signalling lamp. The Salute
The three frigates started fring
a salute simultaffeously, right ba schedule at #'s..
We wheeled around until we were in a linó ‘ostern; óf the yacht "and then Cardigan Bay maved...up. alongside 10 transfer royal mail. Only 25 yards separated the
two vessels. D:**
The Duke, appeated for a briet
-moment on the 'poop deck us, the Cardigan Bay closed. The transfer storted at 8.12 and 'finished: five minutes
Later and then the three frigates formed up behind the 'royi) Yacht, to sfart, the journey back to, Hongkong,
A
Yellow Disc Hovers
Over London
London, March 5,
A mysterious yellow disc seen hovering over London Airport last Thursday was today re- corded by the Air Ministry here as "an un- identified flying object.”
At least four reliable wit» ( in one position for about 20 resses saw the "object" in the minutes, then climbed away at evening.
high speed."-Reuter,
ofcer An air traffic control studied it for several minutes
through binoculars before ebeck-
operators-but. Jng with radar they found no image on their
screens.
No Clouds
One eye-witness said tonight
it was like the reflection of o search light on clouds, He added "there were no clouds."
London, Airport would.10 officially disclose the nomes of the four known witnesses.
The Royal Air Force Fighter at Command headquarters Starmore which was asked by London Airport air tramd control to investigate, gave this official description: "Bright yellow light varying in Infenalty some 200 feet from the ground. It stayed
SOUVENIR SUPPLEMENT
A special eight- page lift-out souvenir supple- ment commemo- rating the Duke's visit to Hongkong is published with today's China Mail.
POLICE MOVE CARS ON CENTRAL · RECLAMATION
Police officers were working |
overtime last night and early thir morning moving cara which had been left on the Central Reclamation ares. Last night no fewer than 143
care
were removed and on Tuesday night, prior to the re- hearsal, 67 care had to be cleared from the area.
A Polico #pokesman said this
morning that the Central Re- |
clamation arna wlit have to be cleared agatn on Baturday night for the departure of Hin Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh the following day. He called on motorista for co
operation ind said that it owners would
remove their cars themasives it would sava them lot of Inconvenience and the Police the trouble of moving the cure, away.
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