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The Hongkong delegate to the Internationa? Secial, Ger- wior Conference In Geneva, left the Colony this morning by PAA. She is Mr Ruby Huang (above), The conference f being held from June 1-7. On the return trip MrE Hutang hopes to visit London, Paris and Rome. She is plo- fured here prior to lier departure from Kai Tak.
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If you think it is just coincidence that the toy soldiers at the top of this page look alike then I reckon you'd believe in fairies.
These plastic troops-identical oven to their rumpled trouser
creases were made in factories 6,500 miles apart. The ones on the left were made in London,
were
The others
mude in us now. Many of her toys are Britain's
colony, Hongkong- better than ours, pinched from the London de- Figns without so much as -4 "Thank you,"
They
front-line
kro
the
to
And, anyway, her toy exports
Britain are restricted 4180,000 worth a year.
to
That's kids' stuff compared
New York radio announcer, Mr Joe Rosenfield,
arrived this morning with his wife, to "sees of Hongkong toy manu with Hongkong. how the other half of the world lives."
Taking his first
vacation เก
three yesra, Mr. Rosenfeld gald he was also making the rotund-__! the-world tour to visit his ron in London and his daughter in San Francisco,
Happiness Exchange
ife runs a programme over New York network, which DR part of a pálimthrople founda tion, the Happiness Exchange Frundation,
facturers who have invaded British toyshop counters,
No Limit
The value of her loy, exports
It is a war between identical ara landed
over by the forces. Between soldiers wear- station. Since the programme | ing ihe same red shoulder to Britain last year: more than brgan nearly
£1,000,000. US$2,000,000 flashes
between Red In-
is símpic... The reason have bren parserl
to dlus Identical to the pin-head keveral thousand needy blon of war paini on their As 'Hongkong is in the Obi- prople.
checks
there is no import monwealth .. between dolls with dimples as predletable as lo- duly and no restriction on what The Foundation has also pro-murrow's date.
she may send to us. vided food, clothing, shelter.
Though many of her toys are wheelchairs, cyeglasses Dnd facturers have 1wo decisive Identicn! In design to English-
LTY B. midg
they hearing aids to people,
are NOT Bosenfeld wid. Three years
Identical in quality. The Hong- ngo, they sent enough money
kong soldiers are pretty taw- to the Philippines to build & muztery for children of lepers,
For the last 10 years, Mr Rosenfield, known over the net- work na "Big Joe," has been is terviewing poor and unfor- tinate people.
Listeners send in contribu. | tions for these people, which Governinent,
Mr.
After seven days' holiday in Hongkong, Mr Rosenfeld and his wife will go to the Philip- pines a3 The guests of the
For the Hongkong lay manu-
weapons:
Cut-Throat
Low-almost not-throat day, prices and copycat models of the English designin they want to rout.
Japanese copyists used to be the big bogey in Toylown. But not have to copy Japan does
Success in business..
But as Hongkong toys are often half to price of the British original few tomers are likely to quibble, Sp the Toytown
casualties claims
its
... so often depends upon up-to-the-minute knowledge of the latest events in world, local and financial news. To meet the ever-growing
demand from businessmen for more LATE factual information, the
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UK REGISTER-5/11
There is the cash register that went broke,
The two pletured on this page look the samé, work the same and both go "ping" when you open them.
But only one rings the bell on the toyshop counter the Honzkung copy selling at 3s
eur-
war
It drove the British original
cost is, Ild.-out of production.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
TOYTOWN
and hits Britain's
cash
registers
Manufacturer Arthur Katz, of
. Swansea, fold me: "It cost a more than £3,000 to design the toy ond put it into production. We sold 80,000 a year until. the Hongkong copy turned up.
"When we complained to the Importers about their 38. Bd. copy they told us: 'We're doing you a favour, We could sell it for 2s 11d.e
And there is...The mossacre of the dolls.
Five years ago, one of Britain's largest doll Arms made twelve million dolls a year.
HK REGISTER-3/6
From the Files
25
years ∙AGO
PUBLIC feeling has been
considerably stirred in Tokyo by the failure to dis- cover a trace of the missing Japanese Consular official, Mr Kuramoto, in Nanking,
The Japanese Government is understood to have decided to Instruct Mr Suma, Consul Gonoral at Nanking, to inform the Chinese Government that Japan reserves the right to tako' whatever measures the circum- stances require to obtain satisfactory affair.
settlement of the
Japanese newspapers belleve not that if Mr Kuramoto is found or the mystery is not ex- plained within two or threo days, Japanese bluejackets will be landed from the warships at present off Nanking and that an
search will Independent undertaken.
bo
Latest word from Nanking indicates that the Chinese nu- thorities have come across a clue or clues of importance, however, and that a statement is expected momentarily,
M M M
►
RASTIC steps to control
Dranic congestion parti-
cularly as regards rking, are forecast by Impending action, which in
it is shown." How is British police toytown fighting back?
One Brm has met the challenge addition to tightening up by automation. It produces a parking regulations, aims at child's water bottle as cheaply the removal of all public as Hongkong can ... by cutting
cara, with the exception of Now they turn out a million, down labour and doing the taxis from parking areas. The missing eleven million work by machine. went to the cheap 4in. lo Bin. Many manufacturers have Chauffeur-driven căra will, as dolls that Hongkong can turn abandoned their cheaper lines the result of representations by out for about half the British to concentrate on intger toys, the Hongkong Automobile ABSO price,
Hongkong Orms do not make clation, be prohibited from
British firms now concentrate these because they are expen- parking in the car parks in on the larger dolls.
sive to ship. Yet this week I bought two
| Pedder Street and Charter Road. The Board of Trade 'are com identical itin. dolls the British Eldering whether to review the
-by
TONY MILES
This was revealed in an in- terview with Mr E. D. C. Wolfe, Inspector-General of Police.
The Loch Ness Monster has been seen by Brother Richard Horan, of St Benedict's Abbey, Fort
more Augustus. For 20 minutes he watched Which twin was the phoney? moment it is almost impossible about the surface of the registration of designs. At the the monster moving leisurely
Expensive Education costing 5s. 3d. the Hongkong present Act concerning the then
of my
friend's
3x. 2d.
daughters is studying in priimple-for-dimple it was hard to register a design of a modern water.
Sir, One
mary clas V of the Diocesan Girls' School, Kowloon, and at the moment the class fee is $21 My friend has received a printed circular from the Headmistress and the Chairman of the Council, that from tho new. term, the feca have been increased to $80
to tell.
But the British model now sells only 2,500 a year where it once sold 120,000.
toy soldier or any toy, animal.
Meanwhile adopt stop-gap measures....
Bomo toymen Brother Horan says the monster is not the fearsonis A doll firm has given wigs to thing that
wateli colls are wigless.
80710 have de-
whose head and neck,wETO,
A toy doctor's set made in all its dolls because Hongkongclared, but a graceful creature Britain has a plastle showing the time as when the Hongkong copy at-
10.27
from $81, and that they have in Britain the time was
withdrawn the school from the Government Grants and made It a private school, and are Increasing the fces tot the major expansion and rebuilding the senior actiool.
still
Out
... 10.27.
of
--
But already toytown is buz above the water, at an angle zing with the
latest fashion of 45 degrees. note: "In Hongkong next year ....wigs will be worn."
As
1004 the
Wash-Out
The head, hò states, ano embittored British beautifully shoped and a manufacturer told me: production
was "I toll under side of the neck British-mado wash-day set, you, boy, the toy business is no silvery in the middle and
A quarter of a million of Teddy Bears' plenie....." black at the edges. these used to be cold a year at 23, 11d. each, until Hongkong showed they could turn them
I took up the matter firstly on the telephone with Mr D. J. S. Crozier the Director of ARDANEN Education Who after fistening: Four for 1
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asked me to speak to the Head- It is eary to about "Copyent!" mistress of the Diocesan Girls' at the Hongkong tay men, but re School. I spoke to the Head-nember this. By no means mistress the next morning and ALL their toys are copies. And I informed her that I was much of the "copycat" business speaking on behalt
of my handed to them on a plate by
British wholesalers and porters.
friend, and would like to dis cuss the three hundred percent increase in the fees and I ask- ed whether the school council had invited public opinion be fore the decision, but
to my
great surprise, the Head-
im-
Some wholesalers pick a British toy that is selling well and send it to Ilongkang lo see how cheaply it can be prodused there. If the price Is "campetjuve,” they place an order.
Business
New Branches Of Union Insurance
New branches opened in Karachi, Narayanganj and at Port Elizabeth in South Africa were reported at the annual meeting of the Union Insurance Society of Canton Lid held this morning in Alexandra House.
mistress refused to discuss the increase in the fees, and sup gested that I should ask my friend to speak. I would te to call upon the Council of the
the Diocesan Girls' School on behalf of so many parents who dul to Hongkong to be copied.sults had been insufficient to
Everyone could not afford these high fees, business..
does it. It's just meet the losses arising from to reconsider the whole Jasue,
just a nuller of operations in Europe and South also to invite the views of the getting an article at the lowest Africa. price. people concerned.
If Hongkong can pro- Education vide fair enough,” is not a luxury reserved for rich Well, is it fair? people. Education is necessary
In the Chairman's statement, sidered to be adequate to mest it was reported that the general all butstanding abilities. world-wide
the pattern of
The Chairman reported that business in 1958 showed im- Mr J. Dickson Lench bad ass Importer Harry Napler told provement upon that of previous sumed the past; of general school and the Headmistress of Kent Road: "Sure, I've sent toys department the profitable re January this year.
me in his office In London's Old years but that in the accident manager of the company in
Sald Mr Napler: "The copy-
Encouraging
It was, however, encouraging
In regard to dividends it was stated that an Interim dividend of 2/- n'shure had been paid ca November 21 fast year and the Directors now recommended the payment of a final dividend of 2/3 a share, payable on May 28, 1989.
Mr J. F. MacGregor, Chair man, presided at the meeting. The audiors". report and counts were adopted.
Mr G. T. Targ, Mr G. M.. Goldsick and Mr H. Owen- Hughes were re-elected direc
as any life saving drugs, and is ing IS fair. Everyone's a copy-to aple that the overall trend equally needed by all grades of it whether he is making cars in Canada was now much im people. The raising of the and pinching a rival's idon or proved and results from this school fees by the Diocesan capying his next-door neigh-feld showed a trend in the Girls' School, will only mean bour's that the poor people's daughters As I said, it's normal “bpale
flowerbed arrangement. right direction,
The fire results in the United who are attending the Diocesan ness."
States of America are again Girls' School, may be with- Mr Henry Sealer, chairman was also stated that the
unsaifzfactory. drawn from the said school of the British Toy Manufac- transfer of £275,000 to the tors I call upon all parents who are turers Association, thinks it is a profit and loss account for the concerned in this matter to downright disgrace,
whe
Lows, Dingham and Matthews!
con-were re-appointed auditors.
form a committee and to put up And he told me: "One seri- marine fund left the balance of and Peat, Marwick, Mitchell the mailer ones again for the ous aspect is that British manui-: £4,008,324) which reconsideration of the Govern-facturers are becoming wary of
..
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