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Friday's news that exports of Hongkong cutlery and outraged British and European
facturers might have been i something for this Colony to be proad about, if such ព enterprising, Corey ful and prolific industry had! suddenly emerged from ba hind the lugs of Tsum Wan, Kun Tong or the back- streets of Kowloon. But thei fact is, there is no cutlery industry here to speak of,, and the comments made by such an apparently responsi- ble person as thus President of the Shelfeld Cutlery Manufacturers Association, Mr R. Viner, have Peste as a surprise to this Colony Hongkong's
Vxperi
eluding re-exports for the whole of last year of table. and kitchenware were little more than $1 million. If all this went to the United Kingdom and Europe there; might LE+ H7216
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for comment but long- kung sent only $124 worth of knives, forks n spoons in Pritsin ann $210 worth to Sweden. True Hongkong last year! exported $128,000 or £8,050! worth of heavy knives,
choppers sal scissors to Britain but even that is a drop in the buckel coni- pared with Britain's
OWN
output and imports, and
EXPENDITURE DEFENDED
Completely Thank You Very Much Proper, Says
Mr Knowles
The Chairman of the Hongkong Tourist
Association, Mr W. C. G. Knowles said today that items of the Association's expenditure questioned at last week's annual meeting had been reviewed and found to be completely proper”.
High China Post
For Fuchs?
nuruly does not justify Mr Atomic
Viner's criticlems.
THE Colony
Rome, July 22.
But in a letter sent to Mrs Beatrice Church he refused to give detailed answers to the questions she asked.
Reviewed
Mr Knowles pointed out that as an associate member, Mrs Church's Arin, Advertising and Publicity Bureau Ltd was en-
led to attend meetings of the Association, but not to lake part or vote,
Ile continued: Nevertheless in the interests of the A180- clation, the Board h
re-
viewed the subject matter of your questions, and finds the expenditure
respect of
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rach item completely proper. "WD must decting to go further than this assurance; the Assceintion's necourts have been audited by Messen Feat. Marwick and Mitchell and it ronicl be Impracticable furnish analyses of Agures every member of the Associa- || flon or of the pubife who asked for them.
Suggestions
10 to
"It has been, and continues to spy-scientist | be the Board's policy to seck
Mr Radoorie (left) bring Thanked by me old lady. - -China Mall Photo.
'May Heaven'
Bless You
Klaus recently freed the active co-cperation of all Hors impart from British prison, will invinbers of the mule we For This'
members
We
NE hundred and fifty
eutlery in the form of likely be given an important constructive and calculated to Blanks from Japan more atomie job in China at the further the objects or our than half a million dollars' end
Owidows in Saikung and full of a freshening up Asetation, and will give worth in the fret five course in Russian labs, and consicuration to all such as are its off-shore islands ware A mouth this year. Here Halian agency specialising put forward in a regular man-preconted with 20 chickens ran to each this morning as a means The Inter which But there is in Iron Curtain news report-
three pares began by saying of improving their ed today,----UPL
"The Board would like to standards, remind you that they arc
Certi
they $1 finished polished.
about this. sceret fleates of origin are in some CARCA granted---but not by Government and the stipulate the processes: undertaken in
Hongkong ARMED YOUTH
Since this processed cutlery does not qualify for im-
perial Preference anyway. SHOT DEAD
what in the objection to its
re-expert to Britain
If there is any firm actually
spoons
in Bongkang
outpat is hardly
likely tis xhaku the giants of Shefeld and the tinent, ay more than the
New York, July 22.
RUMOURS ON
"THIRD CHILD' ARE DENIED
Regina, Sask., July 22. - spokesman for the Queen tonight denied ever- increasing reports that she is expecting her third child.
living
The announcement by the The 3,000 fowls were given Assistant Press Secretary,
appointed by, and responsible by the Kadoorie Agricultural Mr Esmond Butler, followed New Phone
to, Government,"
Aid Association which has given away more than 20,000 thickens since 1958 to aged women with -little means of livelihood.
In terms of hard cash, the chickens given away by the Assteintion this morning were worth more than $20,000.
The presentation was made soon after a.m.
Many of the old women thanked Mr Kadoorie for his present.
reports published in Europe that the illness that forced her to take two days off from her tour of the Yukon was really the result of her being pregnant,
Mr Butler said he was authorised by Surgeon-Captain D. D. Steele-Perkins to sinte that French reports that the Queon was pregnant Were
LOOKED FIT
I then went on to quote in detall certain powers and duties of the Board and the objects of the Association as defined by the Hongkong Tourist As- sociation Ordinance, and nolly to deline the position and rights of an Assoclate Member,
Mrs Church, at last Wednes stampling knives, forks and An off-duty policemen shot day's annunt
meeting, asked and killed a teenago boy auons other things. for details tonight moments after the of the salarles account which
One said: "Thank you very (absolute nonsense, sawed-off she described as "phenomenal". boy fired
for details to much, inuster.. You are a good shotgun at a crowd of She also asked children at play, wounding $70.c00 on rater and rent.
justify the expenditure of over man
Another said with a big smile: exports of Hongkong
May cessed cutlery
six persons, It- can.
Mrs Church also questioned Thank you, thank you. ference is made by Mr
Kadoorie Palive #id potefnum Walter SA rumming expenses, working heaven bless you for this."
An official of the hours qualifications and wages Viner
American Dawns outdrew the youth, izen- ¡LPI
of the part-time publicity officer Agricultural Aid Association, said manufacturer planning to libed ... 16-year-old Clesq
as well as the expenditure of that since 1935, the Association begin production here. Na Rosario, when Itosaria pointed
more than $2,000 on photographic had presented to 4,000 widows
in the New Territories 20,000 Butler issued the statement os Lucully he will be welcome the wetipon at him.
equipment.
She also questioned the ex- chickens, 10,000 pigs and 1,100 the Royal couple prepared to cows to stock their meagre hold- spend the night aboard the penditure of almost $17,000 on
ings.
train which has become the entertainment.
reyal home on the rails since the start of the 45-day 15,000 mile tour.
-
if he comes. But there is The young gunman
wis by-
no sign of his factory yet.lieved to have a mental record,
Or the imports of Chinese police sald-UPI.
steel which he is expected
to process.
THAT other kind sl
W
cutlery does Hongkong
go in for? A distinctive
type of Siamese Ironzeware. with horn handles. A lot of it-in fact a quarter If our total exports in 1967- yves to Thailand. That completes the picture of our industry. One outstanding point: the value of exports did jump five timea between 1967 and 1968 but this was due not to higher exports to Eritain or Europe, but to
the United States.
Nixon Flies To Miss England
The Queen today looked ux- ceptionally ft. She showed no signs of the Illness that left her for almost haggard and pale three days in Whitchorse, as she continued her whistle-stop tour of Canada's wheat province.
Cable Laid Across HK Harbour
The Colony's largest cross- tele- harbour submarine phone cable was success- Fully laid by the Hong- kong Telephone Company ongincors early this morn- ing.
The 2.000-yard, 45-ton cable was laid between a point bo- tween Queen's Pler and the Star Ferry on Hongkong, and a polni near the Police Pier in Talm- sbalsul.
of quite Favourite For
See Khrushchev Miss Universe
Friendship Airport, Maryland, July 22.
Vice-President Richard M. Nixon flew to Moscow
Long Beach, July 22.
tonight with instructions from President Miss England, 21-year-old Eisenhower to try to convince Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchey of the true "temper and feelings of the American people."
Hongkong would be proud to Nixon, pledging to do the best in advance of, his.visit, including
own a
Mr Gordon Walker, chlef eable engineer of the telephone company said this morning that The Queen and Prince Phillp
the 50-minute operation went were scheduled to spend five
smoothly, and WP3 hours in the Alberin enpital
completed at 8.44 m. Jomorrow.
Earlier at Saskatoon, the twoHe said the largest.cable: hour visit was highlighted by of its type to be laid across the harbour, and it W05 made cmcial opening of the Queen Elizabeth Power Station especially for the HK Telephone and a tour of the University of Company by the British In-
Callendar sulating
Company. Saskatchewan--UFI.
The cable is 3 inches, in diameter. The cable arrived in The Colony yesterday aboard the Denloyal, and was loaded on to a cable-layer during the night.
the
the
Arms Banned In Iraq
Beirut, July 22. Radio Bardnd broadcast today
Debutante Disappears
Pamela. Anne Searle, of Mordon, Surrey, has be como one of the favourites for the Miss Universa contest hera after her solection last night as "the most dourishing cutlery he could to correct any Soviet a statement by Khrushchev
photogenic con-
a proclamation banning persona "misapprehensions or any mis-questioning the aim of his trip. industry--- and naturally calculations" about this coun-
tostant."
from carrying firearms in Trog. pleased if it made its cuntry, departed aboard a huge Air
Nixon told newsinen before
The five-foot seven-inch
Newark, NJ., July 22. The proclamation, signed by tribution towards correcting Force D-137 jet transport which leaving Washington that Khru- brunette received a thunderous
Iraqi milltary governor. A pretty, 21-year-old de- the unbalance in Hongkong- represented the latest word in shchev should know it was a ovation from the audience of United Kingdom
as she accepted empowered the army, police and butante daughter of the execu roodwill visit and sald, --"I'm | 3,500 “people. trade, hxury air travel. heavily in favour of Britain A three-man Russian crew was puzzled as to why he is puzzled." the award, which was voted by various security forces to search tive Vice-President of Colgate
aboard the 121-ton
The ceremonial reason for
lously today and police said they' at present. But this seems
newspaper photographers bero, any person suspected of carry-Palmolive Co., vanished myster- crew with Nixon's, trip was to open
were looking for four youtha Miss Scarle said. In response; ing Arcamms—-—-UPI, be one occasion
when assist the American
communications and navigation American scientific and cultural; "If I had a bottle of champagne. .................................ior
*****with ducktail haircuts for ques Britain has given us credit on the last leg of the great cir-exhibition in Moscow and to and a glass I would toast the
tioning. which
not really cle fight to the Russian capital. repay a visit to this country by we do
photographers who picked me." EUROPEAN ON "plane was reheduled to Soviet Deputy Frol T. Koatov, deserve...unless, of course, The
Although results in rectot opened a Kimilar. Boviet years have tended to make the DANGEROUS Mr Viner is not thinking make one stop at Reflavik Air who
exhibiton in New York recently, of cutlery but its Hongkong Base, Iceland, to refuel.
unofficial pre-contest victories DRIVING CHARGE Nixon left undismayed by a · But the most important alm; "consolation prizes,”!: equivalent. But then the Hurry of sharp Russian pro- was to have, what he termet here generally gives Miss Searle SEE PAGE 2 chopstick Industry is an. paganda Atlackn against the "frank. give-and-tako" talks a good chance in the Anal
other story altogether. United States that built up just ¦ with Khatishchev.---UPL,
judging on Friday.—Routar
to
plane to
oplaton
A
Nowaric airport observation deck
The police director, Joseph Weldon, told newsmen that the
seen en four youths were
socially about the prominent Jacqueline Gry Hart her disappeared after reeing Aance off on a plane,-UPI,
timo
FIRE AFTER COLLISION
Tokyo, July 23.
A German tanker caught fire today after colliding with a Japanese freighter in a heavy fog and 'a battle was being waged to save the tanker.
Katherine Cheuk Sent To Another
·PI Gaol
Pasay City, July 22. A Philipping court today ordared the transfer of former Hongkong flight stewardess Kathorino Cheuk from the city gaol hore to the correctional institution for women in
nearby Mandaluyong Town.
Judge Angel Mojicu, who sentenced Katherine Cheukc ย two months imprisonment for attempted smuggling of US$55, 000 last June today cancelled an order committing her to the Pasay City gaol.
Katherine Cheuk was arrested by agents of the National Bureau of Investigation and customs authorltes while about to board her plane at the Manila international airport on
March 20.
CRITICISED
After she was sentenced, she ware confined at the air condl- lioned office of police chief Bn- silio Placda. The Philippine press criticised the alleged pre- ferential treatment given her by police.
CS-
Thirty
of the vessel's timated 31 crew members jump- ed into the sea to escape the Rames and were picked up safely by rescue vessels. The It' mainder of the crew stayed abonrd to fight the blaze.
A Gash
Coast Guard headquarters I said the 10,000-lon tanker iho Helmachtz collided with 0,090-ton Japanese freighter eight miles of Dalozuk! point on the coast of central Honshu, Japan's largest inland.
The Shofuky Marsi suffered agash in la bote but was able to navigale. There were 119 Injuries to fly du member.
GEM
It was not known exactly how many crew members were
aboard the Holmbeniz, but they were estimated at
Firefighters brought the fames under control but the flames later roured out of con- trol again.
Standing By
The Japanese const
guard patrol boat Hamachidori was Arc- standing by to pd fighting and to take of re- maining German crew members if there were any danger of an explosion
Coast Guard headquarters admitted, however, that the llamaeludari was not rauch
help in fighting the oil fie because it did not enrry `chin- mical fire-fighting equipment. I poured water on the tanker In an allempi to help. Coast Guard headquarters dis- sho had been threatened with patched seven other patrol death by members of a syndi-bonts, a helicopter and on air- eatz dealing in the smuggling of plane in an altempt to help the dollar-UPI:
fleming ship.-UPI,
Pinda defended her confre
that ment in his offles saying
ON THE HOUSE
ALL EVENTS
Bookmaker Arthur Browning was so chirmed by visiting Hongkong film star Ting Hung at Rosehill, Sydney, last wook, that ha gavo. her £21 worth of free bets,
Mias Ting sent the hearts of hardened bookles flutter- Ing.
merri- Her Infectious iment was uncontrollabic OVE when Ier horso (Alpino) 'failed to gain a
place,
Нет other bels, Nowit Duke In the. Rosehill
O' and Clan Handicap, Gold in the Parramatta,
· went asiray: 100.
But that did not spoil her day hat churni "won anlies all round..