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THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1959.'
IN Plane Carrying British
Students Hits Mountain
Barcelona, Aug. 19.
A British charter airliner, carrying a load of students back to England from a Spanish vacation, crashed north of here today, killing all 32 persons aboard, according to first reports reaching here.
that emerges from the The twin-engined DC-3 had three crew members and 29 persons on board
when it ran into Mount Montseny, 30 miles north of here.
Government statement 11
the Joint Primary Six Exam results yesterday is nest that girls did better thon boy, but thut three- quarters of the 10,000 who sat failed to get promotion. And it is invariably The same story year after your because there is Much
shoringe of secondary i
4
echool places.
Unfortunately this
ipals tu
reflect unfairly on Govern-i
which ins universal
ment's policy
at
providing
primary education, when what is really wrong is that all children in Government nghools are led to the dizzy somewhat terrifying elimax of the Joint Primary Six with such a
Brid
chance of being promoted.
So widesprend frustration
Tthe British "Pleven P
though different).
12
κ the inevitable result. THE exam is something like
purpose is But what it lock is the superstructure of secondary education that Britain posseRRUH and it is said that on the basis of Hongkong's present pulley, it will be 25
to
30 years before the Colony enn offer secondary school places to anything like the number who want them. How
can Hongkong get around this problem A news- correspondent, Mr Perey Larken, has proposed a four-year basic educatium!
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expanded
substitute for
secondary
Hongkong's Ban On
Film Termed 'Stupid'
London, Aug. 19.
Commenting on the fact that the British film, in Hong- "Yesterday's Enemy," had been banned kong, Col. James Carreras, who made the film sald tonight. "Certainly it is an outspoken film and pretty tough. I understand that is why it has been banned.
"But it is a stupid decision since the theme is violently against wor,” and the film company execu- tive said, "It is doing tremendous business in Japan where there has been no protesi,”—London Express Sérvice.
For
Victory Malaya's Ruling Alliance Party
Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 19.
A rough passenger list re- leased by Prat Airport oficials here showed three Spaniards, 21 Britons, one Irish subject, one Corman, one Indian and two Iranians aboard the plune, in addition to the three crew- men.
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Blind Shrimp Fisherman Gets A New Boat
The Fish Market at Abordeon was the setting for an unusual ceremony this morning, when a blind fisherman, Wong For- yu, 32, was presonted with a new boat. to enable him to oarn a living.
The boat was handed over to Wong by the Chairman of The Hongkong Soclely for the Blind. who told this story of Wong's predicament,
Wong For-yu was born at Tal O und had beet a fisherman until the onset of blindness ten years ago.
"Since then he has had to em- loy two men to help him and crashed shortly who shared the proceeds of The plane
their catch, so that the sup after taking off from Prat Air-
wite, port of Wong's own Descuc purt. Ambulances and
inother and small adopted son, from here teams were rushed
was difficult. the mament word reached this city, despite reports that ul aboard had perished.
Clouds
An offeinl at Prut Airport said the weather seemed good all along the route to Britain, have been though there may clouds around the 6,100-foot Mount Montseny, the chief peak in a chain of mountains of the same name.
The plane was one ut a fleet operated by Trunsal Lid., out of Gatwick Airpori near London,
31 was being used to ferry British students to Spain's vocu- tion coasts and take Spaniards to Britain.
It carried a crew of three, a pilot, co-pilot and stewardess.
According to airport amelals here, many of the students had flown across the Palma, Mal Jurca, earlier in the day," to entet the plane.
Kindness
w
The boat then fell to pieces and Ead It not been for the kind- Most of neighbour who nl- lowed the Wong family to live on his dilapidated craft, the funily would have had to sleep in the open and beg for a living. Wong's plight came to the notice of the ever-vigilant for District Administration, he could not go to sea in the dilapidated bont, and there- fore could not eum a ilving," said Mr Terry. "They drow the attention of the Social Welfare Offee to his predico- ment.
"The Blind Welfare Section of The Social Welfare Depart- ment, with whom the Hong- Blind kong Society for the works in close co-operation, naturally turned
the to Society, and we wero pleased -to be, able to allocate funds
dor the provision of a boat.
then
the sought operation of the Com- missioner for Co-operatives In Anding the right type of bost and arranging for its construction.
The plane crashed at about "Wo
Malaya's ruling Allience Party, led by former 1508 GMT, just minutes
Premier Tengku Abdul Rahman, was returned | Joydeal to power with a convincing majority tonight
in the federation's first parliamentary elections since it won independence.
mentary seats accounted for so far.
norr
The fate of our more sents of elections to State Legistative |
Assemblies, which started remains to be known.
than four months ago.
The danceratic process will be completed when 11 Sinte Assemblies in Malaya elcet 22 members of Parliament's Upper House sometime this month.
after
De
neor tüking off.
a meteoro- slation at Tyre
the top of near
keeper and
Thome. Montseny,
The Observatory
his wife were the first on the
Explosion
They raid they heard a giant explosion, shortly after 4 p.m. The plane had crashed about 100 yards away.
school programme, Anglican The Alliance Party has won 70 out of the 100 parlia-rene of the occident. school teachers have proj posed another iden: higher forms should be! primary divided into two, one for
Of these four, election in one advanced students, the ather.
constituency has been indefinite- for those who stand no postponed. while results of chance of promotion after three constituencies. were ex- the Joint Primary Six.
preted later. The lower class, in addition The Alliance Party was ex- to normal lessons, would be peeled to win at least three of given
special instruction the four seats still pending.
The five upposition parties and In rudimentary carpentry, independent candates electrical work. shoe- won 30 seats among themselves mending and other simple The rightist Pon-Malayan' technical subjects, so that islamic Party has offered the if students leave school main opposition, with 13 seats after Primary Six ass to its credit. many have to, they wil Other Results
have something to fall back
on to make a living.
have
The line-up of other partles
Is as follows: Socialist Front
isi --cight, People's Progressive
NOTHER suggestion
Government that
schools should primary take children who fall to get promotion, for three more years after
like
Primary
The first Parliament is ex- pected to be ceremonially open- ed on September 10 and will get down to business immedi- ately thereafter,-AFP.
SHOWERY WEATHER
Party-four, "Negara Party CONTINUES
Party-one, 10-
ene, Malayan dependents-three,
The Alliance
was
They tried to reach the plane to search for survivors, but a series of explosions rocked the wreckage and they could not get close.
They telephoned the news lo Barcelona,
"No one could have survived," they reported.
The
mountain
peak was shrouded in clouds though there was good weather over most of the plane's route, airport off- cials sold.
Koyal this
celona
confirmed
2.
mast
of
American Nets
now
€0-
The result is the boat you see here. The shrimp nets you で起する on board have been
donated by the American
for urganisation 'Committee American Remiliances Every- where, known as Care,
Mr. C. E. Terry presents the title of ownership of the new boat to blind saberman Mr Wong For-yu-Chinx Mall Photo...
"This joint effort," Mr Terry said, "is certainly on example of what the Hongkong Council of Social Service would call Working Together.""
and to Mrs R. Kirby, who pre- Sectolary of the viously was Society, ho presented
band-
Plane In Trouble
New York. Aug ID.
An airliner carrying twa millionaire Rockefellers to the Norwegian wedding of their brother, Steven, was forced lu return to Idlewild Airport 10- night because of engine trouble developed over the Atlantic.
which
Mr Rodman Rockefeller, 27-
year-old credit analyst, and his
wife, and his brother, Michael, 21, a Harvard University stu dent, boarded the KLM Noyal Dutch Airlines DC 7C at 5.26 p.m. for Amsterdam. The plane
To Marry In Borrowed Suit
Bogne, Aug. 19. Steven Rockefeller, the son of a millionaire, will have to get marriód next Saturday a borrowed suit.
P
Eleven had ordered a termal dress suit from the talloring Arr
of K Pedersen and Sons for his marriage to Anne Marie Rasmussen.
That wa1
last week. Pedersen said he would try to have it ready.
Then he discovered there was not enough time,
Pedersen had a solution. He was working or a thini- lar suit for a local sócoer player
Skauga,
named Gerhard Would Bhare's sult of Young Rocke- teller hald yes, if Skaugo agreed. He di
80 Steven will bo married to Anne Marle in Skauge's suit after it
- altered ·ds- Ilt: „Hockefeller's
taller framo-UPI.
scene package dried shrimps, was about 165 miles out of New the product of Aberdeon waters. York when trouble developed in Mr Terry, in handing the The boat is a small shrimp one of its engines. The pilot formal title of sole ownership Junk or silver shrimp boat. It dumped about 3,000 gallons of fuel and landed at Idlewild at to Mr Wong For-yu, wisheil cost $550, him, his family and assistant A fisherman with such a boat 3.12 pm (0012 GMT).
would only be able to fish good luelt.
The Rockefellers and the Hongkong waters &nd during
jater left other passengers the summer season could expect
another plane. to make $200 to $300, but only $100 to $200 a month in winter. In Tal Othe shrimps are mado into art excellent fsh
The blind sherman made short speech of thanks, present ing a formal letter of acknow-
10 Miss ledgment
Tatiana Williams, Secretary of the Hongkong Society for the Blind, paste.
France Annoyed HK Seamen
By British
Press Attacks
Paris, Aug. 19. Franco-British relations are suffering because of France over her atomic bomb, British press attacks on her Algerian policy, and her diplomatic apprehension about the Eisenhower-Khrushchev exchange of visits.
Transair (In London, 3 spokesman sald there were 24 present dull. All contesting Cabinet Minis- The
showery British members of the National ilkely to im- Union weather is not
which of Students, ters, except for nulgoing Pre-
until prove
tomorrow, mier Dato Abhul Razak, whose
chartered the plane,
A cartoon in one British news-1 French friendship is now getting uboardi Six, to the age of 15 or 16. fate was
spokeaman of and
the
General de | worse." yet unknown,
when it crashed.)
paper comparing
Premier post-Ecarcation
On the French side controver- three
Bald In these
Minister,
Observatory
Gaulle to the Vichy Inche
for treason- Authoritative sources in Bar- Pierto Laval, shot
slal articles about Britain are morning. children¦ Mohammed Khir Jcharl, whose primary year:
that thereable collaboration with Germany also getting more acid in tone. could be bugght technical Aght has been postponed, have He Bald the Colony was stil
after the liberalion, has been "Why should France, the bulk and domestic sejence sub- been re-elected.
the tropical were 'ro survivors. being affected by
the bitterly resented in alt offelul | af whose classic troops and arms The leaders of all opposition depression which
Citra saki passed south jects as well as have further
are in Algeria, deprive herself four basic parties have also been elected. of here yesterday, but he added passengers were between 19 and circles here.
of the modern weapon, of the instruction In
oldest Party's victory this was now slowly dispersing. 23 years. The
more when English, subjects
deterrent, all the However, a further depression Father Jesus Reguan
sho Ja in the supersonic Chinese, Maths, Geography a convincing majority
generally anticipated,
seems to be forming about 406 a Spanish priest,
Mirage IV bomber valld The return to power of the miles north-cast of Manila, He whose age is given us 31. third year all Ailluate cures #
evening means of transporting It?" asks The crash is the first over- ccelinuity said it would probably move studentn would st for in the pro-Weg and unti- p'owly toweds north Luzon. sens disaster to a British civil Paper Paris-Presse today carried Paris-Presse,
It adds: "The Britich are ill- the his eight-column banner headline this year, and When this happens an Improve- airliner public intermedinte exemi- Communist policies followed by
front
us of employ- page saying: plied to acetiso worst Malayas
since June 20, on t Government Ement in the weather is expected, world's nation which would be duly the
оп
ainz Germans since their best be when b Tomorrow there should
Transworld Airlines Having recognised by the Depart during the last two years of its
less frequent showers, he added super Constellation crashed inviolent press campaign against atomic scientist was the German ment of Educution. These independent existence.
de Gaullo and the Klaus Fuchs (who was guoled Former Premier be additional classes could
Tengku Today's cutlook is for occasional North Italy, killing 08 people. General
French atom bomb, the Anglo- for passing secrets to the Soviet
Union)", who resigned showers and some fair periods. UPI and Reuter. called Intermedinte High Abdul Rahman,
lost Apr to help his party's Schools. The advantage of this pro-to return to lead the Govern- election campaign is expected posal is that it would case
or History. At the of the
the vast problems Govern-
ment once again.
It is expected that the Tengku
ment faces in mans-produc-will announce his new cabinet ing secondary schools. Sure on Friday
Walit
ly a good half of Hongkong's Nearly 75 per cent of Malaya's children
only nwo million electorale went to diploma which would be re-the polls today. cognised, and the basis of al secondary
meet the needs of
employer. дуогадо
won to education
the
Full
secondary schools
Was The British Foreign Office has Massana, been informed
of the present of Lerida, French feeling by its own re-
presentative.
conservative The
started
Remains Of Spanish Treasure Ship Found
two
could mic Parly opponent, who only covered the remains of end of i found last rock off Mexico's | Cortez · period and other items,
then be left for those who got 2,500 votes. plan
In
ACCUSATION
On Murder
Charge
Georgetown, Aug. 19. Four Hongkong seamen have been charged in Trinidad with the murder of a cabin boy, Kam Wah, aboard the vessel Hin- dustani on the high seas between Trinidad and Curacao, police · disclosed, today.
were The four seamen Jenufled Leong KJ, Lan Yip, Wong Hing, and Tang Lany.
The cabia boy Was stabbed will an 11-Inch klichen knife, on
8. followin
August quar.el touched off by the manner was served
in which tea that day.
The victim'a buried in the AFP.
body was
More Boeing
the right-wing weekly 707 Jetliners
Carrefour Andre Sublo wrote today: "Brilain has never en ployed so much zeal in order to counteract the development of
the French community al 10-
tions in black Africa....”
The present state of Franco-
Delayed
New York, Aug, 19. Mochanical faults today
de-
30
on
The Rockefeller brothers cald gifts bo- they were taking no
uiter they wanted to and su- what the newlyweds needed.
Asked what gifts they were
of taking, Rodman, eldest son Nelson A. Rockfeller replied;
"In cur family, we always find out what they need and You then we net accordingly. know
what happens if you don't do that. They get 27 ashimmys."--UPI,
FLOOD
VICTIM
TAKES POISON
A woman took poison at about 9.30 a.m. yesterday in a hut in Ling Chai_Village
Sheung Shui,
spokesman
near
Covernment
said this moming.
A
She hospital.
A vernacular report said the woman, Miu Sheang, 44, wife of a vegetable farmer, drank from a bowl containing a mixture of insecticide and egg soup before valn her children who tried in to stop her.
dled on the way to
The farmer's crops had been washed out and his field flooded several times during the last few days.
KID BASSEY BEATEN
Los Angeles, Aug. 19. Davey Moore successfully
British relations was discussed! layed four Boeing 707 jetliners
of them Pan-Americon The highest majority has been
In London today by the French two by Interior mid Justice
Miami, Aug. 19. Link. told history after, Me Link wald the rellen in Ambassador, M. Jean Chauvel, planes on flights to Peris.
A Transworld Airline Boeing: Minister, Sulelman Bln Dalo
"Lombard". and Mr John Profumo, Minister Abdul Rahman, who chalked up
Millionaire Industrialist Mr arriving, here yesterday in his cludi
cannons of the 18th century, of State, for Foreign Affairs, and on American Airlines et
was delayed in San Francisco yacht Bon Diver. 12.000 more voles than his isla Edwin A. Link wald today he
wwlyck was several
runs of, the official rources here confirmed. He said the woooknga belloves he has located and re-
There was no question of oliner in Los Angeles.
The Federal Aviation. Agency defended his featherweight ships of Spanish Yucatan Peninsula with special The ship itself, said Mr. Link. French "protest against any A NOTC umbitious As many as 18 candidates lost the treasure
had disintegrated into a mass of particular newspaper allegation, yesterday refused a repeated title tonight when he scored professional career, those their election deposits, as they conquistador Hernando Cortes.arching went,
the known coral-endruated wrockage; but M. Chauvel expressed the jozil by a New York Republican an 11th round knockout win could not poll the minimum sul-
If he is claħt, historiana sald): He said Trous
French Government's general Congressman for the grounding who wait to go to Univer-
It would be the oldest wreckage vintago of the recovered guns alty or who are aiming at apulated number of votes,
anxiety about the possible effect of Boeing 707's as a racoty moa- or game but badly beaten Among the winning candidates found in tho. Western Hemie-plus the loosion of the find it were two women,
phere, and one of the greatest wrongly indientes It was one of
of the press attacks on relations sure, following severat, tnckients Hogan Kid Bassey.-UPI. Today's parliamentary elec-| Blatorical diecuvarice of the the ships used by Cories in on
between the British and French involving faully landing gear. Governments.-Reuter.
RISEE. FULL REPORT 1.7), are queriile Mexico in the 1600's.'
the
job where the school cer- tificate or metric is minimum requirement.
tion marks the end of a series cintary
Ilo said the Mexican Govern. ment had claimed the Articles for Mexico's National Masoum.
--UFL
Reuter.
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