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Comment INDONESIA TRADE SUSPENDED
Of The Day
THE NEW RADIO
STATION
THE inauguration of the
TH
new commercial broad- casting station this after- TIOON provider n example of the extent to which Hongkong lags be hind other parts of the world in such brake ameni- tiey ILA radio stations. Shanghailanders will recall
Devaluation Effect
On Hongkong
By A CHINA MAIL REPORTER
good Trade between Hongkong and Indonesia has been virtually suspended following the Djakarta' announcement of the devaluation of the rupiah, traders reported this morning.
the famous names like And the Manager of the Hongkong and Shanghai
Curro Allcott-that are|
that city reputation
bromeasting.
that few cities!
in the Far East can match; even today, It was furt Abend of its time, Iz it was competition That put it in the forefront, and
it is the lack of that
Banking Corporation, Mr R. G. L. Oliphant said this morning that Hongkong-Indonesian trade would be adversely affected by the de- valuation until economic conditions. in that country settled down.
The new menzes amounted what basis it will be possible to
Bansaet," he added, to discounging imports Inta In-
Local
believe sources
the be said.
suspension in trade will be only the Indo- temporaryUtil nesian economie situation ber- vous clearer,
makes radio listening sudonesia and increasing exports, duli in Hongkong today. Not beenuse Radio Hongkong itself is dull, but beenuse there is no alternative. No atation can provide round-
"During the first six months the-clock
Programines please all its listeners. Els this year Hongkong exports to
where the listener selective; he
programmes
Trade between the ter coun- year than last year, he end. tries was already much less this
Mr Cheung Ng-pong. Chair- Eman of the South Seas Import Indonesia have dropped by and Export Merchnals Associa
as is HK$70 million
lion i compared
Indonesia has placed chooses his with the same period. last year, fewer orders with Hongkong from
he sali.
since the devaluation announce- am
"Figures for the same period | ment.
ilungkung's major exports were follan plece. goods and cotton yarns. There were few
Commodities other
going
those scheduled. by the show rise of HK$2 million in various stations. In Hong imports from Indonesia as com- kong this has been impossi-pared with last year,"
ble unless radio owner
JL
The trade can be carried on
is also a subscriber to Reader a it is hard to see on
diffusion. So we welcome
the fact that after 31 years]
of broadcasting, listeners
will now be able to make a
choice. We also welcome the stimulus that this should provide to both stations Lo go after as big an audience as possible.
ND is sincerely to be
A hoped that Itadio Hong-
;
kong does this. No station ean rest on its laurels or on a claim to being the official atation and therefore me
competitive with the com-
mercials. There has been
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Indonesia,
Troops Called
Out As Panic
Grips Populace
Djakarta, Aug. 25.
much improvement in Troops with rifles held back thousands of
people who tried to storm Djakarta's ¦ closed banks today in scenes of near chaos as the first stage of President Sukarno's drastic "guided economy" came into force.
Radio Hongkong's pro
recent years grammes in thue has been genuinely k for appreciated. We this good work to continue. Listeners will not now ex- pect the station which has established a certain tradi tion
broadcasting 10
match the character of the Financial stagnation gripped the republic today
newcomer. But there is n need for both to establish the *highest possible standards.
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U.S. Consul-General Leaves
Mr John M. Steeves, the out-going American Consul-General, and Mrs Steeves left for the U.S. by PAA this morning. Bir Biceven is to take up his new post as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs. Picture shown Mrs Sleeves (second from right) shaking hands with Mrs G. D. A. Gregary while Mr 11. D. M. Harton bids fare-- well to Mr Steeves at Queen's Pier this morning-China Mail Pholo.
Bid To
Halt
New
Biological
Sex In Weapon Can
Films
Wipe Out World
A
Hollywood, Aug. 25. Protestant Church lead- ers here are studying
Pugwash, Nova Scotia, Aug. 25. ways to halt the over- LEADING Western scientist told a "Thinkers' emphasis of sex und Conference" today of the availability of # violence in movies possible biological weapon which "could kill off even to the point of every human being on our planet." asking a moratorium
་-
chemical
'Chinese Using Soviet
Submarines'
San Diego, Aug. 25.
Chinese crews are manning Soviet-built submarines in the Western Pacific while China builds a submarine fleet of its own, a top United States Naval commander said today.
Admiral Herbert G. Hoj wood, Commander in Chief of the US. Pacific Fleet, estimat- ed the Communists hed 400 sub- marines "ready to attack 15" throughout the world.
More than 100 of these ves- nels,
he said. were in the Western Pacific, operating In 70 million square miles of
occan
sub.
"A portion of these marines are manned by the Chinese under the careful tute- logo of the USSR," the Ad- tirol said.
"The Chiness are also build- lng subinariaes to add to
the
Tories Produce
A Comic
Strip
London, Aug. 25.
feet they have already received The Conservative Party lo
from the Russians."
"We must assume that in the nct too distant future. the Com- munist will have atcomic- powered submarines designed | to launch
he gald. missiles," "Some of their conventional submarines may
be able to launch missiles already."—UPI.
UK's New Submarine
Squadron
night launched a new form of political pro
12-page paganda
VETS
magazine which to obser
Indislin- seemed guishable in style from a children's picture, comic. The publication is entirely in strip cartoon form.
It is brigally coloured and ja entitled "Form'the front page states: "What is form? Form is the record of part achieve- meni."
The front-page cartoon shows how the study of form on the reco track and cricket ground 'helps 'in" the choice of backing the winner.
BIOGRAPHIES
Inside pages dive potted biographie's in strip-cartoon
fald the
London, Aug. 25. form of the Conservative Gov- A new submarine squadron-ment leaders.
-Britain's tenth-is to Tonight a Conservative central be formed inter this year magazing was intended to be a
office spokesman and based on Singapore, popularized version of conserva- the Admiralty announced tivo polley.
Ho said: "It isn't a pub. tonight.
publication sella
r-
for
It will provide the Far East Beation we intend to do feet with a submarine arm and gularly, but some people com Liso crable Commonwealth plain at times that our language navies to train with submarines, is too much in the air, and we the announcement said
uso too much research office und blological Sir Robert Watson-Watt de-
The Royal Navy's fourth sub- Jurgan."
The based death
squadron, weapons, that the average tax-marine on film attendance, ascribed the potential
a "toxic substance payer should be made aware of Sydney, works primarily with threepence-Reiter. show business paper weapon 15
hls the Royal Australian and Royal Jotal quantity of what is being done "in ut which a
his New Zealand navies. said today.
elght ounces, appropriately dis-name, with his money for
presumed good." The Dally tollywood Variety tributed, could kill off every
"I recoglie that there ore Singapore and will Joined by he gold, second, Toredo, in November, Robert lold 25 scientists Limits to disclosure," from nine countries that the in- "I seek to insure that the limits Others will follow during 1900 convenience of distributing are carefully considered and Heuter. biological agents of destruction publicly justified."--UPI.
sald that if such a moratorium human being on our planet."" was suretiuned by the Nailonal
participate in ants could
а
Sir
and trade throughout the country skidded to Council of Churches of Christ, a halt as government leaders and businessmen from 30 to 80 million Protest- "began to implement sweeping monetary re-boycott of theatres.
forms announced by the Cabinet yesterday. An eight-member clerical is offset by the complete secrecy
Dr Sukarna is to broadcast to ing a new foreign currency the nation tomorrow explaining equivalent of 45 rupiahs to one his anti-inflation moves,
of Djakorta banks while behind
Hongkong's big dileulty, and?
thin applies as much to newspapers as to radlo, is the lack of loent talent. The
Today the Chief Minister and best invariably go elsewhere for higher pay and better Finance Minister. De Djuntiu conditions. This is a pity had private talks with directs because the Colony's great locked doors bank officials were
today is to become closing the bonks need
in the pre- local-minded. mork
This sence of witnesses, on govern- requires Intelligent mes and not orders.
discuss
FORTUNES LOST Fortunes were lust overnight major problems which cun- by Djakarta businessmen, front our future developecially the Chinese. through the government's devaluation measures.
Mast
women
who
can
rationally and sensibly the
ment.
ADIO stations re
-50
Indonesian newspaper
Related just comment supported the paper
to provide entertainment, crees but called for follow-up
measures. hit tunes;
stories, love
Antura, the Indonesian news detective thrillers and quiz agency salet today that Dr sensions. And bright disc. Djuanda har appointed L jockeys are only one small "monetary action commillee."
The committee will Implement part of their atructure. The
fact remains that in Hong-government economic measures. Antarn sald. Sobel, the left- there is no local radio kong
as in Australia or wing Trade Union Federation, station. America.
had asked the government to Local affairs other than the purely see that small business firms not delay payment of superficial are given a wide did
missals
berth and the Colony is the alarles, or launch mass dis- poorer for it.
The now commercini
would do well to
The Federation suggested that station the government should support remedy these businesses, and take steps this deficiency. More pro- to cut down the cost of living.
PARALYSED needed in
grammes
aro
which local people take The export produce markeis part, in which local affairs and heme retail trade were vir
paralyzed today in the featured and through tually
wako of awcoping decreas consciousness which Colony can be fostered. There islashing 1,000 and 500 rupiah a wide scope for an enter notes to
per cent their Lace valuc. freezing 99 per cent of j prising programmes director mavings depoats over 25,000 and he would do well if he rupiaha as loans to the govern- studied prowar Shanghai's ment, abolishing the export methods and employed some cortificato system, to be re- of the ingredients of their placed by a system of taxes and
duties on goods, and establish success in Hongkong.
US$1.
Confusion meanwhile con- tinned tu sweep Indonesian
committee of the Council's West Coast Broadleasing and Film Commission has been meeting for some months in deep con- over the numbers and types of Hollywood flims that overemphasise 3CX for sex's
gerr
business circles as the govern- sake and violence for violence's its decisions already announced. ment kept silent on dutalis ufsake," I said.
• The ecmmllec-ns
first Blast traders said they were
oficial action-seni Director Awaiting President Sukario's
George A. Helmrich to New future financial moves under the
York for a week's meeting with jrogramine of guided economy.
eastern religious
leaners to Evening newspapers tonight evaluate the local group's find splashed stories of pollee An-
inga. vestigation into charges of offi- oera in the Foreign Exchange Bureau for trade in Djukaria, who tried to change their money to beat the devaluation by taking cushi from the office's treasury last night-Reuter.
and
which can be schleved in manu- the unobtrusive- facture, ness and cheapness of the dis-
tibuting process available.
Radar Inventor
Bir Robert, a Britisă scient. ist who now spends most of his time in Toronto, is credit- ed largely with the invention of radar World War II. He said that he knows of only one newspaper watch has fold its readers of the avaliablity
of the potent toxle leiller,
chamber
of
Big Haul Of Indian
Hemp
Avonmouth, Aug. 25.
The new squadron's first boat, Tactician, is now refitting
at
Chinese Entering Thailand Must Have Passports
Bangkok, Aug. 25. Thailand has prohibited the entry of Chinesa, using Hongkong issued identity Icertificates, os G measure
Communists
Win Back Fishermen
men
Macao, Aug. 25. Communists are reported to be winning back faher- who escaped from the Chinese mainland to Macao because local Na- . tionalist agents
are not helping them enough.
The Nationallats are said to be giving the escaping fisher- against Communist Infiltra- man only "frst aid" arsistance, Brigadice General and then leaving them to fend
The Communists have gone then safe conduct,
"This is only one item in the British customs officialsition,
made another big haul of Krasion Sarutanand, Director for themselves. dope when they discover.of. the Immigration Depart- one better. They have offered
"This marks the first time an callein Protestant organisa-blochemists tion-historically opposed to horrors," he added. the banning of films-has gone os record regarding the molion- picture Industry as a whole," the paper sald-UPI.
He said, in referring to the dangers of official secrecy sur- rounding research in potential
Another Success For
The Pomato
· Tokyo, Aug. 24. Chinn reported tonight that the peasant, who earlier had pro- daced a plant which bears tomatoes above ground and potatoes underground, is stil! producing wonders.
the Now branching' out into
animal as well as' piunt fold. the New China news
sald, the peasant, 30-year-old Theng Jul-kuang, In his latest work has succeeded in order breeding local bobs of Kweletion Province with an Australian cock. The offsprings,
AJOR
In
second generation, lay about j 270 egg each per year : or "several-dozens more than the local hens lay," the agency Raid. The now breed of chickens also are reported much more re- wisfunt
Iocat to
chicken plague. Trong, who had "only a fow
YCAIR"
of primary school education
recently developed now skin' of tobacco with a bigger vield and "better aroma and taste,” the agency said,
ملع
In
thel
the past nine years, agency said, Tweng ban
the
Man
ed over 70 pounds of In-mont said hero today.
The Government now in- dian hemp aboard thesisted that Chinese entering British 7,003-ton
ship Thailand had to carry regu Salween today.
lar passports, he sold
No arrests have been made Reuter, thus far and the ship was permitted to sail for Glasgow, us scheduled. Another search of
be the vessel was to
mado there.
The Satween. which has a Burmice crew serving under Britch officers, docked Avonmouth this weekend after
at
proved 11 plant and animal calling at Liverpool. She care specles, including goals and frorn Rangoon, Burma.
sheep.
But the agency Indicated that The drug was understood to It feels his greatest triumph have been found in a raft on yet was when be "ecess the Salween, which carried fully, crossed 'tomatoes with (caree of bran and concentrates, potatoes and evolved a klud -UPL
of plant which bears tomatoes above ground and potatoce janderground."
Tieng, born of a poor peasant family, is now secretary of
the Chinese Communist Party. Copunilice of tho. Chengkuan
Film Star Here
A
Film star Marilyn Maxwell
** People's Commune in Kinabs | arrived In Hongkong thin country of Kwelchow prwyluce | anbrning for a three-day -holl- -UPL
day-shopping tour.
a promise of no prosecution, 30 cattles of rice and JMP $60.
all their
So far 13 Ashing junks with crew members have
already returned and more are expected to follow.AFP.
5-Year-Old Girl Dies
From Wasp Attack
A
Kota Bahru, Aug. 25..
five-year-old native girl died from 'an attack by wasps yesterday, when a hive fell to the ground with a branch of a tree.
The mother of the child who fought the swarm of wasps with a strong, sald Bro suddenly board coreams: coming fróma ·her twaƐchlidren; Minah, flvo and her brother Mat, 11 When sho dished out to the compound she saw the two children helptest. In her moment of desperation
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snd Sarong
the
then
ale prayed, grabbed rushed into
warm, swinging her katung wild. Jr. Her two children were fying on the around in a semi-conscious state. After a while the mother
STAL
also overcome by the slings and collapsed.
Police and ambulance arrived half an hour later when the wasps had Down, Away. They Ɛrushed (tho
mother and two childrens' to hospital bili nafash died mon-the way———-UFI.