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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 1960.
ECTION FOR HONGKONG
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The 17-21
CLUB MAILBAG
WOULD be grateful if you would let me know what sort of pleture you require for the 17-21 Club page. Must they be
of some historic or famous subfrets - ur just pictures of good photography. Is it necessary also to enclose the negative, and if so will the negative be returned.-A. H, Almed, Hongkong,
the
We will publish any picture, Ahmed, as long as it is original and of a high enough standard. We will also require negative for a suitable enlargement. This will be returned.
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The second best entry
A way out
A recent issue of the By John Leung
U.N.H.K.R.
concerning
POST-HITLER ERA
German teens adopt jive, rock 'n' roll,
World refugee problem men- parity from publie contribution, pony tails, fan clubs
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fund.
from
The
the
money
By JOHN A. CALLCOTT
Frankfurt, Germany.
Language
ER
THE CAREER CORNER
By
David Lan
nearest profession alchemist's with "an golden touch" is that of a pharmacist's. There you con strike a gold mine once you strike a good formula.
Some
They need
new blood
tioned the deplorable condi- and partly from the Govern tion of refugees in Europe, ment, which I presume is will- ing to help as usted-s well as and a way out: that coun- partly from the World Refugee tries such as America and Year WOULD be obliged if you could enrol me as a member of the Canada which could help to gathered
THE World THE children of post-Hitler Germany have their 17-21 Club, ft serbis very interesting, and may help to open solve the problem should be Refugee Year funds should not be spent in building 14com~ the way to my carcer.—Maja Thakurdan, Kowloon.
own "New Order”-jive, rock 'n' roll and pony No sooner said than dour, Maya. Consider yourself a fully-loss fastidious in accepting munity centres," for I dare my tails. fledged member front now ou. Hlave any of our "Career Corner" refugeo immigration.
the poor would bo much articles Interested you yet? Let's hear from you.
So far it did int mention any happier if wark is provided West Germany's six million doesn't fit in with the teen-age ★ ★
thing about the vast number of instead of unusement contres, teenagers don't know too much outlook, it's a lose three times
because if they could have about Hitler and, surveys have out of four."
Many people have literally got SENT an article entitled "Fifteen Dollars" to the 17-21 Chibrofugees in Honglong and their
cmployment, they would have shown.
aren't particularly
rich overnight by inventing or ...Jour weeks kave passed and still there is no sight of it. far more deplorable conditions.
The refugee problem
money and they could worry interested in him or what he did
discovering
efficacious I wonder if it has been mislaid?-Majid Gafoor, Hongkong,
In this respect, he hoped to their country. Hongkong will not be helpot about their own amusement,
medicines. No 1 has not been mislild, Majid, li is a
Government and the world's very good story,
Young men and women wish- leading pharmaceutical firms well-written and thought nut. The only reason we haven't used by superficial solutions such na
T:cre kumw
to be a The goose step has given way ok Bour, It In because it's too long. We'll return your manuscript, If you distribution
milk letharg In
Naturally, they speak their owning to start off in life with a having interests in Hongkong the public toto jazz. Hitler youth clube have Why not try your hand at something shorter-say, 600 refugee camps to house them. A quite unwilling to
rtco etc, or building is powder,
language. like,
comfortable salary, and look into would offer scholarships as an problem, and some are been replaced by James Dean
Samples: "Factory new" (zirla rosy future with the sky as encouragement. words of the most?
help though for clubs, West German teens without boyfriend); "open a more radical way mich aus factory they may be
the limit," may well pause and well off.
think We still
there's
One officer of the Pharmaceu- something
barrel" (Elve a building should be planned. A cannot blame them
_party}; "flat | ponder on a pharmacist's career. tical Society of Hongkong re- for that, about a soldier, but not Erwin
The field in Hongkong is for vealed that the Society has been DAVID Lan's articles in his "Career Corner" are alone worth factory might enable thounds for they are faced with count Hommel as Gerd Von Hunstedt. (ulco girl), are) "oper toull"
arvá "tower tooth" from crowded: On the contrary, contemplating the Idea of people to work, and be less appeals to their generosity. Their
soldiler boy
Elvis 19
it is in for an acute shortage of arranging five scholarships for sides the proft might be further
Thug special form of pro-Presley. re-invested to build more fac pojandu, is needed to suimilate !
West Germany's adults admit trained personnel in the years incal students to study in the tories and so obtain more em- people to be generous,
as much ignorance of their teen-to come.
"As veterans get on in years. So, you see, members, the ployment,
agers as do parents elsewhere, Tuls is
1 hard taske Thus, I assume that the - First one
Hitler frowned on cosmetics, They cannot understand why 15-they need now blood to re- chances for a qualife pharma-
mid 0410 must impress the but modern German teen-age year-old Comelia Froboess replenish their ranks,**
elsi are good, and the community fugee problem would not only be donor, that what
prominent figure in the pro- needs qualified men and women relieved but also that the living contribute
they today girls display painted, pouting lips cording of the "Hula-Hoop Song" might have a far
Bardot hair has sold more than a million ession during an interview for as much as they need doctors. standard would be raised, better result to their business it and sport Brigitte
the beneilt of the 17-21 Club. What, you may ask, con a Now together with this the economic stability is further styles. Their boy friends modet records despite the end of the
The trouble in the Colony le pharmacist do after qualifica- In themselves the adolescent hula-hoop craze, offered by the British Honduras. would mean less unemployment by the late James Dean.
very good opportunity, established. As this program beathx manner first popularised brewers at Munich, bureaucrats ties here. Most students
Steelworkers at Essen, stolid that there are no training fabill- don? Here is what a prominent
to professional man told me: 119 immigration. programume and a raising of living
You can either work Int might enable a lot of people to standards, moro buying would
Teen-agers in West Germany at Bonn and refugee welfare abroad for the four-year course
remaln there after retall dispensary starting at a reselile there and have a better result. So
spend nearly $2.4 billion a year, workers in West Berlin admit a and wh31 they give
monthly salary of $1,000 or a fourth of it on clothes, candy total disinterest in 20-year-old living so long as they are hencat now is not a loss, but a proft and drink-both beer and pop. Peler Kraus who moves his Ger-
thereabouts with annual incre- and hardworlding.
mante pelvis like the real Elvis, ·
Most The era of the toon-ager is us
German males of any marked in West Germany as in age, however, are willing to watch Unlied States. England, Heidi Bruhl, a 17-year-old fim
the purchase of a copy of your paper. I have only one con- plaint -- why does he harj on the financial aspect of careers so Ruch? Beginers always start at a low pay, and readers may be diverted by the batt neina. Why not let us know more about the other attractlens of various cariera? Earl W. Cheng, Kowloon,
Let's be realistic, Eart, Isn't the salary one of the most im- portant factors that would dreide YOU on a career? have a point there.
AURORA
I love to watch the break of dawn,
When grey and gold are in the sky When dow-drops dance upon the lawn, And robins sing, and roosters cry;
The city now is fresh and clean,
The distant mountains froe from mists -
The harbour, with a golden shoen
I glowing by warm sun kist:
Too soon the bustle of the day
Creeps slowly into serona air:
Man now wakes, goes on his way
With scarce a thought of Nature fair,
·(Credit card to Lluda Ann Wu, 19)
THE
EMEMBER the
But you
is
a
In future,
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Another form of appeal is through churches, for people
Frowned
(unpleasant girl).
every three unseen on German screena since the heyday of Marlene Dietrich. Held is very "upper tonih." UPI.
Of course we em do nothing about those who are too lazy to work or unwilling to resettle. always seem to be more generous the We are now thinking for those in giving to the church than to Japan and France. Two million actress who has an attraction who are honest and hardwork- any other organisations. It the or one out of ing. Thus with this dual solution, appeal la made through the West German teen-agers own a I think the problem could be churches the result would be mutorcycle. Every 14th drives
definitely good. The churches his or her own automobile. By now, you might laugh at should also take an active part! me and say that my first solu- in this programme. tion Is Utopian, for where can wo get so much money to build fac- tories which would provide work for thousands.
solved more casily.
Record industry officials' report
80 per cent of their annual pro- I presume that the churches duction of 58 million discs is could well offord that ammoth bought by teen-agers, to help the project, they being
An art-conscious West Berlin
the largest of all the welfare film executive complained recent- But the money could come associations in the world.
ULTIMATE? NEVER
by "If I produce a film that
AGAIN!
"Carioca" and many MHE Four Freshmen, have
Remusive Percussion Notes on notes.. by CARL MYATT New Car and
which I reviewed in this column a few weeks ago? falt
I called it the ultimate in music.
to delight
lovers of good
stereophonic recordings. Whereas on "Persuasive," sa expected the company that wrthodox rythm section plus, produced
this
accordion
and electric guitar splendid were used with
★ ★ *
UITARIST
On Command Records RS 807 SD.
THE
always been my favourite vocal group.
Their latest LP. The Four Freshmen And Five Guitary is the fourth in a series that hop already included trombones, trumpets and maxophones. Ao always this talented
quartet
On Capital T 1255.
*
Tony Mottola, TUNALLY there Is the record who started his carrer
at on Dollar Sound"-an variety of approximately the same time as bredible musical experience. achieve a lush, rich sound and a bum-Command Records .reusion intruments, "Provo- his buddy Frank Sinatra; and The record gets its title for a at the same time swing mightály to do a follow up on it, but cative" uses all these plug fur who was accompanist for "The number reasons. First a team of such numbers "Come cortainly not as quickly as winds, and a brass instru- Velee" in the early days, and of America's foremost violinists Rain Or Come Shine'"'
inest on each of the tracks, later for another up-and-coming are heard on this album playing "Rain." they have done.
The tremendous bent on this youngster, Perry Como. comes instruments that are virtually A fino album, in the best However a new shipment of album is laid down by a trio of up with another great stereo priceless as collectors Hemp, tradition of the Freshmen.
dattimes. The result: genera album.
D They include records arrived in the Cology a
arrics Dí couple of days to rait I was on er en innustad type of ex-
each recorded This one is entitled "Mr Bar Stratüvari and Guarneri violins. happy indeed to receive the first vitement lato
then ne the Con- and shows of Mottola in which tune - Here coples of three records
Some great old tunes ke that variety of moods accompanied "My Reverie," "Samtime," should soon become best sellers and All-Stars, a roup all over the world.
cant fuil to make a big ime by four other top rullarkis, in "You Go To My Head" got the THE beautifully relaxed pression on you. And hats off to cluding A Caiola (who together full orchestral treatment.
stylings of Dean Martin are Records An Inunediate follow up to Commrind
to be heard on his new album "A anel its with Moltola tacked Johnny
Twenty vloties handled by Winter Romanca.” the "Persuasive Percussion" technicians on another flawless Mathis on the album "Open Fire
Two GuilarS"). The material such mastery as Maurice Wik Gus Levine's beciding com- album is the new Enoch Light job production of "Provocative Per- cuzion," a record which carmot si,
On Command Retords RS 806 Mcttolo uses is all tested and and David Madlen tum out plements Martin's singing, to well tried. But aparking ar corne incomparable music. This adding rich colour tones rangements and new Rounds then is the Million Dollar "I've Got My Love To Keep.
"Canadian Sun- give them such a lift, they are Sound. It is as rich emotionally Me Worm," hardly recognisable. Thes in an the title suggests. Not to be se" and others," Good for clude "The Song Is You," missed.
dancing as well as Hatening. "Spring Is Here," "What's On Command RS 804 SD.
THE LATE JAMES DEAN (Credit card to Majid Gafoor, 17.)
By
On Capitol T 1285.
The Hit Parade.
TED THOMAS
THE that's
THE "Doath
1. Ding Dong Song Teal Chin,
2 A Time Goce by — Johnny Nash.
3. Deborah - The Crickets
6. Bleepy Lagoon The Plattere.
Disc"
4. Oh Carol Nall Sedakz.
J
5. It's time to cry-Paul Anka,
what they're calling "Teen Angol" ono of America's best solling singles which tells the story of the sudden death of a high school girl in a railroad crash.
this
When I first mentioned dlac in the China Mali, i qua■- tloned the taste of the persons гозрольніе for retenting sunh morbid nonsense. It seeme that I'm in good company the song has now been banned In Britaini
Disc Jockeys, and radio pro. ducers In' Brigland Hare Ipnoring the reaord complately, Süt na In the case of other dlich of this typo, notably Answer "Mo", this" ban will have little effect the lus Tn the record oh stores.
The Hit Parado reflects those entos, and.so' for this
Fanton, and this reason Calobo *Téon Angel"
will be broadcast on the programme. Det
7. Clao Ciao Bambina - Yoe Tin Tong Mandolin Band.
B. Welcome New Lovers Pat Boone.
9. Tender Love and Care - Jimmie Rodgars
10. Why Frankie Avalon,
11. You're My Baby - Sarah Vaughn,
12. Too Proud Johnny Nash,
13. Pratty Blue Eyes ——— Steve Lawrence.
14. Running Bear: Jahnny Preston, 15. Making Love Floyd Robinson. 14. The Friendly World Fabian.
17. First-Love - The Playmates:
10. Come Be My Love-Poni-Talla. 19. My Faithful Heart —–—– Pat Boone, 20. The Three Bells — The Browns.
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getting
Another diso rough handling from the re- viewers, Arld" "Peonlving cant attention from the deejayu, `Is Russ Conway's "Royal Event". Britian placter spinner Poto Murray has come but talo the... open and banned the record
'tibm ali bla shows,
In Hongkong "The Ding Dong Song" is still, outclling
It's nearest challenger "A® Time Gone By" by enough records to make it look good for many weeks to come, and the Johnny Nash runner up gives the appearance of never teaving the top half of the Hit Parade? Watch "Deborah" by'The Griokote ... got used to it too. It's going to 'bel with us for a long long time
graduation.
U.K.
of
1
and
GOOD CHANCE "To solve the problem, local ments leading to $2,000. But the firms needing pharmacists some biggest attracting is the ever- times Import qualified people present carly Opportunity of
partnership going into from abroad at a high cost.
"A mere desirable way would staring the profits!
Or you may work with a be to send students for train manufacturing plant on large- Ing abroad with the understand scale production While climb- Ing that they will return to ing the ladder of ascension, your Hongkong.
salary may soar from $1,000 to Jupwards of $4,000 a month.
Again you could be made partner,
By ANNE BASTICK
1
If you like, you could work in n hospital where you will be paid $1,000 a month to start with and get to $2,400 when you reach the post of Chief Pharma- cist.
THE ROAD
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Or you could join the Civi Service and be paid $1,650 month of the start and $3,580 at the top.
And you could take charge of a pharmaceuties) department of large importers and distributors For act as a representative
some well-known pharmaceutical houses.
of
There, you may start off with $1,000 a month and reach over $4,000 as you grow in experience. Satisfaction? "Well," sald one pharmacist, the road to riches is marked off as your own.
The law protects your patent right to any of your inventions or discoveries and selence keeps your process a secret to yourself. Above all, consumers' goodwill for your pioneering work will set your products off ns different from
any luter Indtations."
A pharmacisy usually worje eight hours a day, five and a half days a week with a fort- night's annual leave and all tho public holidays. That is, if you are employed. If you are a boss, the Ume is your own.
WHAT'S NEEDED
To be a qualified pharmacist. one must undergo a four-year course, three years for academi- cal subjects and one for appren- tleeship.
What is required of a would- be pharmacist? You must have: A good memory, *
★A good command of Eng-
IsIt,
An interest in scienco and mathematics,
♪
A desire to keep cont- stantly up-to-date with
FOR picnics, the beach or in the evenings at home, the latest developments,
something gay and a little different really
is fine to wear. You can either make or buy them
in the brightest colours that really suit you.
The sort of clothes I should be WOTN with have in mind are coloured a straight skirt to achieve stockings and tights, top the right effect. socks, jeuns, chunky To complete your casual sweaters and plain or multi- wardrobe nothing could be |coloured shirts,
nicer, or more hard wearing than Have you bought any
woollen # heavy coloured stockings or tights sweater. In nearly all the yet? I have, in both black large shops you can buy the and red, but there are also American, British, Swedish pinks, groeng and blues, all and German patterns, some made in stretch nylon. They plain, pthers with the most look very gay under a plain beautiful designs coloured shirt, and are most Into them. They are the of garment that comfortable worn
with Nort slacks or, jeans.
students all over the world wear for motoring, watching Knoo length socks are all games, or nt teonagg the rugo in "America, but parties in the evening.
A minimin ago or 21 before registration, and The four-year training
course.
For practice in Hongkong or other Frilish territories, you have to study in one of the inst!luten in the British Commonwealth. You will then be free to accept
further examinations.
posts without having to sit for
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