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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1960.
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This panoramic photograph, taken by a China Mail cameraman, shows the work going on at the Colony's newest reservoir, Shek Pik, in Lantao, where the reservoir bed is being "grouted" or impregnated with cement, to en- able the dam to hold water.
In the top right of the picture is the village of Shek Pik deamed to be submerged when the rezervoir begins filling with water in the sum- mer of 1963. Two hundred Shek Pik villagers have been moved to new flats in Tsun Wan. These were shown in yesterday's late editions of the China Mail,
Arrows at the left point to the dam wall which will enclose ultimately 5,350 million gal- lons of water.
Man told suicide
bids 'half-hearted'
After describing four foiled attempts at taking his own life, a man accused of murder was told of the Criminal Sessions today that they were half-hearted attempts to win sympathy.
Kwong Kwick, 33 und unemy tried to jump cut of a window. playkal, was giving evidence of i Mr E. D'Alin:da Remedios I own trial now in its fourth for the Crown, said that bean dey. He has pleaded not guilty card jelley and honey was
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to murderin Chan Suet-funtg. elen, wholesome tout sold free- married woman i ly by hawkers, a41-var-R
who died at 25, Graham-street
He put it to Kwang that the attempts were half-
un July 21 from 32 stab wound, suicide
Kwon who
shortly before hearted efforts to win sympathy
the killing had Licen given from the family,
meals by the family becouse
was unemployed as a resun of j
Kwang's eply was incadibis,
4 Injury, told the court that! Asked why he had not looke.!
he had tried four times to Inke his own file.
for somewhere quiel' to
kill
To open ends of
before MAN EMERGED
year
Hongkong takes another stride towards the solution of the problem of tourist accommodation when the $20 million Park Hotel opens for business between Christmas and New Year.
The 427-roomed luxury hotel rises 15 storeys above the corner of Chatham and Cameron-roads in Kowloon.
DIPLOMAT'S DAUGHTER TAKES UP NEW POST
himself Kwong, said that her Linie Lc, newly appointed One he had raten bean cúrd gone up Into "a cockleft with a jelly and hurry to mau ne- towel but someone heard him ane told him as fatal, twice gruuling as he tried to strangles heh dried stangle invalinta (3
and he with a towel tad ate he had | :pped,
had been
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THE LITTLE FRENCH BOUTIQUE
100 Central Big., Queen's Nd., Pedder Bt., lit noor. Tel 1994.
A the rooms are fitted with TV and Rediffusion sets anil the hotel is air-conditioned throughout.
or the 427 rooms, 20 are luxury zulten, three Chinese Dynasty
and 17 contemporary decor.
There are 300 double rooms and over 100 single rooms, all of modern design.
Magnificent
All rooms on the Chatham- road side command a magniű- vent view of the harbour and
Rooms Fiongkong Island,
on
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fourth 10 15th foors Cameron-road side have 4 similar harbour view.
On the ground floor are the lobby with five lifts, 24 tea lounge, a reception room, a
bar, a restaurant with a night club and more than ten shops. There are 38 rooms on each floor from the first to the tenth Noors, and 15 rooms per floor from the 11th to 15th floors.
A private restaurant 14 housed on the 11th floor for spcelal functions such wedding. birthday Or other partics.
On the rooftop is the office of the botal.
The owner
adverthing and publicity manager, Far Easi region, The owner of the new hotel Lufthama German Airlinca, is Mr Hui Yeung-shing who left en Tucɛday for Cotogne also owns the Shastrock, and
atiend A conference
manageri
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of Sun Sun hotels in Mathan-read publicity
at and the Ritz Hotel in Austin- Ifthons' headquarters in road. Germany.
Construction work started nt the trd of 1958 and is now The conference will last from complete except for wiring. December 5 to December 9, after which Mrs Lo will visit Lufthansa's offers and works
Frankfurt, Hamburg and other places in Europe before returning to Hongkong to pro- pare for Lufthansa's inaugural Alghts to Hongkong and Tokyo
In January, 1981.
Mrs Linde Lo, daughter
NEW POST IN
of
Mr
was
the late Dr and Mrs Chlang Choc-yue, formerly Chinese Minister in Germany, born in Peking, but spent her childhood in Germany.
She received her education at 'Institule du Sacre Coeur and the Peking American School.
Mrs Lo has bean connected with English, French, and American firms both in Shang- hal and Hongkong.
Belgian Consul
visits Macao
Macao, Nov. 24. The Belgian Consul General for Hengkong and, Macao, Вагоп Pierre,
Gatssler de d'Hestrov, arrived here on Tum- day night and called on the Governor of Macao, Lt-Colonel Jaime Sliverio Marques, yester- j day morning,
HAVANA
Raymond Grimand, who has been for almost neven years the French Trade Com- missioner in the Colony; lefi Itongkong this morning for Paris.
le has been appointed Chief of the French Economic Ex- pansion Service in the Carib-i bean republics and, after short stay lo
France, will y
to Havana, es
M. Grimaud is succeeded in
Hongkong by Mr Andre Mance?-
Bize who was until this appoint ment the French Trade Com- missioner in 'Karachi.
Bridging the gap
EMERGED FROM
FROM BUSHES'
A 15-year-old schoolboy told the Criminal Sessions today that he
dow
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Lam Hei, farmer's He stopped to rest on wife on August 13.
[@ man climb from Li told Mr Justice R. H. some bushes near a lone- Mills-Owans that on the ly rood on the day of a day of the killing he was killing,
travelling from his village of Tai Long to collect some flowers from another village, Chik Kam.
Li Loishing
Was
giving evidence in the trial of. Cheung Fu-kam, 24, who is accused of strangling
From the Files
25
4
years AGO.
November 1935 ROM the Morning Post's 25 Years Ago column: "In the western district of Des Voeux-road a shop has been opened for the express purpose of cutting off the queues of Chinese who are discarding that appendage. Hundreds of cookies, are to be seen watching operations with mouths wide open."
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In heaterday's British Gen- cral Election, the Government parties won 423 seats to the Opposition's 181. The Con- servative Party has 399 seate and thre th clear majority over all partion of 160 seats.
The Government captured cight seals and lost 79.
Labour pained 96 and lost four.
The Liberals gained thres and lost 14.
quiet road near the spot
Mr Ramsay MacDoneld waa where the body was
reated at Seaham and B found. He heard a rust-
described the fight ca "keen ling in the bushes and but filthy". His son, Malcolm saw Choung amergo. 100a alau braton. He They spoke to each other
briefly and then Cheung went off in the opposite direction to Li. Hearing continuos.
A large number of the American community today alte nded a Thanksgiving Day ser- vice at the Union Church. This China Mail photograpli Blows some of the congregation after the service.
AMERICANS CELEBRATE THANKSGIVING DAY
Members of the American community filled the Union Church, Kennedy
road, to overflowing this morning for their special Thanksgiving Day service.
Secretary for the Colonics.
Tuda
They were, so far, the only ministers to lose their seats.
Sir John Simon held Spen Valley and Winston Churchill had an easy victory at Epping Forest.
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LABORATE
Etions
prepara- are now being made in the Colony by all sections of the community to welcome His Excellency Sir Andrew Caldecott, the. newly appointed Governor of Hongkong who is due to arrive on the P and O liner, Carthage on December 12.
There will be a public re- ception at the Volunteer Headquarters on that, day, at a time to be fixed by the Government later.
The public address will be read and presented by the Hon. Sir Henry Pollock, senior Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council and the same address in Chinese will be read and presented by the Hon. Sir Shouson Chow,
HK WATCH EXHIBITION
The Hongkong and Kowloon Clock and Watch Trade Mer- chants' Association will hold its second exhibi:den of clocks and
watches on the former Royal Naval Dockyard site from March
2
The 20-day exhibition #
have more than 100 displays of the world's clocks and watches
A special message from Pre-companied. Mrs Thomas Adkins, buliding a coltage for Swatow sidert Eisenhower, was read by in her solo "Thanks be to God.”| refugees who were recently available en the Hongkong mar-
Consul-General of the
found at the Star Ferry after ket.
the
United States, Mr Jullus C. The collection will be given their hazardous escape by junk! The Association held its Arzt
to Church World Service for from China.
Holmes.
"I call upon all our people who are giving thanks for our blessings," said Mr Eisenhower, "to direct their thoughts to the propio of other lands less fortunate than we.”
Els called Americans 10 support the work of their working Individually
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and in co-operation with other nations towards the solution of The world food problem.
'The American Government supported the activities of the United Nations Foods and Agriculture Organisation, the success; of which depended on the active co-operation of generous citizens in America and round the world,
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"Let us hope that some day." the message continued, "through | benevolent providence and through best use of the world's resources, each nation will be ablo to colebrate its own Thanksgiving Day."
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A special thanksgiving-ser- mon was preached by the Rev.
Rome, Nov. 23. | Rodger M. Singer," who' stress-
Mr Harold: Macmillan, the ed that Americans, with their
At noon yesterday, the Baron Prime Minister); sald here today great resources of all kinds; and the Baroness word guests that ways were being sought should try to share them with of honour at a luncheon, given which might lead to successful others, not as lords and mag- by the Governor and Madame negotiations for bridging tha | ters, bijt, as servatifs, which was Silverio Marques at Sants Ban- gap between Europe's two trade the message of the New Tenta- cha residente.
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