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THE CHINĂ MAIL.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1901.
YES, I'M REALLY SOLD ON THE IDEA
Kennedy will keep America on its toes
WENT to the United
States five months ago
to report the presidential election and, let's face it
I was inelinel to be a
Republican supporter.
I foll Nixon might 1 tire
best choice as Prendent.
1 now 1 was wrong.
by
RENE MacCOLL
rough, tough burly-burly Now
Now I know this Mr John Kennedy, this political pan- ther, is the man we all want In the White House. The
swept intu man has Washington with vistouIT, with bogu, and with determittaljon,
of
the *pring. nummer. and autumn of 1960, 1 harboured reservations.
A break
past three
People have been comparing Kennedy with Franklin Roose volt. I think that this is a loose
nud slipshot comparison. Kennerly is not to be empared, to far as I am ware, with any- cas. Tie is a remotzali. fellow to his own right.
Completely sure of Tumsett, NOW, all that has vanished." certain aboul is aims, casually in the ruthless, ses amist be every bas der of men, 43-year-old Ken-
Intsily nedy
remelding America in the image that he fenis 11 should assume
So far he has not put a foot wrong?
ringing auch weeks.
COLETORĄ words-dodag his during which have been haugural Address, his messages parting the surging start of the
to Compras, his delt and swin- Kennedy er, I have become
minen el Press enter nee-have convinetul that Kennedy's hair- hue-thin virtray at the polls been a joy to listen to.
Sureness
H'S youthfulness
and off-
was a tremendous break for us
1.
You wuld And it hard to 1RME, ༢H what a bump.formation bas taken place in Washington,
kamfudness delightfully Where before there was doubt, hand-in-hand with 201 <X-
dreariness, and defeatism,
now
a great wave of excitement and
what he
traordinary cureness, The man is Intel Bgent-and kacws what copeme-s has transformed the he wants. He
articulate, United State friendly, knowledgable, No inambling
Suddenly, arnel.
America has been knowing splendidly. captured by a man inspired.
Let me admit at once thal last year I had my doubls.. As I covered Kennedy's electoral campaign. all through the
Above all, we have had the splendid feeling that a young man, willing to experiment,
willing to throw a rule or so everboard, is in charge.
THE
Sagacious
THE "experts" said that he woult be rash and brash. By -her competener, he On the contrary, he has taken
lais wunts, this
over his appoint- Voute! min from Boston has ints to the Cabinet and other thundered down uport Auserica top-ling posts. And the men and listed that a lately rather whom he has called in to hrip bernised and wandering country him have been sagacirusly should start knowing just where chesen. The opening weeks of It means to go.
hi Administration have been
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marited by a cool and measured appraisal of the seeno,
The great thing to bear in mind about Kennedy is that You con take nothing for granted. Peamp, protocol, and ponderousness have been flung but of the window. This 08- gressive chap makes up his
ha down regulations as along.
goes
Worth while
means
That
when THIS
Frime Minister Harold Macmillan goes see President Kennedy at the beginning of April, far from being fobbed off afterwards with one of thone
mitterably dreary little muniques in which the "cardial atmosphere" is the main news item, you may find that you are reading some really worthwhile
statement.
com-
Kennedy, despite some com- pletely -based rumours, has the highest regard for the P.M. and wants above all to retain the Anglo-American under. standing and alliance Gx the finest passible footing.
And when Kennedy and Khrushchev finally meet- wow! Because if anyone has the notion that the new U.S. President is anyone's "fall guy." perish the thought.
In Jolly John, Nifty Nikita may well flad a most Interest- Ing conference mate.
MOVIELAND
BY DAVID LAN
Another Hongkong
girl finds her
way to Hollywood
HONG
via a cocktail party in the Colony
of
Thursday in conjunction with the screening "Pepe,"
technicolour spectacle-comedy.
EL.
Cantinian will be remembered by many as Passepartout, man- servant to Phileas Fort in "Around the World in 80 Days."
Swallow Thief," an action pic- ture, and MP & Gl's "The Wild, Wild Rege," a dromatic Alm, and "Hongkong," a documentary.
THE Hongkong delegation
THE
to the forthcoming film festival consists of the len- der, Mr Loke Wan Tho, the MP & GI group and the Shaw, group.
The MP &'GI group com prises Rabert Chang (Seere- Lory'}, Crace Chang, Chang Yang, Dolly Soo Fung, Wang Lai and comedian Liu En-chis
(members).
The Shaw group is composed of Ravmend Chow (Hon Trea-
Ting Ning (members).
surer), Betty Lo Tth and Grace
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U.S.A.
17:
Cummings
London Express Service.
Under-sea robots
will watch
for Red subs
By TOM POCOCK
>OBOT submarine detectors anchored to the
ROB
Creating racial harmony
first line of defence against the Soviet submarine]
ocean bed are to provide the West with their
Mr Loke, head of Cathay fleets.
Organisation,
parent company
Не will
Tests including
ono year's the outline of their new tono
of MP & GI, will leave for Maniia from Singapore dreet.
Mr Run Run Shaw, head of Bermuda-have shown that the cole-name "Fish."
trial in deep water off buoys which have been given the Shaw Brothers, wili be the In Latin America for the tast director of the Singapore dele-new devices, which are based on for the asdle and hydrophone equlp- leave
The robot detectors are de- two decades.
Bas Katlen, Cantinas
Mana on March 4.
ment used in the war, can detect signed to operate at depths of been drawing big audiences.
15,000 feet submarine at a range of 300 between 500 and The MP & G group
where sonic reception is stable take off en March 5, the Shaw miles.
and not diffused by varying wa- group, on March 6,
ter temperature, pressure and salinity.
Born Marlo Moreno in Mexico City in 1917. Cantinas spent
It is childhood in the shade civil war and poverty.
of
will
lie started his career in tent As there are only two drama
girls In "The Split Torri played with whom Tara had fallen in shows. By 1940 he had become tie catries. "The
assishal to love,
Taru, a laboratory
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seemed quite suc the Japanese scientist whe cessful in crashing into was experimenting on FRNI Hollywood and into which, he believed, would create a new human race by mutations
the films made by the but which instead made a half-
* ANTINFLAS, the Char- lle Chaplin of Mexico,
world movie capital. monster out of a correspondent is coming to Hongkong next
First there was Judy Dan who appeared in "The King and 1” then Lễ Li-hua starred in The China Doll," and recently Nancy Kwan captured the title role in The World of Suzie Wong."
The latest, however, is Miss Terri Zimmern, who starred in "The Sp," a science-horror pleture shown in Hongkong earlier this month.
Mig Zimmera was, for three yeurs, beauty expert at the China Emporium-from 1932 to 1955.
at
Judging by the way The demonstrated her makeup skil} and dealt with the clients the cormelle counter, Mr Y. K. Chow, Sub-Manager CAT the China, Emporium, înce told her; "Terri, you certainly can net. Why don't you get into the Blms?"
"1 might, one of these days,”
che answered.
In 1058, Kenneth G. Crune, a co-director of "The Split" came to Hongkong to shoot a www {1}.
He was in search of local
• actors and actresses for paris,
At a cocktail party, he met Terri.
First break
goon she got her first break in lindam by playing a role in that TV pleture.
The next thing people knew was that Terrl went to Tukyo to take part in the Aiming of "The Split" in the Japanese capital.
In 1999, she married Kenneth G. Crane and setried in Los Angetes.
Ferri is photogenic," said a Triend in Hongkong, **Slic was once the cover-giri for a focal
magazine."
Terri Zimmern as she was in "The Spilt",
A
a box office attraction. Since then his my have shown for 19 years in 4,400 Theatres ali
ver Mexico.
His cars
He owns a Jaguar, a Maserati, a Cadillac, tavo Mercedes, an Olsmobile, # Dodge and Pontiac.
a
He employs two plots on 1 full-time basis to fly his own plane although he is a licensed pilot himself,
He maintains five homes and is the majority #lockholder in four flm companies. He owns g formidable percentage of "Around the World in 80 Days," which has now grossed almost $25 million.
Mario Moreno Is also a philanthropist,
He has built and maintains a large housing project for 100 low-income families in Mexico and appeared at more than 10 benefit performances In a year plus many bullfight appearances for orphans, the aged, and the destitute.
His Godchildren
He has 16.000 Godchildren with acceptances and gifts arranged by mull,
Richard Condon sald In his article published in the Decem her issuo of Holiday, "Mario Moreno is not more that he should be rich: co he keeps giving his money away to the poor then raising his fees ab entertainer."
TONGKONG has enter-
Hove pletures into the Eighth Asian Film Fes tival due to take ́ place in Manila on March 7.
The Ave are Shaw's "Les Belles," a widescrwen. Kastanah colon musical, “The Deformed,** dramatic Alm, and *The
A
Deformed,
Under Ideal conditions a sub- marine can be delected at 1,000 miles and, with cross-bearings from several detectors ite post- tion can be fixed with suffelent accuracy in warrant tration of hunting forces.
a concen-
inrring Shaw's Betty Lo Tih, and "The Wild, Wild Rose," M & GIN Grace starring Chang. the two stars seem the The Royal Navy, which has most likely Hongkong cand-made druinatle advances in this dates to compete for the best field, hus released no information actress award this year.
on such anti-submarine' devices Nevertheless, Mr Raymond from the Secret List. Chow, Show'n publicity director, sold every actress in the five pictures will stand a chance of winning the award.
"For instance, you can't rule
out Miss Lin Dal who appear-
Code name
The United States Navy, which ed in the Swallow Thier and in working in close co-operation Les Belles."
with Britain on the project, has now allowed the Martin Com pany of Baltimore to announce
in Malaya
by Gordon Hung
WH
policies
1X7HAT are the long term of both Malayan governments 10 In prevent racial strife? Singapore the government is trying to evolve Malayan culture out of the three predominant castern cultures, Chinese, Malay. and Indian.
The government is also 'en- couraging the use of the Malay languago in schont with the eventual af of making !! the offelal Janguage of the Island.
Malays in Singapore are the musl
backward race and the government has given them vari- ous privileges to enable them to campete on equal fooling with their Chinese counterparts.
The PAP is also trying to instil Malayan consciousness and loy- alty in the people.
The eventual aim of all this is
racial harmony on the island and politically to make ile island as Balayan as the Federation.
This is because Singapore's fu-
ture is ultimately tied up with the Federation's and a merger between the two territories is a forgone conclusion. The only quration is "when?"
Here again the ractat question crops up. If Singapore becomes part of the Federation, the pro- Hent racial balance will be up- set with Chinese baving a slight edge over the Malays.
Drawback
This Is as much a drawback to a merger between the two ter- ritories at the moment as the political colour of the present Singapore Government.
To break the ecunomie hold the Chinese have in the Federa- tion, the multi-racial Alilance Government is giving the Malays special privileges in all sectors of business and industry, so that eventually they will be able to compete with their Chinese and counterparts un equal Indian
footing.
Maloy is now compulsory in all schools whose syllabus has been given a Malayan siant replace the previous Chinose, Western or Indian-anglett teach ing in all schools. Malay wili al- so replaced these langunges as in all the means of instruction schools eventually. This is to be followed by having all examina- tions set in Mainy.
Thus all schools will have a common syllabus, common language of instruction and a common language for examina- Bone.
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At present the detectors have
Certain sectors of the Chinese to be powered by a submarine population have objected to these cable link with a shore power-proposals as they see in them the plant.
eventual decline of things Chl- nese amongst the new generation. But the Martin Company's scientists have now designed a
Apart from the multi-rneiul Alliance party in the Federation compact nuclear battery which there is only one other multi- could be aunk with an independ-racial political party-the So. ent robot giving it a life of about clalist Front. The Pan-Malayan 10 years.
Such detectors planted at the entrances to the Baltic, the Black Sea and the North Cape of Norway could effectively keep track of the comings and roings of Russian submarines.
-{London Express Service).
CANTINFLAS
** I* Fasten your coat betrü
*** for "Belt up **
Islamic Party is communal, cam- only" and governing according paigning for "Malaya for Malays
to the Koren, while the People's
greasive Party draws its poli- tical following from the Chinese by champinning their rights,
Junior partners
The Alliance Government led by Tengku Abdul Rahman com- prises the United Malays. Na- tional Organisation with the Malayan Chinese Association and the Malayan Indian Con- gress as the junior partners.
The Alliance aims for, inter- racial harmony, and solutions to all problems are by compromise and give-and-take between the races. But in the eyes of certain sectors of the Malayan Chinese and Indiano-notable thong' who are non-English speaking--the Alliance has not satisfied their aspirations and is regarded as a facade for the perpetuation of Malay privileges.
On the other hand Malays are anxious about Chinese and In- dian aspirations because of the prospect that in the not too dis- tant future they will be ounted from their present superior posi tion on the electoral rolls and thus bo subordinate to the Chi- nene bath politically and econo- mically.
T
The future of this multi-racial experiment depends on two tac- Lors. Firstly that a Malayan con- rclousness" be instilled in 'the Younger generation so that they consider themselves as Malayanı
and not Chinese, Indians or Malays. Secondly the Govern- ment must, ja the meantime, bo alert anough to stop any racial disturbance before it breaks out, bacmimo once it does thé represa- að frustrations of ali races will break out into the open and in dne blaw the experiment might Cali,