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THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1961.
DENTAL TREATMENT FOR POOR
CHILDREN
836 treated
in five
months
By JILL DOGGETT
-Many of Hongkong's underprivileged children are receiving dental treatment through the volun- tary services of two dental surgeons and St John Brigade nurses and Brigade cadets.
At weekends people passing
al Garth n-road may 10
a torilla Fathi shining in ne d the upper windows of the St Ambulance Headquarters. up-to-date This lamp part conqosien! Hand regularly the work of helping to preserve Die
afrildren whe have suflered from malnutrition.
Incest romme of the chiklten werkly visit look upon their
at free. One boy burst ta Ters whesi he was told there emme again. after extraction Sometimes the children are rested for
After-Treatment while in the
il
Do where two Brigade nurses
nem attendance.
work
With the Best Ave months of So successful has this this year, 836 pong children been that it is now hoped to have received treniment at th start another Dental Clink in Kowloon if sufletent funds are hands of the reduntory teams.
the lanp shear available. Another ambition is Last Saturday
22 tittle fares from the Po raise $1,500 for Bung Kuk Orphanage On pre Bachine, vious weekends, it illuminated aesthetics, the fare, of youngsters with blind eyes or crippled limbs.
DENTAL TEAM
Befn,e the small patients are brought
The Headquarters Clinic, they ate examined It! Their ORAN institutions for the dental team who take along two portable dental chairs. Atrange- ients are then made for those requiring treatmen Lo be bought to the Clinic for fillings EX extractions UT both. For Jually crippled children stretchers Prerovided.
During one afternoon at the Leng Kuk, the team examined 307 children and pre- Ded
similar number it
k cards, of these 12 children were foamdi e
extensive
Brentiment. One ile girl had 11 cavities,
Within a year. she would have lost all those froth without immediate treatment" the den- tist nich.
Chened on August last
1-1 year, the Dental Clinic has to date treated 1,276 cares. The little patients show no fear or anslety but lots of curiosity to they st Jodeting the afl- impurtant case card.
Is
Senetimes duy what to each other, little blad girls some tintes stop and often there
"Shall I have spertkaton.
13 Cigur or Dr Shaving-Lotion?". ls one question bed upon the
personat scents of the two den- j tal surgeons
tit
5
Rus- for
Essential Th present machine is kindly lent by the Government Dental Headquar-
fers.
MONEY NEEDED
In fuel tincy is needed for all the free serviers of the St John organisation which for the past 77 years has been support- ed and uncouraged by the people of the Colony. It :: hoped that this newest service will strike a special chord of compassion and generasity when the annual Ping Day appeal is beld next Saturday,
Governor
visits Tsun Wan
The Governor, Sir Robert Black, visited Tsun Wan this morning to view dove- lopments in this growing | industrial town.
Travelling by launch. Sir Robert first went to Gin Drinkers he discussed the Bay, where
Chang Development Kwai scheme with the Director of Public Works and the District Commissioner, New Territories.
Werk will shortly start on this Istajor reclamation project, which is designed to provide In the dental some 400 acres of land for new
AND MUSIC
Loring back
uttered, chair, no equivals are There is background music from the transistor radio and the pure of a jet drill.
of real distress enly t e when a Bulle blind gir! thought she had bitten the sop-
and clasped gon's finger with a cry of anguish.
The
urban development,
Police disclose
quick arrests after robbery
Police arrested three men within eight hours of an early morning robbery in Stubbs-road on May 15, the Victoria District Court was told this morning.
lo Tsun Wan, the Governor visited a number of vontage points from which to observe with the progress being made
and other public reclamation
Before Judge B. J. Jennings | About 6.45 am the same day, works as well as the extent and three young men pleaded not two police officers stopped the
of robbing first accused of new private develop-guilty le a charge
and an unknown and two Chinese couples with ag man, in Gloucester-rand gravation. One of them faced Marsh-road. The unknown additional charges of theft, re- man escaped, but on the first ceiving stolen property and necused was found another Assault.
man's driving licence. Inspector | Apps sald. He was taken to
pace anent.
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and
Dental surgeons nurses are shown working
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on a case in picture above.
picture Other
shows
Theso nurse ot work. people are volunteers who give tree dental treatment
to neody children.
Many welfare projects are planned
Miss
Madge Newcombe, Executive Secretary of the Council of Social Service, spoko this morning to
"writia fashim newa
NEW
BAVA VOGUE
Lady Sheaffer
ARHIPGERT FOUNTAIN PEN Both gothi
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COMING IN AUGUST Canadian chosen to be Assistant Welfare Director
From the Filos
25
years
-AGO-
The Secretary of State for the Colonies has select-
ed Mr Norman F. Cragg for appointment to | the post of Assistant Director of Social Wel
fare (Professional) in the Social Welfare rute Department.
June 1936
London. first Lectureship heht by FL scholar of Chinese birth at
Tver
Mr Crugi, who is at present | Mr Crag wad educated in
Secretary Executive
ย (Public Canada and holds the dégrees of British university has Welfare Division) of the Cana- Bachelor of Arts with honours been founded by wealthy re- dian Welfare Coongil in Ollawa, į in Sociology, University ofsidents. Mr and Mrs Spal- will arrive in Hongkong with bls | Toronto: Bariwlor of Serialding. The Lectureship in wife and three children about Work with honours in group temable for three years, mid-August to take up his work, University uf British duties.
Columbia; and Master of Social with a stipend of £400 un- Work with honours in Publie nually, which is the same lfare Administration, Uni-as all Oxford lectureships,
Two triad members sent to jail
"lighter".
a
versity of Toronto.
"Y" WORK
as distinct from professor-
of ships
whatever
He served with the YMCA in various parts of Canada and in nationality!
The Canadian YMCA War Ser- Mr E. R. Hughes, Profes- Vices with the Royal Canadian sor of Chinese at Oxford, Air Force during part of the last
told Reuter that it is felt
war.
He was Arsuelate Executive that Oxford should be the Secretary of the Toronto Welfare supreme centre of the study Council for 512 yeurs and in of Chinese culture. The new April 1937 astmed his present lecturer will devote himself Council.
specially to translation of
post with the Canadian Welfare
group
The Chinese lecturer at Oxford will have a maximum stipend of £600.
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world ever designed to operate The larpent dredge in the
Two triad men were sent to and jail for one year
bo ordered to
placed under police supervision In such work teaching Mir important Chinese writings for two years by Mr T. L. Crugg has conducted courses in on philosophy and religion. work and community He will also give the usual Yang at Causeway Bay
crganisation for the National Magistracy this morning. Counch YMCA; lectured to lectures. The first, Tsang Sun, a 40- these subjects and in publc year-old painter. at 106 Shau-
welfare at four Canadian schools kiwat-rond, secund floor, was
of social work; run courses in sentenced for being trind publie assistinee for provincial and municipal employees in Insp C. D. Carter, prosecuting. three provinces and conducted said the defendant was arrest-seminars on group development ed yesterday morning by detec-in Toronto and Ottawa,
at Shaukiwan-road near Ulves
Mr Crat's professional social a gold deposit left Hong- Tal Cheung-street.
The defcadant was employed work experience includes pro kong for Manila, after being as a painter by the Talkoo Dock for all fields of social welfare in the Taikan Dockyard and being gramine planning and research thoroughly reconditioned by yard at $0 a day. He
Toronto.
converted from oil burning to married and had two children.
In his present post, working coal burning. Insp Carter saki The defen- with Federal, Provincial and Mr G. W. Kerr, engineer of Municipal Governments and the mine consultation stay of voluntary agencies throughout Marrman and Company, is at
Hongkong, an leaves this evening after a short visit here during which
D he inspected the work done on the dredge and supervised its departure,
was
dant joined the society in 1930 and in the following year
GANG FIGHT
WDS
students of the Baptist promoted to the rank of fighter. Canada in social planning, co- College, Kowloon of pro- gress in social work in the Colony during the past
year.
She said that many new pro- jects were being planned and voluntary organisations in con- Junction with Government hoped lo start them as soon as possible. The Community Centre at Chal Wan would be a real step for ward for co-ordination in com- munity development work, she added.
Welcomed by Dr Anderson. Miss Newcombe told the seniors before her that people with real I vocation for social work were needed. I had to be realised that the work was not confined to ordinary othee hours.
Problems arose on Saturday, Sunday and holidays just as on weekdays and phone calls were often received after hours from
for practical help.
In 1940, at Sai Wan Ho, there was a gang fight between mer bers of the Luen Hung Ying
and Wo To Yee triad societies, in which the defendant took part.
Insp Carter said that the Wo To Yee triad society was very nctive in Quarry Bay, Sai Wan Ho and Shaultlwan areas, "pro- tecting prostitutes, operating gambling houses and collecting moneys from hawkers as pro- Lection fees."
ordination and research, porti- present in cularly in the fields of public assistance, ho has organised scriners for senior public wel fare oficials.
Insp Carter added that the defendant had four previous Mr convictions, All for drug offences.
The other trind member, Li Fan-yuca, 3-4-year-old news- paper hawker, of 170 Wanchal- road, third floor, was sentenced for being an "adviser" of the Tung Sun Wo triad society.
Dept Insp Charles Lee said the defendant was arrested by
yesterday morning Informa→ tion,
people seeking advice or asking detectives In Eastern District
Special train services being 'run
He sold the defendant joined the society in 1947 und had paid $10.60 as entrance fee. In July the following year he went Mação for a big triad ceremony and was promoted to lils present runk,
102 tenants to receive
compensation
wold
The dredge which left here yesterday is named Nanking, and has been leased for work for the Coco Grove Placer Syndicate. It will work in the beds after reaching Manila.
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☆ W. Ancurin
JAPANESE oaraman Jones, Tenancy Tribunal Presi- A who rowed in the dent, announced the deci- Oxford University trial sion to recommend eights whilst an under-
at oxemption of Nos 38.44, graduate
Hertford the Bute-stract, Mongkok, and College has secured also compensation of acceptance of an agreement than $180,000 to with the regatta committee the 102 tenants con-which has enabled Tokyo cerned.
University senior eights to
moro
Never before has an entry been accepted from Japan.
The Lee On Construction Co be accepted for the Grand Ltd, who bought the houses for Challenge Cup. $660,000 in January and plan to replace them by a modern 12- storey structure costing $650,000, were represented by Mr Leslie Wright, instructed by E. Cheung and Chaine.
The new scheme is planned by Insp Lee told Mr Yang that Mr E. Y. Wu, architect, and the Tung Sun Wo triad society redevelopment will increase the was very active and powertul firecommodation space by three number of special train ser- Enstem Districts.
times its present size, vices between Trimshalaul He added that the defendant Mr A. K. Dimond and Mr and Shatin will be run by the had three previous drug con- Andrew Tee sat with the Presi- British section of the Kowloonvictions,
dent on the Tribunal.
'Hearing was Axed for June the Police Station for ques-
Honing and subsequently cau- A The accused are Leung Chi-toned in respect of the robbery, keung. 20, Wu Chung-wal, 23, Four hours later, the polies and Kwong Chi-keung, 21, all arrested the second recused in unemployed.
Fleming-street near Lockhart- road, Inspector Apps went on. On him was found a pendant, wbleli was later Identified as to one of the items stolen in the robbery.
Chief Inspector W. P. Apps, prosecuting, said the complain unts, who are brothers and sis- ters, went for a joy ride early on May 15 and stopped at Lak out Point in Stubbs-rond about 3.30 am "to admire the view."
APPROACHED
Four men approached them in another car. Inspector Apps cald. They robbed the com- plainants of jewellery, a watch, The car ignition keys and some cash.
Before they left, Inspector Apps sald, one of them also punctured the tyres of com- plainants' car.
Charlie Young, wife coming
One of London's best known restaurant owners arrives in Hongkong tomorrow for a visti to the Colony.
Ite Mr C. M. "Charlie" Young, proprietor of the Hong- Kong Restaurant in London's Shaftesbury Avenue, And 4 leading member of Britain's Hongkong community.
I visit is part of a round- the-world trip with his English wife, Mra Bella Yoʻzug.
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At 11.08 am, the third accused was arrested in Hennessy-rond, sal subsequently made ecutioned statement to the police, Inspector Apps sald.
Canton Rallway on an expert- mental basis during the week- ends only of this month, The object of the experiment enable the railway authorities to study the volume of weekend passenger traffle to and from Shatin.
Detalls of these special week- end tralu schedules are posted on notice boards at all railway stations.
Provisional trade figures for May
The Commerce and Industry Department announced today the following provisional trade figures for May:
Merchandise: Exports:
Experts Re-exports Imports
Ite-exports:
Imporia:
$238.06 mill
$76.00 millon $557,10 milion
May 1081 compared
with May 1040
8 million minus 26.54 minus 15.30.
plus $0.20
Jan-May 1961 compared willi Jan-May 1900
million minus 48.14
minus 31.00
plus 33.78
The values of exports, re-exports and importa for the first five months of the your are extimated at $1,150.01 million, $406,40 million and $2,450.27 million respectively.
POP by Coc
HELF THE OLD FOLKS HOME? I DIDN'T REALISE
THEY'D GONE OUT!
Tokyo University repre- sents the cream of Japanese rowing. It's colours are light blue, as also are those of Cambridge and Eton As the men average 10 stone in weight they are the lightest crow who have taken part in a senior event at Henley.
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