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KOWLOON'S
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23567 71.41 9433 29.60
33000 100.00
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Hawkers charged Other cases charged.:
Total
1936
Hawkers charged 20075 69. Other cases charged... 11474 30.56
Total' 37549 100.00
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1937.
NEEDS STRESSED
le in regard to the way in which It was dealt with by the Medical Department. The sense of dis- Satisfaction Jana been expressed publicly in the Press. I gladly and gratefully acknowledge the "high serise of devotion to duty and to the public weal shown by my Honourable friend the Director of Medical Services and all the Medical Officers. The Colony 18 But somehow grateful to them. the organisation broke down. Take the case of the supply of serum.
On the 16th August the South- I notice that in 1935, out of a China Morning Post published an total of over 23,000 cases, only 583 account of the interview with the were discharged, and that in 1938, Honourable D.M.S.. at which the nut of a total of over 26,000, only D.M.S. pointed out that there was 576 were discharged. Even if halt sumfelent anti-cholera serum for a of the convicted cases involved im- 5 or 6 day campaign at full speed. prisonment in default of payment The paper also stated that it had of fines imposed, we need not be been decided to appeal to Manila, surprised at the overcrowding of Bangkok and Salgen for further the gaol! And it will be seen that urgent supplies, The very next the number of cases, from 1934 today the paper announced that 1928, has increased from 16330 to 20075, Le, an increase of over 10,000
cases.
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I do respectfully commend the above ngures to Your Excellency's
attention.
TIME SPENT IN COURT I can speak from experience as
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"ample supplies" were still avai able, "Government having a good supply remaining of the consign- inent received from Shanghai, and having secured some locally from the Bacteriological Department." These condicting reports would appear to lend support to the Tumour that the statement Lo. how much time has to be ex mended in regard to cases in Court, shortage was made in ignorance, or forgetfulness, of the fact that The Police officer in charge has to attend Court at the opening of the
a large supply had actually been Court and wait his turn, and some-ving in the godown at Kowloon times his turn may not come until the time, and that the "3.0.s." the end of the session, when the messages sent to various places to Alagistrate has no alternative bu send further supplies to Hong Kong had to be cancelled soon after they were 'despatched.
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* GENERAL DISSATISFACTION
To one. like myse. who has al- ways appreciated the value of educating the general masses in re gard to the efficacy of preventive Western Medicine in general, and of inoculation in particular, it is a matter of supreme regret that so much dissatisfaction should have been expressed regarding the way In which inoculations were done by Government during the epidemic. Amahs and boys. who attended to be, inoculated expressed their de- termination never to do so again, It would appear that the doctor in charge, hopelessly overworked, and finding it physically impossible to cope with the numbers who attend-
ndjourn his case. Of the 26,000 bawker cases dealt with by the Magistrate in 1936, I do tiot know how many were cases in which the hawkers charged pieaded guilty, and how many were cases hitch involved actual hearing ef evidence. Assuming that, on an average, each case took only 2 minutes of the Court's time to dis- pose of, then it is obvious that the 26,000 cases absorbed 52.000 min- ites or over 866.6 hours. I sup- pose each Magistrate, again on an average, spends about 5 hours each day in Court. Therefore 866,3 houts represent over 179 Court days of one Magistrate! And the ex- penditure of time on the part of the Police in regard to the 26,000 cases must of course be even great- er. If these bad not been brought.ed, had to perform the inoculations the time and energy saved would without using a freshly sterilised have been tremendous, and in this needle for each patient, and nad connection I doubt very much, whe- to content himself with merely ther..n third Court at the Central wiping the needle with a piece of Magistracy, would be necessary,
cotton wool dipped in alcohol after
HAWKERS COMMISSION
SUGGESTED
I feel strongly that the whole problem of hawkers in Hong Kong
should be reviewed by a Commis
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each case. However little actual risk there might have been in such process, those who attended could not but feel a sense of repugnance
in seeing the same needle being
sion, and that the specific ques- tions to be placed before the Com- mission for Investigation and re-arrange
used on so many persons. I realize that it must have been difficult to
for more
Government fart should include the questions doctors to be available for conduct- as to whether or not the licence ing the public Inoculations. And of hawkers other than for certain yet I feel that. with better organi- types of foodstuffs, which may sation, the objection alluded to constitute real and not 3 above could have been overcome. theoretical danger to public health. ¦ And, with all the diffidence and should not be abolished altogether, humility which an ignorant layman and as to how “hawker cases” cân į should feel. I do wonder whether be dealt with other than by ait was really necessary to utilise
to
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teprimanded, rather than com-person mended, by the LG.P..
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT
I wish to say a word about, Head
22 (Medical Department),
him!
In the Honourable the Colonial
lords, may be scrupulously abstain- ing from exploiting the existing situation, there is no reason why any landlord should be permitted to profiteer at the expense of his unfortunate fellow-men.
I therefore venture respectfully to submit the following proposal for consideration of Government:--
1. That a Renta Ordinance, based on the Rents Ordinance 1922, as amended, and having some date like the 31st July, 1937, .in relation to the statutory "standard rent", and limited in duration to, say, one year, be" forthwith passed as an Emer- gency Legislation
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2. That the new Ordinance is to contain a special clause on the lines of Section 13 of the Grown Rents (Apportionment) Ordin- 1936. providing in effect that the Ordinance shall apply | to, and come into operation as regards, such houses, lots, areas or districts. and as from such date or dates as shall from time to time be appointed by the Gov- ernor by proclamation.
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3. That the rights under the new legislation be confined to the actual tenant in relation to the actual premises occupied by him,
to contra-distinction
the "principal tenant," who would otherwise benefit at the expense of his superter landlord.
RENTS OFFICERS WANTED
4. That a Rents Officer be ap- pointed. And it is suggested that an Assistant Sebretary for Chin- ese Affairs should be Rents Off- cer in regard to Chinese ten- ancies, and, say, the Assistant Crown Solicitor should be Rents Officer in regard to non-Chinese
terancies.
5. That the Rents Officer is to hear both the landlord and the tenant in regard to any com- plaints against either an increase
of rent, or notice to quit.
acting unreasonably or uncons- clonably, he is to recommend to Government to "proclaim" the
BEFORE COUNCIL
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cause, in pursult of their lawful sole fruit of several accidents in avocation, they ventured beyond Nathan Road after dark, fatal ac- the territorial waters of the Co-cidents in more than one case. lony? Is the Colony's ashing In- has been, so, far as Government is dustry to cease altogetner?
concerned, a promise of better I of course, accept the position things in the future, and experi- that this Colony must be strictly ments on a small scale with neutral. But surely there is no modern and better lights. These such thing as neutrality of con- latter were observed, and com- science? And, 'surely, no neutralitymented upon by the Kowloon Re- can prevent elther the public; or aldents". Association, whose views the Government of Hong Kong, on the subject were sought by from entertaining "teelings of Government. some months ago, dumbfounded dismay and horror since when nothing further has at the Indiscriminate slaughter of been heard of this matter. I non-combatants by the Japanese venture to suggest, Bir, that even air bombings. As Lord Cranborne,"If the financial position does not British Under-Secretary of State warrant the admittedly heavy ex- for Foreign Affairs, is reported to penditure necessary to modernise have said at Geneva, "words could the whole of Kowloon's inefficient not express the feeling of pro-lighting. Nathan Road, at least, "found horror with which news of and that part of Salisbury Road these raids is received by the whole which links it to the Ferry, are civilised world. If this tendency is at present 90 dangerous to to continue and to be intensified, negotiate on a dark and wet night. can civilisation itself survive?" that to postpone much longer the . Speaking for myself, I find it introduction of better Bighting extremely dimcult to concentrate would be tantamount. to a clis- on the Budget Agures for the din regard of the welfare and safety- and cries of woe and helplessness of which seem to ring in my very
ears.
APPEAL FOR RELIEF
the community, pedestrians and motorists alike.
SURFACE DETERIORATION Whereas accidents have failed to The theme of the maintenance impress Government sufficiently in of friendship between Hong Kong the case of street lighting, it is and Canton has been the subject gratifying to note that these have of repeated reference in this Coun- brought about provision for " 'Im- ell, and only in October, last Bir provement in another direction. Andrew. Caldecott sald: "Of the I refer to the vote passed last need for understanding and co-
month for widening that portion operation between ourselves and of the Castle Peak Road just be- our Chinese neighbours there can fore Tsun Wan Village. With the be no possible doubt, and I agree completion of this work and that with the Senior Chinese Unomical which is being carried out on the Member that It cannot be too Talpo Road where it skirts Kow- loon Reservoir. the task of greatly emphasised or too often
dangerous comers reiterated." In times of calamity such as flood and famine the and curves may be said to be
complete. Government, has frequently, in the reasonably
Attention past, shown its great sympathy. should henceforth be directed to with this. Colony's Chinese the surfaces of the various roads
eliminating
neighbours by voting substantial on the Peninsula and in the New sums for relief. The suffering is Territories, many of which, show indescribable, and the need for signs of rapid deterioration, "As a medical succour is unprecedented, whole. Indeed, road surfacing on Is there any reason why Govern- the island appears to have been
8. That the Rents Officer cannot settle the matter amic- ably between the parties, and if be considers that the landlord is.ment should abstain from giving carried out much more efficiently "material assistance purely as an-and probably more expehalvely- act of humanity because the than in Kowloon, and there can occasion for such assistance has be no good reason for the differ
by a nation whose main object, in been caused, not by Heaven, but ence.
We in Kowloon hope that part the words of Lord Cranborne, of the vote for anti-malarial work areas "seems to be to inspire terror by will be apportioned to the
and Indiscriminate slaughter of civi- near Grampian
Carpenter llans?"
Roads where drainage and other sanitation measures have long
house in question, which would then come under the new legis-
lation.
I submit that the mere existence of such legislation will have a most salutary and deterrent effect, and that it will have the merit of curbing the anti-social activities of any" landlord who, in the opinion of the Rents Officer, is unreason- ably exploiting the prevalling ex- traordinary conditions.
In default of a Rents Ordinance on the lines above suggested, it may
be that a short Ordinance, to the effect that, during the currency of the Ordinance, no notice to quit shall be valid unless it shall, be, say, at least 3 months' notice, may afford some relief against too sud- den evictions.
"NEW PROCEDURE" Sir Andrew Caldecott, in winding up the Debate on last year's Budget, suggested a new procedure
But whether the new procedure will or will
to
GRATITUDE EXPRESSED' In most respectfully commend- been in demand. tic consideration of Your Excel-
A LEPROSARIUM ing this question to the sympathe-
Realising full well the difficulties lency, I desire to take this op-facing Government in budgetting portunity of acknowledging the at the present time, I feel that it deep debt of gratitude which the is nevertheless regrettable that it Chinese entertain for the courage, has not been found possible to in- impartiality, ever-willing readiness clude a sum for a Leprosarium. receive and consider repre- Government, I hope, is alive to the Institution sentations, and high statesmanship necessity for such an shown by Your Excellency in and it should be a primary con- guiding the Ship of State along sideration when dealing with the the troubled waters through which estimates for 1939. it is passing, and by your Chief Adviser, my Honourable friend the Colonial Secretary, and also for ed material assistance rendered by mises have from time to time been the people of this Colony in the made by Government to extend sacred cause of relief of human Chatham Road "Park"-the name suffering in China's hour of need. which Government chooses to ap- As the Rt. Hon. H. A. L., Fisher ply to that strip of grass border- said in the preface to his famous ing Chatham Road, a use of the justifiable only on the "History of Europe"-"The fact word
One last word about Kowloon, and this is more specially concern
amenities. Pro.
with its
cost
The vote has been increased Secretary's speech dealing with the Annual Budget has traditionally the channels which lead to disaster which must be infinitesima! in
been the occasion for reviewing the whole position, past and prospec- tive, of the Colony.
Cudet Magistrate, and at reduced the services of a medical officer in relation to the proceedings in expense the Colony. In any to await the arrival of trains. In this Council on the Annual Badge rase I hope that any Police officer order to watch for cholers cases, The new procedure contemplates who has an unidue number of Surely, a doctor, by looking at a
"an Annual Address" by the Gov- hawker cases to his credit. will be man, cannot say whether that ernor, "in which he dwelt broadly of progress is written plain and ground that it is used even for large on the page of history; but such places as those where motor- has incipient cholera in but concisely with current pro- progress is not a law of nature. cars are left. These promises have blems and reviewed in perspective The ground gained by one genera-not materialised. An extension of MUI TSAI QUESTION the important events of the year."
tion may be lost by the next. The the "Park" as far as the Kowloon not be adopted, the thoughts of men may flow into Football Club Stand, at a
comparison with the almost and barbarism."
astronomical figures for personal emoluments as contained in the Budget, would bring pleasure to many. The hope that it would be possible to make provision for carrying out this work in 1938, as expressed by the Honourable Colo nial Secretary in a letter to the Kowloon Residents' Association dated September 30th 1936, has not been fulfilled. It is a matter which should receive the earliest attention possible. REVENUE
from round about 1 million in Head "Secretariat for Chinese At- 1934, 1935 and 1938, to $2,140,000.00 fairs," he referred to certain ap odd (Revised Estimates for 1937),pointments as having been made and to $2.177,000.00 (Estimates for "in accordance with the recommen- 1938).
dations of the Mal Tsai Commis-
Here, again, the Community slon and with resolutions adopted "must be prepared to pay what is by the League of Nations Con- necessary to maintain a sound ference at Bandoeng in 1937." My public health and medical organ-Honourable friend the Sentor Un- bation. But I have an uncom- official Member has already ex- fortable feeling that, in spite of pressed our approval of these
The Colonial Secretary, in his speech,, has referred to "the pre- seat unhappy state of the world." With all the incalculable damage to
The forces of reaction are strong; the challenge to civilisation is real. But if I may be permitted to paraphrase the well known words of Willam Pitt, I would like to feel that the verdict of history will be that China has saved herself by the Colony, actual and potential, as her exertions, and has saved ctvi- the result of the present Sino- Japanese conflict. I submit that lisation by her example. any debate on the general position
the large annual expenditure, appointments. But I feel the Co of the Colony must assume an air HON. MR. LEO
of unreality if this subject, SD vitally important to the World in
medical facilities to the poor still lony would welcome an announce- leave much room for improvement. ment by Government as to its In particular I have received many polley in regard to the Mul Tsal general, and the Far East, includ- complaints in regard to the food question, especially on the pointing Hong Kong, in particular, were and lack of essential requirements, whether Government has denrutery to be dismissed with such a pass- including medicine; in the third-accepted the Majority Report. Ising reference. class accommodation of "the Than Government aware that a petition | ̈ Yuk Maternity Hospital. I am in formed that, with 60 beds, there
are available only 3 or 4 air rings,
has been sent to the Secretary of
State for the Colonies in regard to
and 3 or 4 bed-rests. In spite of females? the large number of serious post- operative cases. I further under- stand that the staple diet consists chiefly of salted egg and salted cabbage, and that it is much in ferior to the diet given in the third-class wards at the Queen Mary Hospital.
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rising to make his first has Budget speech, the Hon. Mr. Leo uttle in the last few weeks, and extended registration of transferred welcome a statement from Govern-
I feel sure this Council would p'Almada e Castro, inr, sald:-
which, but for the fact that the Your Excellency:-As a resident present unfortunate hostilities be- ment as to the position, of the
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of Kowloon and a member of the tween Japan and Ching are over- PROFITEERING Chinese fishing neeta in relation to
Committee of
the Kowloon Re-shadowing everything else, would Bridge, 8 p.m.
-most certainly have gained more I now desire to take up a few the present hostilities. The recent Bidents' Association I propose to
Football.-R.C. of Signals V. Aƒ moments of this Council's time on statement attributed to the Hon-deal first with some of Kowloon't public attention and criticism. At Middlesex (Chatham Road, 4.45
ourable the Colonial Secretary at the Rents question in the Colony.
more pressing wants before pas-the September Criminal Sessions pm. Referee. L/c Wyper).
12th (H) Batty. R.A. v, A/Sea- It la conceded that, on account of an interview, as published in the sing in to two other topics at of the Supreme Court two cases
in my submission, equal interest to me and which
were tried in which the Revenue forths (Military-Happy Valley, 3.15 the trade depression of the past Press, was,
Department appeared in none too few years, rentals have fallen be- hardly reassuring. Is the position affect the Colony is a whole,
p.m. Referee, Sergt. Thompson). that Chinese fishermen The hoary subject of Kowloon's happy a light. In one, two Chin- || R.A.O.C. v. 9th. A.A. Batty, R.A. I hope that my Honourable low thy formal, and reasonable this:
Street Lighting is one which, by ese Revenue Officers were indicted (Military-Happy Valley, 5.45 pm. friend the 'Director of Medical Ser-increases in rent may be. Justined many of whom, like their forbears.
for armed robbery while purport- Referee, B. M. Baker). cases. But to eject a were born in Hong Kong, and who
reason of Government's parsimony vices will make a thorough inves- in many
Associa Meetings Badminton tigation into the complaints which tenant, in spite of his willingness have been rendering an essential in
this direction. has found ite 1ng to be searching a funk for
contraband cargo. They were tion Council (8: C. M. Post Board- to pay a reasonable increase in ex-service to the Colony by supplyingway into one or more speeches in I have ventured to bring forward.
THE CHOLERA EPIDEMIC isting circumstances cannot, in my fish to the local population-are to several previous debates, and from found guilty In the other, a room) 5.30 pm.
be left to the fate of gun-fire, re- year to year, with a steady in- European Revenue Officer was ...Coming
recent submission, be justified. Cholera epidemic, I cannot but give Whilst a substantial proportion aulting in loss of life and the crease in Kowloon's traffic, the charged with having received a
destruction of their fishing junks, crying
bribe in connection with his duties, need for improvement utterance to the sense of disap- of the landlords, or even an over-
any redress, simply be→
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grows. To my recollection, the
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16. Swimming.-Y.M.CA. Swimming Gala, 7.15 p.m.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19 Meeting Craigengower Cricket Club Annual General Meeting at Club House, 5.30 p.m.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23 Racing, Hong Kong Jockey Club's Ninth Extra Race Meeting. Happy Valley, 2.p.m.
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