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TELEGRAPH..
FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1932.
SHING MUN DELAY
STRONG PROTEST AT COUNCIL MEETING
NEW PATRON SCHEME
The water shortage was the main feature of yesterday's meet- Counell, The success of most bridge hands ing of the Legislative dependa upon the proper play to when the Unofficial Members un- anfmously supported a motion pro- the first and second trick. When testing against the delays which the opening lead is made, the de- had occurred in the matter of the clarer should try to visualize the Secretary of State's annctioning the commencement of the second play of the entire hand before play-half of the Shing-Mun Valley ing a card from dummy. Carolens
Acheme. play to the frat trick in the follow- Ing hand would cost the declarer his game.
AQ-8.4 ❤A-K-6-3-2
•A-4-2 *K-7
|AJ-9-6-2 | NORTH| AK-7-5
VQ-J
♥10-9- K-10-3
8-7 10-8-
3-8-7-5 3.2.
*3-4
Dealer SOUTH
4A-10-3
5.4
♦Q-9-6
A-Q-9-6-5
The Bidding.
200
18
The contract bidding Was follows. South opened with one club, West passed and North bid one heart. This is the One over One and while it makes no promise for game, it does force South to keep the bidding open once in or der to give North another
op- portunity to bid. When East pussed, South bid two no trump av the heart ault was the only weak then spot in his hand. North carried the contract to three trump.
The Play.
no
suits,
the
West has two four-card but even if the clubs were stronger, they should not be open- ed as the declarer originally bid clubs. The proper opening is his,
deuce. fourth best spade-the Dummy plays
East the eight, cavers with the king. Would you win this first 'trick now with the
Follock The Ilon. Sir Henry moved the following reaolution:
"That the Unofficial Members of this Council, in view of the pre- sent
water serious recurrent
shortage, respectfully urgo the Hongkong Government to press the Home Authorities immediate- ly to Ranellon the commencement of the second section of the Shing Mun Water Scheme."
He said: This motion is being made as an emphatic protest by the united body of Unofficial members against any further delay by the Home Authorities in sanctioning the commencement of the second section of the Shing-Mun scheme, and also in the hope that it may strengthen the hands of the Hong- kong Government, which Unofficial members cannot doubt is fully alive to the serious gravity of the pre- rent water situation.
This grave situation, seeing that this Colony is dependent upon re
storage, combined with servoir
im- catch-waters, for its water supply, can only be relieved by the mediate commencement and urgent pushing on to completion of the large dam nt Shing-Mun, with its potential storage of 3,000 million gallons, together with its necessary entchwaters.
1929 Resolution.
On the 18th July, 1929, the fol lowing resolution, which was a form of resolution then proposed by me, as amended to meet the views of the then Governor, H. E. Sir Cecil Clementi, was unanimous-
(See ly passed in this Council Hanzari 1929 p. III):
"That, in the opinion of this Council, it is Imperative in the in- that per- terests of this Colony manent measures to increase the water supply of the Colony should be pressed on with the utmost des- patch."
debate on the
Budget Debate. Again, In the nce? If so, you would lose game. Budget on the 19th September, in The declarer's only hope for that year, I, speaking on behalf of game is to catablish his long club all the Unofetal Members of Coun- suit, and if they do not break, he cll, said. "Another pressing need will need the ace of spades for is an adequate water supply. It He must seems most regrettable that your! an entry to his hand.
Excellency is not even now ablo lose one spade trick eventually, so
and to lay before us definite waterworks why not lose it right away
proposals under the play the three? When East re-extension
of the Shing-Mun turns the seven of spades, de-second section clarer playa the 10 and West scheme, seeing that the full needs covers with the jack, dummy win of Hongkong Island are not (as we ning with the king. The club suit gather from Mr. Henderson's re- is started by leading the kind ports) met under present arrange- frum dummy and then the seven mente, and even with the pipe-line spot. When East covers with the across the harbour and the building of the Aberdeen Reservoir, up to a jack, the declarer wins, with the
of later period than the year 1932 queen and then leads his ace clubs, West following with the Also it must be borne in mind that the construction of the big Shing- eight spot. small diamond-East also discards Mun Dam, which apparently le the corner-stone of the second section a diamond.
Acheme, will take many years to complete, even after the plane for it have been drawn up and decided
discarda Dummy
A
The extra club trick is needed for game so the declarer leads his six of clubs which West wins with the spot. A small heart is dis- carded from dummy, East discard- ing a diamond. West leads another spae and the declarer is forced to win with the nce, but this ace of spades has proved an entry into his hand in order to make the good nine of clubs which is telek needed for game.
the
on."
Urged to Press Plans. Again, at p. 179 of Hansard, I said: "We venture, however, to express grave doubts whether, unless
the
Government very
speedily indeed gets on with the dam at construction of the big Shing-Mun, it will be reasonably practicable for the Government for some years to come to discard the The declarer now cashes his ace
system. We would, and king of hearts and the ace of rider-main diamond granting the opponents therefore, most strongly urge the the inst twe tricks, but as they Government to press on with the have only taken four tricks, the plans for the construction of the of big dam in the Shing-Mun gorge declarer makes his contract three no trump, scoring 105 for and with the building of the dim tricks up as it was played in a vul- duplicate match neither alde nerable, the game bonus is 300 points and the declarer would re-
eive a total of 405 points.
Itself."
Chinese Members' Remarks. And, in the course of the same debate (sre Hansard at page 193) (Continued on Page 10,1
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