THE HONGKONG. TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 1949,
Petition To Governor
REOPENING OF SCHOOLS FOR WORKERS' CHILDREN URGED
Bishop Hall and the Rev. George She, Chairman and Manager respectively of the Hongkong and Kowloon Schools for Workers' Children, have petitioned His Excellency the Governor to revoke the Director of Education's closure order of May 20, to cancel the notice withdrawing Government subsidy from these schools and to increase the existing subsidy.
The petition also urges that the new Government Schools should be open to new pupils whose parents are workers in the Colony, and that the Workers' Education Advancement Society (re- presenting 32 leading labour unions in Hongkong) shall have the sole right of nominating pupils to those schools.
Tho pelllion states that at the end of 1040 there was a large number of children of employees of locsi ulillly companies, dock- yards and government depars- ments (estimated then at about 50,000) who were unable to secure admission into the pri- mary schools of the Colony.
Wanchal School (a group of six quantity. But with 35,000 schools), 050 in Mongkok School children still denied educalfun (Government School premises), (with no prospects of the 80 in Shamsiulpy School, 90 in majority of them getting educa- Shauktwan School, Total, 1,340 tion probably in their pre-adult The first blow to the Com-lives at the present rate of pro- mittee came when the Educationgress of the building of schools Department stated that the and the birth of new children), Bellllos Girls' School could not it seems to the Petitioners that be handed over to a non-Go-half a lont is better than no As it was not expected that vernment Institution. This bread. The Pelltioners' Schools, the Education Department, with meant search for alternate although not of as hign Its own schools all unrehable premises. The Crown Land | standard
Cominitter litated, would be able to eater Department was pallenco desires to attain, yet are not for the phenomenal demand for personified. Half 能 dozen below the standard of the primary education, Bishop Hall altes must have been average subsidised primary suggested to certain workers' Furgo to Mr She, who at schools in the Colony.
Buggcated representatives the formation of once appiled for them and cach пп "Education Advancement time, for some reason or other, Society for Workers in Ilong-the appileation was turned down.
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In these days of desperate clamour for schools, it is a serious responsibility to close a year was lost in search of single school and still more a Crown Land not claimed by a chain of schools, "The Pell- reserved for one Government |tioners welcome heartily the Department or another. The building of Government Schools search is still on.
for Workers' children but unt!!
Then came
GOVT. SAVING
With the assistance of the or ganisation of the Church Mis- sionary Society Day Schools. then under the managership of
At the same time Bishop Hall these schools con absorb all Mr Rev. George She, the Educn- tion Advancement Society start-called on Mr J. H. Rutionjec, unschooled children there is still
school
orker who kindly gave $30,000 towards ju place for voluntary schools. for worker children, By means of Flower the cost of erecting a largo
money school for workers' children. Day and collection of the workers and
a period in 1010 other sympathisers, a fund was started when the question was raised by
the Education Department for equipping several schools,
Mr She was then asked to to whether the schools should manage these new schools and be allowed to continue. But o Immediately Management resolution of the Honourable Sir Commitice was
This Man Kam Lo at a meeting of Committee, which firat met the Board of Education resulted on February 25 1947. con- in the schools baing allowed to sisted of Major H. Chauviis, continue. Labour
formed.
Oficer, a Chairman,
with the following berg: Mr J. J.
as mem-
a3
PUBLIC SUPPORT Ferguson In September 1948 the (Education Department) Mr S. workers' Education Advance-
and from a Flower Day. This is
The work of educating some 2,000 children has cost Govern ment $36 per child per year as per child against about $300 per year paid by Government to Grant-in-nid Secondary schools. Multiply this by 2,000 and tho Raving to Gov
la obvious. Government Further, the Petitioners' School although in some cases premises, are not ideal, are much better than the homes from which the pupils come.
The most distressing conse-
L. Maughan (Messrs Percy ment Society raised $75,719.79quence of the closure order is that Smith & Co. Treasurers
nearly 500 children will have to walk a long way (or pay tram
In order
got
the
to
to the wo new Government
Accountant for the Schools). measure of
popular support. The Rev. Geroge She (Manu- This cum was handed to the fare) rer for the Schools) and Messrs Management Commiflec lo Chu King-man, Cheung Tung-meet the financini responsibility schools. chuen and. Cheung Chun-nam of educating
children. A (representing workers Educa- Statement of Accounts is shown tion Advancement Society).
119 an oppendix. It is being All these persons served in nudited by Messrs Peat, Marwick their individual capacities with and Mitchell, Chartered Ac- *the exception of the “inst three
countants. named. The Education Depart- ment was sympathetic, and gave a subaldy of $3 per child per
month to the Committee.
the
WORKERS KEEN
registration
of
The workers are passionately eager to secure education for their children and are prepared to continue raising part of the cost. The closure order there- fore leaves them with a feeling of frustration.
without the resort to the
Mr Truman Austrian
Marches
Marching in front of his World War I Battery D buddies, President Truman waves to cheering thousands that line the parade route in Little Rock, Ark., as the 35th Division marched in their annual parade.-AP Picture..
Italian Grain Crop Threatened By Farm Strike
"NO HARVESTING" CALL
five-week Rome, June 20-Italy's
old farm strike today directly threatened the nation's grain harvest, when workers in the two major grain areas were called on to cease gathering the crop.
The "no harvesting" order was given by the "Confedeterra,” a section of the Communist-led General Confederation of Labour, which repre- sents all types of agricultural workers.
farm
Ofcial circles
regarded the are screened by the Education Department. The curriculura is "grave problem." Measures to harvest threat as presenting a supervised and the schools are counter this move, and, if pos subject to regular inspections. humbly pray that His Excell strike,-are-to-be-discussed-at-a ency may graciously grant 03 be- follows:-
1. That the Director of Educa- пом
The Fetitioners, therefore,
sible, to end the whole
special Cabinet meeting tomor-
CHINESE MARRIED
Peace Treaty
(Continued from page 3). Mr_Vladimir Pavlov, the Soviet Interpreter, was asked_nt the Foreign Offico whether the communique was acceptable to the Russians.
He replied, "Well, it has been pubished."
At the final plenary session held today, after agreement had been rohelied on Austria Germany, Mr Vyshlusky raised bis proposal first made when the present conference of
Foreign Ministers began that. consideration, should be given to preparations for a Far Eastern peace seltlement,
10
After some discussion the Foreign Ministers decitied continuo negotiations on the question of a peace tresty with Japan through diplomalle chinn- nels.
AUSTRIAN TREATY
The four-Power Communique on the Austrian trealy said that agreement had been reached to re-establish Austrian frontiers as they were on January 1, 1038 (before the Anschlus) and that à treaty for Ausiria must pro- vide minority rights for Croate and Slovenes.
Austria years, pay Russia $150,000,000 in convertible currency, but that "reparations" shall not bo exacted from her.
must, within abc
Yugoslavia, however, shall have full rights to seize or liquidato Austrian property within Yugoslav borders,
Austrin is to get all property rights or interests claimed as German war assets, and Im- movable property claimed by the Allies as war booty, with the provision that the Foreign Ministers' deputies more clearly define what is meant by "war booty",
Oil assets and Danube Ship- properties Company
ping
elalined by Russia-and subject to further negotiations among Powers are to be the four.
Russia without transferred to
claims, and these charges or shall not be subject to allena- tion without tho consent of Moscow.
The deputies are to resume work on an Austrian treaty. They are instructed to reacli agreement on a draft not later than
1, this September
year, Tlie plenary session of to- day's conference ended with hand-shakes all round.
After this, Mr Bevin
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London, June 20.-A Chinese Oldenburg, June.
Mr Lee Chi-has, of German
concentration camp
Tung, well-knÓWIE ̈£n ̈¥Fongkong, was found hanged in his cell Shangal and Miss Florence supervisor, Johann Peter Kern were married this afternoon In here today when guards went to Kensington registry office. fetch him to face trial.
On May 20, 1049, Mr She received a letter from the
When the Managemen! Com- Director of Education cancelling miitee was allowed to open a school in the afternoon calicd the registration of oll the
The call, addressed to har- the Mongkok schools under the
School,
the Educa-vesters in the Po Valley in the Portion Department stated that it North, and Puglia in the South, At that time, the workers felt management (with
the excep most keenly the lack of educa- tion of a school on Jufte RoThis period has not yet expired. of the "pesco"
could be so used for three years. followed a week-end breakdown talks between tional facilities for their called the Tramway School),
given being
Your Petitioners are satised the landowners. that
and striking children and thus went equally the reason
that the keenly into
of or these schools are in unsuitable the tasic
Education Ordinance day labourers. wand gainsing these new schools. premises. Further, as Govern- and other legislative measures
Owing to the difficulty of ment intends to open one large contain adequate
The crop was expected to be Enfeguards mieguards securing suitable promises, the school each on either sido
teachers. Director of Education agreed to the harbour the subsidy to the sent closure order. The pre- one of the best since the war.
certain Petitioners Schools will cease single-roomed flats in Hennessy after August 31, 1949 but pupils Road, Johnston Road, Yee Wo from these schools will be given Street and Lockhart
Rond
as priority of entry into the pro- schools.... It was understood_alposed__new_schools._____ the time that the Bellidos Girla There are 1,947 pupils in the 'School, then in ruins, would be schools whose registentions are - rehabilitated the Committee being cancelled.
by
It is at its own cost for use as lieved that the two
They had not met until the a Government
A German couri was allting The loss of any considerable school for workers' chlidren.
Schools will tion's closure order of May part of the graini
to crop would Hongkong delegation
the to hear the charges against him At this point, having started be able to hold 1,020 20. 1949 may be revoked,
4,020
have serious effects on Italy's British Industries Fair left for of Illtreating and murdering about
half a dozen schools in pupils and this
German political of recovery programme in the com- Brit in by special plane.
prisoners at various parts of Hongkong and that after absorbing the children Education's notice to withdrawing months at a time when the The whole Ilangkong delegatho Emsland concentration camp.
won Kowloon, Bishop Hall left for in the Petitioners' Schools, other subsidy
Petitioners' country is becoming increasing congratulated the newly-Twenty-seven witnesses, 1 England in April, 1947.
pupila would be unable to gain that the existing
Schools may be cancelled and ly Independent of imported weds, who are holding their cluding Herr Fritz Ebert, the The workers Education Ad-admittance into the
subsidy ba
wedding reception this evening Eastern Mayor of Berlin, were to vancement Society raised he sum sechools. This means that al increased.
In the Hongkong Restaurant, in have been called-Reuter, of about $41,000 carly in 1947. thugs there is an increase in Schools should be open to new the peace talks was the second
3. That the new Govemment The week-end breakdown of Shaftesbury Avenue. The two-session
Mr E. G. A. Grimwood, was two schools involving a sum of system adopted. In order to accommo- of $700,000 there is no increase pupils whose parents are work- such interruption. The day Hongkong Government repre date the maximum number of in vacant places for unschooled crs in the Colony and that the labourers are demanding a na sentative in London, and his OUTWARD MAILS children, although a large num-children.
workers' Education Advance- tional wage contract, cost of liv~ | ossistant, Mrs Ward, were offi- ber was still without schooling. There would then be an Im-ment Society (representing 32 ing bonuses and more regular clot witnesses at this afternoon's The schools in April 1047 had provement
the work, in the quality of leading Labour Unions in the following children-020 in school-premises but
Colony) shall
the sole not in
right of nominating pupils to these schools.
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At tomorrow Cabinet meet- Mr. Lee in à representative of ing, it is understood, the Minis- the New Aslatic Chemical Co. ter of the Interior, Signor Mario His bride represents the Dah Scelba, will report on the con- | Chung Industrial Co. tinued violence which is mark-
ing the strike in many areas and has resulted in seven dealths 50-far.
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