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(6) CHINESE OPINION,
(1) An iten in the Chinese-language press warns the public that it is against the law unlawfully to possess, sell or buy armed-forces rations, and that they had better not take advantage of the opportunity to do so. But the sting is in the tail of the item, which implies that the quantities of military stores for sale are not stolen goods; in other words, that the Services themselves put the goods on the market.
(ii) The first responsibility, says another Chinese- language press item, for recent shipping disasters caused by ships striking nines, lies on the authorities for not clearing away the månes before allowing shipping to proceed. But the shipping companies themselves must shoulder a share of the blame for failing to ensure that the ships and their machinery have first been inspected, that the Captains and pilots are fully qualified, that the life-saving equipment is in order, that the wireless is in good repair, and that the crews are experienced in dealing with emergencies. Altogether, says the paper, the regulations governing ships and passenger traffic should be more stringent.
(iii) It is the hope of a Chinese school-master in the Colony that i future more attention will be paid to education. He makes the following points:-
(a) Study is cheaper in CHINA. HONY KONG Univer ity lost many of its good students to CO because of its high fees.
(b) Despite Govellent help, middle-school education is beyond the reach of many boys and girls.
(0) There are not enough primary schools, which should be freʊ anyway. Teaching in these schools should be in the vernacular and along the lines of modern Chinese methods.
(a) Chinese and European teachers should receive the same salaries for doing the same work; as it is there are two different scales. This applies more than ever now when the Chinese have risen in the social scale and vish to live on equal terms with the Europeans.
(iv) A Chinese resident of HONG KONG is full of praise for the British troops garrisoning the Colony, but regrets that more is not made available to them in the way of entertain- ment.
His own sug estion is that Chinese families willing to offer hospitality to the troops should be helped to do so, par- ticularly in the way of iood; thus the men would not only be suntably entertained, but they would also go back to the West with a different impression of CHINA.
(v) An appeal for more food, medical supplies and ́ medical attention for HONG KONG's underfed and undernourished, the sick and the suffering, is made by two of the Colony's Chinese social workers. They say that they are in touch with a world of misery undreamed of by the Army and the Navy; that here is a terrible army of sufferers requiring all available help, very little of which appears to be forthcoming from the authorities.
(vi) For the first time since the re-occupation of the Colony,
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