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Dept. of the Chung Wah Book Co. at 1 p.m. on the same day. According to a spokesman of that company, the present condition of that Company is more or less the Same as that of the Commercial Press, and it will take at least half a year before it can be cleaned up. The question of resuming work and business cannot be decided for the present.
At 7 p.m. on the 15th November, all the journalists attended the dinner party given by the British Ministry of Information. The subject of "Press Freedom" was discussed during the party. The party dispersed at 11 p.m.
This fission of Journalists was heartily entertained by the British inistry of Information on 16th November. Motor cars were sent to take all the journalists to tour round waf-stricken dongkong. dost of the magnificent buildings on the Peak have been destroyed and the former prosperous appearance has vanished. The Journalists also had an interview with the Director of Education on the same morning. Details of the reopening of Anglo-Chinese schools and Chinese schools were obtained.
At noon, the journalists visited the battleship, H..S. Anson and were well entertained by the officers of the ship. An hour and 45 ainutes were spent on board the battleship. On their way back to the island, the journalists met the 500 odd repre- sentatives of the New Territories at Queen's Pier where they were waiting to proceed to Government ouse to appeal to the Commander-in-Chief that the Hongkong Government's order for the construction of ringshan Airfield be withdrawn.
At about 10 a.m. on 17th November, the Journalists attended a luncheon party given by the Chinese Military Mission. They were entertained by General Chow Ngan Pun.
At 3 p.a. in the afternoon, the journalists proceed by special train to the New Territories to the site of the Fingshan Airfield. They visited all the neighbouring villages and investigated into the history of the different villages. Various photographs were