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# Chapter XVII.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Vice-Admiral Sir Percy Noble, K.C.B., assumed command of the China Station on the 5th of February, 1938. His flag was hoisted in H.M.S. "Cumberland" on that day. From the 24th to the 30th of January Air Chief Marshal Sir Edward Ellington, G.C.B., Marshal and Inspector General of the Royal Air Force, paid a visit to the Colony as the guest of the Governor. His Excellency Dr. Tamagnini Barbosa, Governor of Macao, paid an official visit to the Governor on the 24th of March. General Wu Te-chen, Chairman of the Kwangtung Provincial Government, arrived in the Colony on the 30th of August on an unofficial visit to the Governor, and was present at a meeting of the Legislative Council on the 1st of September.
The Governor paid an unofficial visit to Canton from the 21st to the 23rd of July.
On Friday, the 7th of January, the Governor officially re-opened the New Nethersole Hospital. The original Nethersole Hospital was founded in 1893 by private enterprise as an institution for women and children. The new building was built at a cost of $200,000 and, together with the adjoining Alice Memorial Hospital, now has accommodation for 100 patients of both sexes.
A Government-controlled Trade School for the training of craftsmen and technicians was opened by the Governor on the 12th of April. The school itself developed from a Junior Technical School which had been run successfully for several years. Full-time courses in wireless-telegraphy, engineering and building are now provided. The Building Contractors Association was largely responsible for this new accommodation for the school.
On the 30th of June the tenth anniversary of the Hong Kong Broadcasting Studio (ZBW) was celebrated.
A commission to enquire into the general increase in rents was appointed on the 9th of March. Its report was submitted to the Governor on the 2nd of April and was printed as Sessional Paper No. 5 of 1938. The Housing Commission, appointed by Sir William Peel on the 10th of May, 1935, concluded its enquiry on the 16th of March, 1938, and its report was printed as Sessional Paper No. 6 of 1938. A Refugee Camps Committee was appointed in September and a Committee to enquire into the broadening of the basis of taxation in the Colony in December.
New Emergency Regulations for Hong Kong were gazetted on the 12th of October.
An epidemic of small-pox occurred during the month of January.
Free vaccination was made available at all Government clinics and with the coming of the warmer weather the epidemic gradually disappeared.
The Empire "All Up" air mail scheme was extended to the Colony by the arrival of two Imperial Airways aeroplanes on the 9th of September. The Air France service for passengers and mails was inaugurated on the 10th of August, and the Eurasia Aviation Corporation commenced a new service from Hong Kong to Kunming on the 13th of June.
Co-operation with the business firms with regard to Air Raid Precautions was commenced in June. A Ladies Air Raid Precautions Union was formed on the 3rd of June, with Lady Northcote as President. Air Raid Precautions drill for women was made available on the 18th of July.
Among the Honours conferred by His Majesty during the year were the following:-
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Chapter XVII.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Vice-Admiral Sir Percy Noble, K.C.B., assumed command of the China Station on the 5th of February, 1938. His flag was hoisted in H.M.S. "Cumberland" on that day. From the 24th to the 30th of January Air Chief Marshal Sir Edward Ellington, G.C.B., Marshal and Inspector Ceneral of the Royal Air Force, paid a visit to the Colony as the guest of the Governor. His Excellency Dr. Tamagnini Barbosa, Governor of Macao, paid an official visit to the Governor on the 24th of March. General Wu Te-chen, Chairman of the Kwangtung Provincial Government, arrived in the Colony on the 30th of August on an unofficial visit to the Governor, and was present at a meeting of the Legislative Council on the 1st of September.
The Governor paid an unofficial visit to Canton from the 21st to the 23rd of
July.
On Friday, the 7th of January, the Governor officially re-opened the New Nethersole Hospital. The original Nethersole Hospital was founded in 1893 by private enterprise as an institution for women and children. The new building was built at a cost of $200,000 and, together with the adjoining Alice Memorial Hospital, now has accommodation for 100 patients of both sexes.
A Government-controlled Trade School for the training of craftsmen and technicians was opened by the Governor on the 12th of April. The school itself developed from a Junior Technical School which had been run successfully for several years. Full-time courses in wireless-telegraphy, engineering and building are now provided. The Building Contractors Association was largely responsible for this new accommodation for the school.
On the 30th of June the tenth anniversary of the Hong Kong Broadcasting Studio (ZBW) was celebrated.
A commission to enquire into the general increase in rents was appointed on the 9th of March. Its report was submitted to the Governor on the 2nd of April and was printed as Sessional Paper No. 5 of 1938. The Housing Commission, appointed by Sir William Peel on the 10th of May, 1935, concluded its enquiry on the 16th of March, 1938, and its report was printed as Sessional Paper No. 6 of 1938. A Refugee Camps Committee was appointed in September and a Committee to enquire into the broadening of the basis of taxation in the Colony in December.
New Emergency Regulations for Hong Kong were gazetted on the 12th of October.
An epidemic of small-pox occurred during the month of January.
Free vaccination was made available at all Government clinics and with the coming of the warmer weather the epidemic gradually disappeared.
The Empire "All Up" air mail scheine was extended to the Colony by the arrival of two Imperial Airways aeroplanes on the 9th of September. The Air France service for passengers and mails was inaugurated on the 10th of August, and the Eurasia Aviation Corporation commenced a new service from Hong Kong to Kunming on the 13th of June.
Co-operation with the business firms with regard to Air Raid Precautions was commenced in June. A Ladies Air Raid Precautions Union was formed on the 3rd of June, with Lady Northcote as President. Air Raid Precautions drill for women was made available on the 18th of July.
Among the Honours conferred by His Majesty during the year were the following:-
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