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HOTEL ORDINANCE BILL BECOMES LAW Royal Focal Point Women,

Chinese are shown inside a temple yesterday to honour the Goddess of Mercy, Kwun Yam, on the occa- sion of "Hoi Foo."—"China Mall" Photo,

Compensation Issue Between Survivors, Owners To Be Aired

The much-disputad compensation issue between survivors of the sunken ss. Masbato and the owners will be thrashed out today at the Por- tuguese Consulate here, with Dr. Eduardo

Brazao as arbitrátor.

The survivors and dependents of the 25 persons reported missing will be represented by Mr. Au Yuen-kei, Secretary of the Chinese Sea- men Union, and Jebshun Shipping Corpora- tion will attend on behalf of the Hip Heng Company of Macao, owners of the ill-fated freighter.

At a meeting on Tuesday

and

Unofficial Legislative Council Members Split-

SIR M.K. LO OPPOSES

Unofficial Members of the Legislative Council were divided on the Hotels. Ordinance Bill which passed the Second and Third Readings yesterday to become law.

The Honourable Sir Man-kam Lo opposed the passage of the Bill. He

contended that the provisions of the Ordinance, which places rates. for accommodation and service in hotels under control, go beyond the accepted principles of Price Control.

Replying to all the points in Sir M. K. Lo's speech, the Honourable Mr. T. N. Chou (who was chairman of the Hotel Rates Advisory Com- mittee on whose, recommendations Government has acted) conclud- ed that exceptional measures must be taken to meet exceptional con- 'ditions for the good of the public. Ho pointed to Price and Rent

Controls as examples.

The Honourable Mr. P. S. Cassidy said the Bill is fully Justified. He added that it should be enacted irrespective of the petition being present- ed by hotel managements to the Secretary of State for the Colonies,

"To my mind the petition is a misleading document und 1 WAL be a scandal if it is allowed to hold up the Ordinance," said Mr. Cassidy,

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Voting against the Bill, Sir M. K. Lo said:

No Exploitation

it

"The general acceptance in this post-war world of the principle of price control, in cases in which is applicable, is founded on the | proposition that a few cannot be allowed unduly to enrich them- munity by taking an unfair ad- vantage of a shortage In the community.

The men have lost practically at the Union, the 21 survivors all their belongings and creden-selves at the expense of the com

the Uals by the sinking of the Forlu the dependents of missing persons who are be-guese freighter on January 31 leved dead, explained their morning near Swatow en rouse to Korea when she collided with "dire circumstances" through

the s. Hatang Hsing,

"In other words, there shall be Mr. C. Y. Chan, Union Com-

"Before their

departure, they no exploitation by the few of the mitiee member.

were advised to buy warm cloth-many. Therefore, in prescribing Ing to prepare for the prevailing a controlled price, the important cold up North, which they did. question is what is the minimum Incurring

price which would give the seller the owners pro-rousonable return; not what is posed to give one month's and the minimum price which a buyer three months salaries each-for-can-afford! survivors and the dead respective Jy which they (the claimed to be

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Israeli-Egyptian Armistice To Be Signed Today

Rhodes, February 23. The Israeli-Egyptian armia- tice agreement will be signed at 10.30 am. tomorrow, it was announced today.

-United Fress.

NAVY TO FIGHT PIRATES

"Originally expenses,

owners)

Wuchow Made Open Port

Canton, February 23. The Executive Yuan ta- ^. day declared Wachow, on the West River in Kwang- S si Province, to be an open port for foreign trade.

out

In paragraphs 11 (e) and (1) which are as follows

"11 (c) These percentages have been arrived, at from the Com- mittee's knowledge that before, the outbreak of hostilit

the Feninsula and Hong Kong Repulse Bay hotels, were in the main more residential than were the Hong Kong and Gloucester hotels.

that this

We appreciate recommendation is contrary to the practice followed in the United Kingdom and other parts

Princess Margaret was the focal point of attention for all eyes as she left Mountfield Parish Church, near Battle, Sussex, with her host, Commander Hugh Sidney" Egerton. The Princess was week-end guest of the Com- mander, Mrs. Egerton and their 31-year-old .ex-Guards' officer son, Tom, at their Sussex home, Mountfield Court.

-AP Photo.

Peace Envoy Leaves;

Follows

Departurest

Reported HK Request

This follows the subinis-or the world and that it inter-Professor Wu Yu-hao, leader of the unofficial

sion by the Ministry of Finance, which pointed out that Wuchow had been open to foreign trade be fore the war but was Ox- cluded from the list since the end of hostilities

feres with the normal course of the hotel industry. We consider, however, that the present ex- ceptional circumstances Justify our recommendations,

Disagrees

· Chineso Government peace delagation, left Hong Kong at 8 o'clock yesterday evening by boat for Canton.

Unconfirmed reports stated that his departure

from the Colony was requested by the Hong Kong authorities.

Trade between Wuchow -and ̧ Hong Kong. 5and.

Macao had been suspend-graph 11 (e) is that because Mr. Cheng Yiyung and Mr.

ed and Wuchow's prosper- Ity had suffered. Reuter- AAP.

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Children Leaving

Rangoon, February 23,

Two Sunderland / aim. craft today evacuated about —10— British” woma ond children from threat- ened Burma olifields to Rangoon under a'precau- tionary evacuation schamo, it was officially laarned today.

Some

of the families went on to Bingapore, with the flying boats when they raturned to their base. Some of them might possibly go to Englard, according to an oll company spokesman, who said yes terday that the olfield workern would remain at their posts until further orders.

The oilfields concerned aro Chauk and Yeananyming in Cons tral Burma, the British Embassy announced. Am Embassy spokas- man here said he saw no necessity for a

A general ovaouation of Barma by Britleh personnel.

A

Government spokesman said today that

that he was unable to con- firm a praas report that Kareni rebels yesterday ecoupled Maymye, a hill station 40 miles North or Mandalay The report said the rebels had released Karen Army officers, disarmed earlier and torned by the Government s

forces

A British Embassy - spokesiban said today that no news had been received from My.-A. T..

TOldham British Conteul at Mayrayo

Embassy was trying to contact the consul. Ho added that more than two thousand Karen rebels were still

Meiktila, Centan] holding Burts town occupied. them on

by Sunday, according to a port today.

to a press rem

The report sald

ald the rebels were commanded by a Karen colonel of the former Wingate "Phantom Army". The Karens, report added,

the

had meized, five traini frent Tounge handed for Thail, about 190 miles further

North, on the Rangooh-Mandalay railway, and one train

"If the implication of . para....

Yuan dies South Professor Wu, together with there until the President of the hotel. Es carried, on before the

Bad Weatherva Wu Chih-shanig, arrived høre war was mainly of residential

a character, this fact is itselt on Tuesday, in an attempt to Meanwhile, bad weather has bulance justineation for compelling it, contact Chinese Communist replaced Dr. Gun Fo's blood; Fighting was still going on der even against fts wishes, to con-representatives for peace talks. gremure as the official reason❘ tween Government forces, and tinue this character for an unde- Mr. Cheng and Mr. Wu talo

why neither the Premier, nor Karens at Mahlaing, 20 miles fined period of time, then, with last night admitted that their his Deputy, General Wu Te North West of Meiktile, it wis "According to paragraph 1 of the utmost respect for the Commission had fallod, and that they

chen, can now come, to Nan- officially stated. Ming the Report the terms of reference miltee, I can only say I cannot were unable to contact any Com- to the Committes were to enquite follow the logic of such argu-munists in the Colony, Chinese

In Canton, new economic

Rnd into and advice Government con- ment

Red representatives and members financial measures were approved cerning the rates to be charged- "Paragraph (f), however, of the liberal.

parties for accommodation, food and ser-|

is and explicit The Com-seo them; they stated.

to the President for forwarded vice by hotels ord boarding- mittes "say "that although their Professor Wu was escorted to promulgation. The measures aro houses throughout the Colony.

recommendation that a certain the boat by members of

to be far-reaching “u. the believed. proportion of accommodation de Palítical Brt of the Hong scope, but details were not re- reserved exclusively for ress-Police. He travelled third class leased, Reuters, reports.js dents is contrary to the practice

It was The other two members of the

announced that the followed in the United Kingdom unofficial mission will leave for Cabinet had revised the original carry on their businesses as a "With arent respect to the and other parts of the world and Conton by ali today. They cons- proposals by the Finance Minis-

Committee I cannot see how the interferes with the normal course firmed the departure of Profes-bal reports state had already. sort of charitable institution. recommendation as to reserving of the hotel Industry, it is just Wis but refused to give any calved uue President's approval.

ded

Telephone consultations with

occurred during what are the exceptional that the Pelping peace talks be- Nanking

according to Price Control might be, bot No Representations

Portuguese shipping regulations

Not Enough

Then

For if it were not so, the result that the price should be fair, but that the few should be compelled

to subsidise the /many, and to

clear

"The fact that full and detalled portion of each hotel for the re by the present exceptional | som: Nanıtmak

refused to by the Cabinet today and will be f Living Buddha

In HK On Way To America

Reuters reports

re-

the

A Living Buddha from Mongolia has arrived in Hong Kong.

He is on his way to the United States for post-graduate studies.

Is sponsored

regulations | accounts of the hotels were called sident guests can

be within the

Y AMPY Dine only relevant

tween the

Communists and: the uncheon recess of the six-hour) at the John Hespletes Korea

respec-

the to

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Cabinet meeting It was under- The scholarship

Anywhere, Anytime

You Trust Its Quality

"The bosun was receiving $150 und the rest each got $120 month. It is evidently not enough. Moreover, it was discovered that

are no such An Egyptian source said earlier there

for and carefully scrutinised by terms of reference. But there today that Egypt has accepted the regarding compensation.

the owners suggested the Committee, and that, on the is and the recommendation is be

I know of is the Shanghal non-partisan delegates stood, the original proforas in- by the State Department of the Innell-Egyptian armistice agree-

other hand, the Committee did ing implemented by this ment worked out by the Acting paying $200 and $600

not regard it as their duty titions notels, in which I have an in the word exceptional is meant

As

regards there particular painful one of housing shortage, remained in doldrums today cluded the introduction of new United Nations

United States. Modiator, Dr. tively.

Radio-telephone messages from metal currency, and the legallan- These men have lost their amine into the financial positions Ralph W. Eunche.

The Living Buddha has travells to be descriptive of the nature Felping said that Dy WW. Yeation of silver coins Jewish quarters indicated pro- most important articles-the of the Hotel residents affected, terest, I understand that the

of the shortage in and Dr. Shao-te, who were swooping foreign trade control and India

as well as ed extensively, in Mongolia, Tibet viously that Dr. Buncio's latest credentials-and it is very dif- either individually or as a class, tios between resident and transi- and extent

have

travel 180 miles terms were acceptable to Israel, cult for them to get another job, shows clearly that the considera-ent accommodations now recom- Hong Kong 1, of course, would to

reform, all of which were slined He will meet the Press at the Communist tions which I have ventured to mended substantially correspond agree.

South West to the They

given have

at stabilising the crisis-Reuter-American Consulate General .... at of Shihchiachung centre of

were AAP owners their suggestions, which bring to the notice of Honourable in fact with the ratios between

"But I must point out acute still in the city. The journey was

9:45 am today. include paying $500 and $1,500, Members were fully in the minds these two classes of business

housing", shortagen exist or reported yesterday to

to have been respectively, in addition to an- of the members of this Committee which have obtained for a long

time, as a matter of voluntary co- have existed, In the United postponed. other $750 for the Crew Depart-

Kingdom "The professional accountants operation between Government

and lother` parts · of Movement of the Communist ment and $700 for the Firemen who were members of the Com- and the hotels concerned.

the world, even in, the land of poifical" and administrative cen- Department for food lost.

mittee were of course exporta "For the ranzon, these hotels, plenty,” the United States of tre from biliheblachúng to Pel- "This is fair in view of the eminently qualified to analyse and as I understand, are not making "America, and Fram (not aware ping, where a number of Mini fact that they have nothing left evaluate the detailed accounts any representations against the

that hotel anywhere have leries are expected shortly to be Malayen ravy to fight pirates in to carry on with now," Mr. Chan submitted. The personnel of the recommendation,

been compelled to not, aside set up, may be the reason for the concluded,

Committee, under its able and

accommodation "But the question of principle,

for residents photponement; créording to some Jebshun Shipping Corporation distinguished Chairman, com- which is involved in the recom- • because of housing shortage. observers here. Under-Becretary stated yesterday that they have mands public confidence in the

towards which the mendation; Colonies, sald Singapore submitted would have the main responsi-Union to the owners, and are commendations. billty

naval meanwhile awaiting further in- structions. They declared that the force.

He said the men would come owners have lost heavily on this

firat venture and the largely from the Federation of

toss Maloya, a British colony, Ships estimated to be about $400,000, would. include minesweeper including Insurance, equipment

and

cargo. Jaunches and possibly" frigates.—

"Tho

Portuguese Consulate The Ajoclated Press.

stated that there are no shipping articles governing compensation, but the Consul had only approved the original suggestion put forth by the agents here,

Dr. Brazao

Loudon, February 23. Both House of Parliament have approved a bill to

set up Д

the South China Sea.

Mr. D.R. Roes-Williams, Parliamentary

for

for the

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to

will attempt enrose China and le moving very alewir. Bettle the dispute today to the

mutual satisfaction South, To the „North; of "this"trough s

riddersie unterclone extends from, H | parties, an official said.

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of

both

High Tribute

nay incline Honourable Mem bers to adopt an accommodating attitude, should not be ignored. Perhaps it would be more cor-

recommendation

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· Still Optimistic

Local newspaper. reports sald, however, that Dr. Bhuo Li-tee, whom they described as

with

the Gamis reaching;

"It seems to me that, under

the "Grand Old Man of Peace," nes reet for me to say that the ab-existing circumstances, if a per-

zt --a-- message to Presi * respectfully autoclate my fence of any principle on which son-has been accepted by a hotel had pent. self with the high tribute which the.

based as a resident, the hotel should not Bert Li Teung-je saying that

be allowed to fur

tura him

and he was still optimistid out mere.... my Honourabla Friend, the should not be allowed to go un-

TOOD ty to make

for another

hopeful about.

ponde Colonial Secretary,, the other challenged?

son. This security of stay which day in this Counoll paid to the

Nationalist The split in the "The question of principio, la le given by the Regulations is in Committee for its report, and 1

this: under what circumstances accord with the principle under Government over the Sun. Fo share his view that the Colony la, under a debt of gratitude to

is Government Justined in tying the Landlord and Tenant Cabinet's evacuation to Contoh seaking legislative sanction for legislation under which a land meanwhile, threatened to widen this Committee.

invading the rights of privata lord of à controlled house cannot today, although China's Legibin- property without compansa aviat a tenant except on clearly ve Yuan seemed sured of a tion?

"defned grounds.

quorum for sta next meeting In "But surely, this is an entirely Nanking.. different matter from compelling Local reports, sald that more n hôtel to reserve a definite pro- than 50 legislators have register- portion of the available accomod in the capital for the Yuan modation, for residents.

mealing, which is expected to

I have no doubt that the rates recommended, to which effect is

being given by the Regulations,

and which were the main taak of Important Issue

the Committee, will be readily

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ON OTHER PAGES accepted by this Council, oven

though this neceplance must in- Ör, more specifically, under "If this Bill does become law censure the