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THE CHINA, MAIL, MONDAY, APRIL 10, 1950.

"Save Water" campaign PERSONALITY PARADE

"Save

meeting with little response from public

Most of the local public do not seem to rooliss the acute water shortage here, a round-the- Colony survey by the “Chino Mail" yesterday revealed.

"A Voice From the Top of the Apparently the repeated warnings by the Press and Radio and the "Save Water" campaign instituted by the Government are being mis- understood by a large section of the local population,

H" writes to the Editor.

"Some time ago about 20 gentlemen put down their names Пs subscribers at $20 each; for the purpose of erectng n bani- torium on the top of Victoria Peak. A Committee was appoin- ted, and as they deemed It' ex- pedient to proceed under the sanction of the (medical) faculty they applied to one of them for a recommendatory letter. This never givan, was promised but and the matter consequently was never brought before the general public The purpose for which the Sanitorlum was to be erected was that invalid members might

change retire there for

of air without the trouble and expense

fa voyage to Magno.

It might hardly be imagined that there would be much differ ence between the air or the tem-

The survey noted particular- ly that there is a far greater tendency by the local public to beat the water restriction more than there is a sincere ffort to co-operate in the con servation of water during this period of threatened drought.

KAI TAK TOPICS

Tubfuls of water are dally going to waste in hundreds of homes on both sides of the harbour with the result that the o present campaign

Pán American World Airways incks enthusiasm which avidently

operations and freight offices ut is steadily defeating itself.

Kal Tak have been shifted Inte Too many buckets of water pre

Une aviation company's new ofce Alled before the water rebuilding at Kai Tak.

ara necessary

No. 6--Legal luminary

A clear sense of reasoning,{ture of the devoted solicitor who forceful-permits no traffic with legalistic fluency, and a care: world; at home he blandly retired of a Portia le not encouraged be- had no other interest in the irrelevancles, and the cleverness ful regard for details are behind the unruffled domestic caure sincerity, rather than style,, necessary part of the male dominion of his wife; on thela his forte. up of all lawyers. But only playing fields his ardour was un-

diminished." when these quallites are de- veloped to such a Ring point. that they become inseparable 'from the man, does their possessor become a leader in his field.

Sir Man-kam Lo, CBE, is such a man. Ha is recognised as one of the leading solicitors in Hong Kong.. A lawyer by choice, he declined a career in commerce for a career in court because from youth he showed a preference for difficult things. His father wante ed film. to become a" successful businessman, But he defended the merits of the law so well that. the elder Lo, realising his son's argumentative abilities, settled the issue by sending him to 'Lone don to study how to excel fu thờ profession nearest his heart.

Now 57 years of age. "Eir Man- kam was born in Hong Kong Into a Chinese family of comfortable means. As a boy he was bright, alert and eager to learn. He was difcult to manage at home be- cause of an exceptionally In- hts teachers were intrigued by the swiftness of his perception, to concedo his habit of refusing any argument-howover sinall to others, and the tharm of his

trlenda which made easily.

perature at the top and bottom i striclion hours, -ight. In local two-storied concrete building dependent outlook, but at school

It is a common

of Victorin Hill. It ivns, how- ever, proved by several trials that homes these days to sea domestic there existed continually a differ-servants hoarding water in sinks, ence of from 8 to 10 degrees bath tubs, buckets and any vessel

rent differchico as anyone will neknowledge who has felt the that can hold water, for use durin

the periods in the day when the heat of 88 compared to 78.

tops are dry."

Vicious cycla

erected next to the airport contral tower, the PAA offices are equip ped with the latest office equip ment,

manner.

And as the place is perfectly

. At about 5 p.m. yesterday after- noon a DC-4 Skymaster of the In England, he astonished many open to the seaward in all direc tlens, it was expected that ful

Flying Tiger Air Lines, U.S.A. (a people by coming top in the First benefit would be derived from

cominerelal air line that has no Class in the Honours Examination But not all the water is used up relation with the 5.W, monsoon, from which wa

Major-General a distinction shared only by the are shut out here. It might be before the laps start running Claire L. Chennault! Civil Air highest legal authorities in Britain When objected that buildings in such

again. Servants, when the dry Transport, Incorporated) arrived and the Commonwealth. out of the way places soon fall hours are up, are inclined to he from Calcutta under charter by he returned to Hong Kong in 1915 to decay, or are destroyed by the prodigal with the water they have United Nationa, International bringing this honour, he establish- Chinese, but it was contemplated on hand, freely letting IN

run down

Refugees

ed a precedent becatise up till Organisation through to keep one or two coolfes, and the drain "for convenience sakn."

of the

then no local solleitar-whether Pacific Airways. that the advantage of such Then, when the restriction hours The Skymaster which arrived Chinese or foreign--had won it. place to the Government, as well return, the vessels are filled up with no passenger

or freight is lookout, as to merchants an

and the vicious cycle con here awaiting arrival of some agalo assist us. would induce them to The matter is now Inld before the What seems to be facking in The chartered aircraft will air-

tinues.

50 displaced persons from China. nable, to deelde whether or not

the well-meaning, "Save Water" lift the DPS to Palestine as soon the plan is to be carried through.

campaign' in the emphasis on as the DPs arrive, cutting down the usa of water. Hoarding it in the way which too many people do in the man-

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Trade With China.

Sume observations quoted from n letter to the "Morning Chro nicle" on the perennial subject! of British trade with, China:

In

Cathay

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Hard going

Public affairs

As his practice and reputation grow, public affairs came to take up more and more of his time, He was appointed a Justice of the Peace in 1821. He was of the Urban Council when it still functioned as the Sanitary In 1935 Board from 1932.10.1030.

member

Sir Man-kam Lo he joined the Legislative Council, to which he was reappointed in May 1940. He also served on the on several Executive Council

occasions.

One tragedy has marred an otherwise entirely happy tej His eldest son: died at 'the age of 14 in 1930, and Sir Man-kam neyer quite recovered' from the now in the Hong Kong Univer shock. Two of his daughters, ara

turned 15.

His youngest son has just is married:

His eldest daughter"

Sir Man-kam resides in a charming bungalow. with a lovely view. In the grounds, in addi- tion to pretty, local' flowers, which he cultivates, there is a full-size. tennis court, on which he is often happily engaged with his children. Thay find the power of his driver amazing. Ho still cuts the ball with a swagger, and his chum- pionship style is evident despite the encroachments of age.

Fireside preference

mathematical The precise arrangement of his days allows him little me for frivolities, and Sir Mon-kam, judged by the

Y accepted standards,

his own reside to the

af society. But he does attend parties now and then and own gives quite a few in his home.

most He is known to people as an excellent host, to his friends as n charming companion, to his opponents as an alert anta gonist, and to his colleagues in the legal profession "as"a raky man to crops,

He is deeply interested in local government, and has expressed many pertinent opinions during. debates in the Legislative Council. He gives largely to charity, and sits on the Board of many social welfare groups, notably the Tung Walt Hospital, the Society for the He received many Empire and Protection of Children, and the foreign decorations. โย was Temples and General Charities. honoured on two great Royal Fund Committee.

Sir Man-kam talks In Occasions when he received the Silver Jubilee Medal in 1935 and sonorous monotone. He is always

· His deep, the Coronation Medal in 1937. In poised" and at case the King's Birthday Honours List steady eyes convey the impersonal Many things at 1941 he was given the CBE, look of a bird's. and received the nighthood in have the capacity to stir him;

human frailties most of all. 1948,

Some of the Kai Tokʼstaff mem- hor described, will not help at bers of the Department of Civil all in medling with the really Aviation will be richer by at least precarious position of the pre. 600 each shortly because they "It is truly asserted that the

sent water shortage

the have hit the minor jack pot in Chinese have little capital, ofther

Colony,

Saturday's cash sweep, Axed or Пoating: the arbitrary Over-hoarding of water is Illus- The lucky ticket which is one nature of their rulers rendering trated the daily

by it incumbent on men

scenes at of the 50 tickets the staff members and people began to talk' of a companies, and. Blts or the Can- possessing pubile

water mains in the streets

bought, will bring its owners wealth to lay it either directly at of the Colony. People drawing more than $9,000 to be divided

100

shareholders Since the new Chinese national flag wa again, seen hoisted on the roof of Hong Kong and Kowloor the Civil Aviation Employees Unies,

have

.

parked

the foot of the Imperial Throne, their supply are quening up with a curly yesterday morning, ¡ crystal, whose bearing at court although he is not. tall, Ho has poor. Since his mind is Indojen-

Sir Man-kam started the law arm Lo und, Lo. He was joined a year later by his brother, Mr. His practice was Man-wel Lo. not large in the beginning, and ho

It was inevitable. that he should anges and, events through. had to make his way slowly.

Hong Kong has While businessmen made easy be asked to assuing directorships money in those days during the of certain firms which sensed in have helped to mould his charne- The first world war, when commerce the legal workings of his mind ter. It is enriched by the rare lagged in Europe but flourished an advantage which not many experience of many crises.

At present, exuberance of youth has gone, but here, he found the going hard people possossed."

in addition to his work at Lo and accumulated wisdom now crowns and wearisome.

But pertinacity soon bore fruit, Lo, he is a director of 12 large his years

His sincerity enables him to lawyer whose sulting Committees of two others. ignore the tin trumpets of easy young Chinese

Sir Man-kam Lo is well-built, wealth, though he is by no means arguments werd afton as clear as number of

was distinguished and who was a perfect command of the Eng-dent, his conselence in his only Even if the

certain to make a name for him-lish language, and his knowledge taskmaster.

of English law is profound. The Solicitors, like artists, are water they draw is used up the

self before long. amount is still much when one

He attracted the attention of the figure he cuts in court is arresting usually eager for acknowledg considers the present state.

leading gentry, like Sir Robert Hohis step is light, his stride arm ment: But Sif Markamo Tung, and soon his firm was asked Courteous, witty, and always de realises that praise, while it is in besisting by peeing to it

to manage the legal affales of bonair, he is no ruthless lawyer. sweat and encouraging, is a that

water is not hoarded and terms of a new trenty, it is to be

Since the union was formed wealthy and important organisa- A brooding quality of righteous-champagne whose year should be hoped the following concessions wasted

and moreover, by cutting

Individuals worried by acas permeates his premises and noted; the heady vintages pro-

conclusions. He is always direct, voke reflections. will not escape their notice: down to a minimum requirement during the latter part of last year. tions.

law which were some points • In perhaps could the Chinese Communist flag flew obscure to them also made their The authorities (1) Liberty to trade at all Intermediate ports and places be- bring home the serious position of on the ualon's roof. However, of

that tween the northernmost part of the Colony's reservoirs

with one time just prior to the sabotag way to his office to ask his coun the Pe-Che-Lee Gulf, to the mare Intensified: "Save Watering the flag disappeared from sal, because word had spread

ho always latened sympathetical- southernmost point

the union's room and was replaced of campaign. the const on

ly, always charged reasonably, China, taking In the islands of

by a Kuomintang flag.

Unisa officials claimed that the even

always affected personal concern Hainan and Formosa. An' chor-

in the mast bothersome mous amount of property is re

flag was stolen.

situations. presented in the yearly trans- mission of China produce be- tween the different ports on the const:---

in return for which an honour la double their usual conferred on the loyal subiect, buckets and pails. or to invest it in some philanthro- ple manner, such as supplying food to the needy, or in adväne- ing some great national cause Should our Government ever

again have the power to dietate. Well-to-do homes. may niso de opposite the Kal Tak airport.

PICNIC TRAGEDY

Colombo, April 8. Only three schoolboys were rescued out of a plenie party of 18 to 10 boys-when-their-boat Our Occupation of capsized in Kankesanturai Har-

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KING'S THEATRE

As'a young man Sir Man-kam Was romantic and emotional; middlo #ge contracted the romance, but left most of the In court

BIPARTISAN POLICY

TO EAST? EXTENSION

Washington, April 8.

Chusan na & Government depot, bour, North Ceylon. Three bodies tended the Sunday Morning Sor- today his arguments are prosaic, Within 48 hours of his, appointment as a Kepyb-

*(2) being more central for the pro-have been wished ashore. tection commerce than Hong Many of the boys went on the Kong, and likely to prove ultim- plenle without their parents per ately of service as a depot, or mission-Associated Press. centre of mercantile exchange.

down-to-earth-but

A large crowd yesterday af- emotion untouched. vice at King's Theatre. Hundreds crisp, very were turned away for lack of suggestive pauses, a catch in the seating space, the outer foyer and throat, an occasional cough all lobby being jammed to capacity proclaim that his heart remains long before the start of the ser warm and human beneath "(3) Mensures to

vice. An Inspiring sermon was veneer of polish and sophistica- Mr. nermanent security to life and

Various were destros Here were delivered by Rev. Zao, who used tion. property at Canton.

men salling | os his theme of the morning. He was married in 1918 to Miss suggestions have been made to- upwards of $150

Ho Lo Kant-cht daughter of wards the oblert, including the. from place to place with a fleet of "Seven words in the Cross." cession a..he island of Whampon, 4 ships mounting 1,200 guns,

Sir Robert Ho Tung. The mar wherson could be erected ware-lovying contributions

establish

wherever

The anthem "Lord, Have Mer

by Schubert was rendered by Professor. Chao Mel-pa's puplis.

houses for storing European and they found means, burning. all the choir, composed of nearly it was an occasion of impor-1

Chinese goods."

towns which affronted them, massacring mon and carrying women away into slavery,

Their vessels were found built, armel and appointed for fighting only, nor. was, there anything aboard resembling. merchandise

Anti-Piracy Expedition.

"The Tlines" comments on the Naval Expedition against pirates

the Gulf of Tonking: "Even the members of the except the plunder just carried

the

lican adviser to the Democratic-run Depart- ment. Mr. John Foster Dulles has been given full information on the knotty Japanese poace treaty problem,

W. Walton Butterworth, an Assistant Secretary of State, flew. the information to. Mr. Dulles in New York, on orders of the Secretory of State, Mr. Dean Acheson.. Mr. Butterworth was report

flourt: -in that). It. Indicates serious effort to extend; two- Party, co-operation- to, the Far

·East.

Lanco because it joined two Chinese fimules whose subic- quant social eminence spranged to have emphasised, tivo Str main questions to Mr. Dulles. from the same source. "AN EVENING Robert's path to wealth crossed These were:

(1). Should the United States the initiative, several years ago. The United States actually task. the threshold of Jardine's; the IN CATHAY" elder Lo also began as a Chinese take the initiative among the the in Miss Averill. Tong will present Manager in the Princely Hong." World War II Pacific Allies in trying to get a Japanese treaty.

Athletically-inclined final performance of her

all his pressing fer a peace treaty with under way, at a limo. when

ed Soviet Pesce, Society must rejaleg toolt from Lien Chou-fu, and somehow "An Evening in'Cathay at 17o, his rearringè did' nothing to | Japan-without Russia. If neces-American policy still contemplat...

co-operation, hear that three of Her Majesty's goods which, wore identified, 'as

so, how swiftly ed

But Russia was as determined vessels have safely returned from part of the cargoes of the unforthe Wah Yan College auditorium Unpair: Sir Man-kam's. Interest in pary-and

tennis and first-class cricket; He should it move?

to have veto performing' a

If a peace treaty is write States was determined to oppose as the United desperate service tunste Sylph and Greyhound this evening. without casualty or damage How are these men to be des- The programme starts at a p.m., Agured prominently in local

it and On leaving Hong Kong the three cribed except as pirates ?. And if and includes several interesting tennis tournaments, and once hold ending the occupation what pro-

1 a doubles championship

made to meet with his virion should be vessels collected" intelligence ofas,pirates, is not an agitation for sketches and dances.

United

States security needs yond: this The premiere of this show was brother.

autumn the pirates from port to port; the protection of thesa. 'Innocent

Acheson and Meticulous is most things, he against (a) a resurgence of fa 'an

the British Foreign Secretary, Br often meeting with fresh traces fishermen about as reasonable as given on Saturday night to

appreciative audience,

would, divide bis day, into three panese, militarism, and (b) the of their recent presence and of an appeal to the Society for Pre- "pprecial velow of the perform- portions, and 80 managed his Communist threat hanging over

Erlest

bgreed that a treaty. their atrocities, and Onally found venting Cruelty to Animals of the pirate chiet Shapingtsat and behalf of the now ravenous ance will appear in tomorrow's affairs that they always dovetail-Japan

Issue of "The China Mall" ed. In court he would be a pic. hle fiect dear Ealung, where they wolves in the Pyrenees N

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