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THE CHINA-MAIL, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 81, 1800.

The democratic principle | WHO Regional Accused denies taking

Min British education

Court Brevities

Domocratic aducation, is designed not to turn a pupil into a soldior, a mechanic or a lawyer, but to make him a citizen,—a person with all round ability to think for himself, to do things. for himself, and generally to take part in tha affairs of his community.

Appearing before Mr. The pupil is trained in school to have mind of his lng La at Central yesterday three counts of breaches of

be traffle regulations, 23-year-

d Chiu Kwong-tin was re- anded one week.

He was allowed bail of $2,00

cash.

ice.

a

Child was charged with driving civate car without a vina ile- diving in a dangerous inan- or and driving the car withcu

o consent of the owner. Defendant was arrested at abou 1 pu. on Werine.day in King ont Street as the result, it wa leged, of his knocking down a ven-year-old girl while driving and causing serious in

iring to the girl.

Sub-Inspector Yuen apolled fo he week's winand saying that e girl was in Queen Mary Hos tal in serious condition.

As result of a police raid en Shu Wah Beach, Sai Kung, Wednesday night, 68 drugs petrol were ordered to be discuted by Mr. R. W. S. ter at Kuwiam yesterday. harged with exporting the hibited fuel were two lorry Zero, Lukt Shlu-wing, driver lorry 5766, and Ho Kai-woon, ver of lorry GR52,

Inspector J. I said that t 1.50 pin. on Wednesday, acting fufounation received, à pollee arty head by Sub-Inspector T. I.

intercepted

lorries, two riven, by defendants, each carry

20 druin of petrol. Another 20 deiung were found h. the brack which had no Laimants.

Defendants were additionally ned $20 each.

7

Headquarters activities

part in alleged murder

The World Health Organiza A complete denial that he took part in what was described as a brutal axe-killing of a head mason on August 5 was made yesterday by a 40-year-old mason, Yiù You, one of the throo accused in a murder trial.

tion, a specialised agency ni fe United Nations, which set up its temporary Regional Headquarters for the Western Facile at the Fourscas Hotel, Waterloo Road, when it first Tande its appearance in the Colony, has now moved to more permanent quarters at 48 Kadoorle Avenue, A new telephone line has been install ad and the office can be rench.. ed by dialling 62323.

Alleged to have been the one who actually handled

the. axe, Yiú maintained that he slept all through the night in question in the partially- erected building with the other workmen, and learned only in the morning of the finding. of the corpse.

own, free to criticise, and of course also free to apprové. He is entitled to use his mind as a personi, and not as a servant of the State.

According 13. Dr. I.C. Fong,

On trial with the Arst ac- This was the definition of They attend to adminstration' c

Chief of the Regional Office, i

sused are Yiu Muk, nged 20, democratic education given by nances ani appointment

number of eminent expert con- Mr. L. S. Pearson in a lecture headmasters, but each headmas-sultants from all parts of th

mason. and Leung Chi, aged at the British Council yester-ter is free to organise his show world have arrived in the Colony 40, odd-job coolie. They were

afternoon before 11 terday

The headmaster may help in the since the World Health Organisa-charged at the Criminal Ses- of rowded audience. His talk selection of his own staff, and in

tion set up this office, and havesions with the murder was on democratic principle practice he generally has the last they were assigned.

since left for the stations to which Leung Chiu-tong' on the night

of August 5. British Education.

to

in his own way.

say.

He is no dictator; though on on

The meeting was presided over by Mr. N. G. Fisher, the Chief Caslons he may seem to be one, Education Officer for Manchester, in fact he is not

He leaves his senior subject who is here

the advise

masters to arrange their own Hong Kong Government on loca

syllabuses as they think best, education. He introduced the

And as a result there is th speaker as the officiating repro-

widest possible verlety In the sentative of the British Council in

books read at different school Hong Kong, A Murter of Arts of

in no two secondary schools the University of Manchester and

are exactly the same literature London a Master of Education of University,

books used in any given year. has Mr. Pearson

Further down the hierarchy. served with the British Council in Lebanon,

the teacher himself is given immit Egypt and Persia for control and liberty. In his own the Inst seven years. He is I

class room he may chooze his own Hong Kong to give a series n'

toethods within reason. le ma lectures on British education,

teach what has been decided by the senior masters in his own wa He mi and at his own pace, adopt his own scheme of clos room discipline and procedure. Like those above him, he is there! to give of his best, and he must he efficient, and he can do this in whatever way he pleases.

broar After comparing the outline of education in totail. tarian and democratic countries Mr. Pearson caid whilst the principle underlying the former lo to train the. pupils in their tlinking, in democracy, schooling le not designed to in

their thinking but to train people to think for them-

fluence

calves.

Out of place

With all this diversity in quan- tity and quality of education not this state system rather ou

f place, people would ask, The spraker zuid at the end of each

G country like England where the House of Commons ! elected by popular vole, it is ob- viously necessary that voters ar able to think for themselves, anscholastic term pupils must take think pretty clearly.

a tate examination.

Where does all this lead to? Mr. Convicted on two counts of

Ever since the introduction, a

Pearson

the gave

analogy of riving without a Beonce and popular representation in 1870 the

crossing a meadow. Axcessive speed, Chan Chi-necessity for creating a sound an several men

all of whom must past through i ng, aged 21, was fined $200 intelligent electorate

Mr. R. W. S. Winter ut nised. Education of the mass was common gate the other end, Eas of the men took his own path owloon yesterday.

essential if the people were to

and might ramble a bit, and some Evidence was given by Mr., O. have the form of government, an

Stolt, of the Public Works he personnel to run it, they they get is the fate carlier than epartment, when defendant people wanted. leaded not guilty to the excès- Ive speed count.

he

Was

was recop-

Main features

various central authority

Among these was Dr. Carlo: Ferrulino, of La Paz, Bolivia, whe

arrived in Hong Kong at the en

CHR

1:

The Acting Chief Justice, Mr. E. H. Willams, and an all-men tury are hearing the ease.

Reminders

Today

European YMCA, Women's Sce

tion, beginner's dressmalcing, 10 a.m..

NÀÃFI Club,, dance, 8 to 11 p.m. Union Jack Club, donec, 8 pan. Nino Dragons Service Club,

tombola, 7.30 p.m.

1

of September on his way

Mr. V. i. J. D'Alton, instructe Munila, where he has now taken by Hastings and Company, 10 uppearing for the first accused. up duty as Maternal and Health Consultant in the Rura Second accused it defended by Health Demonstration and Train-Mr. Y H. Peep on instructions of

Philippine int Centre in the

Deacon wille Mr. Y. K. Mok under the joint auspices of the for the third, Instructed by Brut- Philippines Government, th ton and Company, United Nations Internationa Mr. W. A Blair-Kem, Crown Children's

Fund! Counsel, is prosecuting assisted by (UNICEF) and the World Health Defective Inspector C. A. A. Nicol, Organisation (WHO)

The incident concerned took | HASW Show, of· 1930,” at:

Emergency

men.

A

Cheero Services Club, Amateur

Night,, 730 p.m. Crown Land Sale, District Office, Kowlooh Magistracy Bldg.,

a.m.

Ascóciation

11

Boy Scouts

King George V School, in aid of Serlely for the Protection of Children, 8,30 p.m.

Lecture on "Novels" by Mr. Hay Yil, at British Council Library, 530 pan.

Coming ovants

TOMORROW

Dr. Lawrence Roberts, of the place in a building under con- United Kingdom. Is the tuber struction by Wab. Sheung and cujecie advicer for the Western Company in Water Street. Weat Pacific Region, He returned

First two accused worked carly lact week from a vizit te Vietnam and Cambodia and left there as masms. The third ac--

Os an almost immediately for a short/cused had been working trip to the Philippines. He has odd-job coolle up to July 20, been consulting with the res.when he was dismisrcd. However. he continued to sleep in the pre- pective Governmenta giving them expert advice on mises just like the other worit- meatures to be taken against notice forbidding this prac-Cheero Services Club, tombola,

that great threative was tuberculosis,

subsequently put up. to the health of mankind-th and the third decused' attention Nine "white planus," Dr. Roberta re-

was brought to this by the de- mained in the Colony only for :

censed.. very brief period and is now on his way to Penang, Singapore British North Borneo tr

the give pacistance in

ant!. tuberculoslo

br campaigns to conducted in these territorie where his presence at this etapṛ will doubtless be of great benefit,

and

Dr. Jean Orkney, from Scot- Jand, is the Regional Adviser Maternal and Child Health, and

has just returned from spendin

Appeared annoyed

The prosecution alleges that. the third accused appearað an- noyed at this. On the night, bi question, third accused with the other twe murdered Leung- ucing an axe and a hammer, it is alleged.

20

Yesterday. Dr. T. C. Pang. police

surgeon, testified as having examined the dead mau, who was found lying in a Targr

pool of blood with four large wounds on his neck.

7.30 p.m.

Dragons Service Club. tombola (show ball), 7.30 p.m. RAF Air Display, at Kal Tak.

BUNDAY

Toc H

!,

classical Concert, 50, Macdonnell Road.

Group, European Armchair

YMCA, tolk on "Chinese Communism in the village, by David Dilworth, 845, p.m. | HK Chinese Clerks Association.

tea

Kam Ling party, Restaurant, 11 a.m.

show. p.m. Nine Dragons Services Club, film

HK Art Club, sketching party to Kowloon, members to assem- ble at Jordan Road Vehicular Ferry Wharf, 10.46 am.

Three weeks in Vietnam and the others, but ultimately a: Cambodia, where she had consul-

Dr. Fang said death was due to must go through the same gate. tations with the public health au- shock and haemmorhage caused That is the coal of British educa-horities and with representatives by injury to the min vessel of tion. Each may go through differ-of Mr. Slott said thint on Wednes

ent experiences on the road, but private health Institutions con- the left side of the neck und to

improvement cerning the

of the upper part of the vertebrae morning while riving along

By way of illustrating the de-

maternal and child health or column. The shape of the four Grampian Road, mocratic principle of the British reach the same target, th

ame goal.

vices in those countries, Dr. Orit defendant sounded his lura iniucational system,. Mr. Pearson.

mind wounds he bebertower PIONEER VENTURE Mr. Pearson's final word, wa esting that he wanted to pass. elaborated on its main features.

ney stayed only a short time in consistent will that made by an on the most important persons in

Hong Kong before she left againstrument like the axo produced

Paris, October 24. Vitness signalled him to pass.

Mr. Stott continued that Chan

pupils for Formosa, where she will gly; in Comte First

Four men and a girl will leave there is

general system, namely the the

lem elves.

her expert advice on a material At the conclusion of the Crown's here, on November 6 to faund, a drove so close to his car that he scheme of cducational adminis

alarmed and at the same tration. At the top is the central trained as independent people he started there with the assness. Denying the charge New Guinea

In what way are these puplis and child health programme to caso, Yu You entered the wit-Community on a plateau in Dutch ime drove at a fast pace.

Chan authority, and under it the vas driving at about 40 miles an

The and encouraged to think and act

tance of UNIEF. She is expecte against him, he said that on the local authorities.

They are Mr. Serge Gandon, mur and he gave chose.

to return to the Colony again in fished his work at 7 pm, had Jenn Castle, a forester, aged 28 plays an in- for themselves? In this respect

of the day concerned, he | 26-year-old Insurance agent, Mr. Defendant was finally stopped teresting and peculiar part, sold certainly classroom methods help.

thout a fortnite Headquarter the deceated. The atmosphere which is on the

and took a bath with Mr. Claude Altrirac, 22, and Mias in the

Lucienne Besson, a 20-year-ol dictator, it acts as a guide,

the toonis. laborator

The latter sold him he was nurse. philosopher and friend to

etc. tends to make the pupil rely rival of Dr. Tomas Gan, of the

geing soross the harbour that who will serve at local educational authorities.mer

evening, and asked him to look mere and more on himself and Philippines. Subjee! 10 the broad oul-less and

less on his instructor. Deputy Chief of the Office. Dr

after the place for the time planning, Experiments,

Duvate Gan, DPH of Harvard Univer- research.

being, private

After the head Pleading guilty to cliurges of line of educational

session of beron pills and as set out by an Act of Parlia

had gore, he himself went out and returned at 9 p.m. mping them overboard to pre-ment, each area is left to makuly are not left to University elty, has been As-istant Director

Accused said he himself then number of years at the same time he served as a medical con- went to the first floor where he usually slept went to sleep.

and ultant to UNICEF, With his long

who and valuable experience in publin Lee Kwing (the police witness

to being ut the murder) also Omeeslept in the same floor as him. vice in the Regions! WHO will show considerable re- He did not hear anything that sults in the days to come.

Last week

y a constable. at Nga Tsin LonK Mr. Pearson. Instead of acting as whole crateries, work-shops staff was augmented by the ar- the

Load and when asked to show ilcence le produced an arner's licence.

nel 19, soos was son needs, and the characteristics or

d30, unemployed,

to four

that

the one-

but have their definite be- of the Institute of Hygiene, Uni- giving in secondary schools. By of the time the

At sixth form, approximately months hard its own region. by Mr. F. X. d'Almada at

fourth or more of his tins will The Education Act of 1944 be spent in individual work, the yesterday.

the which is probably one of the mos benen vidare. Find it health it is expected that his ser told on the evening of important pleces of legislation, o

is pussible to attribute the success ctober the police Intercepted all times, required all locul nu-of research work, of original passenger boat, B24315, in thorities to submit plans for the thinking in British universities, drich Bay for a routine search. establishment of county college to the extremely fine preparation Defendant was seen by one of for part time education for young at an early stage in the pupils' fit ́searcher's

a par- people from 10 to 18 years of age career." The local education authority was left free to plan as it wished for the needs of its own area.

throwing el overboard and when retraced was found to have contained 107 heroin pills.

Defendant admitted that ho was carrying the drug for some-

ne else.

But

Extra activities

once plans has been approved by Mr. Pearson then dealt with

mason

ari

night, until about 6.30 6. the next day, when he heard about the finding of the body, Yin stol.

As

Twice wounded by a Shamshul- po Bartacka sentry when he failed. ed to halt after being challenged, a 17-year-old youth. Ma Him- wing, was yesterday sentenced to two month's imprisonment, by Mr.

the larcen

of scrap iren from

At the samo

time Ma was

the Ministry, it is imperative for the importance of extra academie. W. 3. Winter at Kowloon for

the local authority to carry it out. [or extra curriculur activities as a

Independence within a car- tain with

A nominal ane of $25 was im- posed on Wong San-fat, owner

t Junk 4835, for the possession of a Chinese-made rille on his Boat in Shaukiwan Wednesday.

Sub-Inspector

Bay

on

C. G. March,

o usked for the confiscation of o rifle, stated that though the ife could be fired it was rusty nd that defendant, who has only ne hrm could hardly have used The rifle was consented.

cipal characteristic of the whole

the

Бело

which la

Was

to tvo stptoments alleged

to have been made by ilm to the police after his arrest, accused as a result of duress from tha said the first was made by him police. He made the subsequent one when he was in a frightened stato.

Hearing continues at 10 am.

T

PRINCE PHILIP

BACK IN MALTA

Valetta, October, 25. The Duke of Edinburgh return-

ment of all round persons, the is a large number of these reasonable liberty, is the prin- in primary and secondary schools, commited to stand, trial at the to next Criminal Sessions for re- pupils are older and able system, explained Mr. Pearson, run is more endently for turning from life parishment.

On October 11, defendant unuruni is a veze

fired at three times by a sentry The Central authority has ar themselves. It i extremely large and capable. In the other of such activities as foot-he failed to heed a challenge to

one or without en

at the Shamshulpo Barracks when spectorate and consultative com-

hult. Admitted to the Kowloon mittee, composed of eminent edu- ball, cricket, or perhaps hockey cation experts, but neither the a debuting society remate or Hospital he was found to have ed to Malia by the today after his

clely, scientifle society at maga- French or inspectorate nor the committee

been shot twice. He was charged visit to Britain to altènd'' the German circles, gives orders but only advice andj

with the theft of scrop metal christening of Princess Anne, nis zine. und

geographical so- maybe suggestions.

ciety, historical society, play or and further Investigations re-

after his release frein hospital faughter. Hero Mr. Pearron

The Duke will rejoin his ship. cxplained)

reading clubs, rambling clubs, or

vealed that he was a life banishee.the Maple-Router. this central authority present students' association.

The value of all these cannot rig, told the Court that he had their suggestions and recommen

dations to the local authorities for be their consideration. Not in

said Mr. Pear

• overnated, i Q son. hoy give the boys what single instanes

want most-security, ad- evch a semblance of an order Be ventu ing given to a local authority.

The relationship between the central authority and the actual ness to leave the individual to work out his own salvation,

A 17-year-old youth, Wong

yment

of

tram ir

hoo

urposely evaded paying his are

hile travelling on n chasjon Read on Wednesday (ternoon.

He was charged with evading 'fare before Mr. fin- hing: Lo at Central yesterday ndi was fined $130 or alx one

Sub-Inspector Yuen gald that se defondant had three previous onvictions for the same kind of Tence and asked the Court to ico a serious view of the case: The defendant said that he had eliberatelynvolded paying the arq as he wished the Court to ord him to n Sanatorium for onia rest.

DINNERWARE

has there been there and, approval Approval i

Inspiring lines

and

they have in their homes, but the home is not the place to supply adventure Trie spirit of nuven

strong be ture is particularly

the ages. tween

and eight the adolescent period during between 11 and 17 or 18. Tho home ran give only limited ap proval by one's parents but the Illustrating his spirit Mr. Outdoors gives the pupil a wider Pearson quoted the following scopo and no can feel he la gut- lines from one of the Beard ofting the approval of his fellow Education Acts which he con- Punils and others.

The outdoors maker the buy sidered rather inspiring:

"All the uniformity that we re-feet Important and builds up con- in himself. It helps to quire of a teacher is that he should change his own method brick out the best in him and

provides the

ty for

to ability

16 or 17, or 2-peran dinnerwaes, and plan blp work

Bring

With

so as to bring those Det har leste or in divida out the best both in his pupils, and Tra/tership. Aboys all it strung- your medie reentralen hooptral authority neverthens confidence th the individual.

leordia}],"Invilak:

EV

Avate

The

of thanks to the spon- prescribes a single text book and never lays down a single syllabus. proposed by the chairman, with heartyres- WarLreceived, The local education buthorities Casereine) limited control over the

Next Thursday at the samỞ private schools of thefs pron, They hour. Mr. Pearson will give the rako chorwa into which the in second series, at his talks, also at dividual članska must 81, -1120, the British Council. Hils subjent "decideibh the number of thriinkle will be, Nurebet EM/ODIE J | RAD-CERONE)sh and tuchhion) talk will bokacuranpanied by L'erbokia, that am:12:ka permitted/l chuwing Ma. Alac

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