1951-08-02 — Page 100

correspondent who has made

special investigation into Hongkong's light industries, today writes about

Plastics-Our Youngest Industry

"If the quality of your goods is first class, and your selling price more reasonable than anyone else's then you cannot fail to win a share in the world's markets." This truism was volced by a representative of Hongkong's youngest industry when referring to the future of plastics.

High on a hill and overlooking a view as fine as any in the Colony, yet only a few hundred yards away from the city's centre, stands the first and largest plastic factory to go up in Hongkong. At present covering 50,000 square feet of ground, Kader Industrial Company are waiting for the political gusts of the moment to settle into a fair trade wind before going ahead with a further extensive building programme.

Judging by the success of the 'experiment-for such it was

when a group of pioneers came down from Shanghal in 1947. knowing little more about the eis: Industry than did anyone

here this optimisin 18 not altogether unjustifled, providing of course, that the present political tongle gets unravelled reasonably soon.

stako

some

Determined to capital in a test, these ploneers studled every aspect of the in- dustry as it is in Britain and America; decided to cover their overheads and the possibility of not taking with a cold lee making and re- geration

plant-and so tho huge building took shape. It wasn't Anished. 191'. 1848, and $40.

Mould-making machinery in the Kader plastic works. Picture by Staff Photographer.

didn't start producir smaller by which time soveral concerns had meteorod into life. So although Kader was first to bulld, it was not first to pro But small factories, facing the duce. Since the beginning of the closed American door, have Korean war however, 20% our plastic output has been lost found it difficult and costly to

survive. through two thirds of the

Hongkong *beinig a free port tories being forced to close which might compete with the down: Ten

itle enterprises

world, no rest of the

plastic remain. providing. In all about concern can, profitably operate

ot.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1951.

Living Language

Why we say Film- fan.

· “Why “fans?” Recsúso fan is, short for fanatle, which mestis" somebody' 'who's mad'ɛ about something, "Fanatic"...

--comes, from .......the.. Boman word “fanum - M temple, beenises the ; stern: or. priests in the temples used to fall into trances, rolling about and uttering strange words which were thought to be prophecies. They

ware: the first "fanatics, though nowa. dayu

call them mediums.

we'd

BUFFER ZONE PROPOSAL

Dean

Acheson Is

Uncompromising

Washington, Aug. 1.'-

Secretary of State Dean Acheson today declared uncompromising opposition to the Com- munist proposal for setting up a Korean buffer zone on the 88th Parallel.

He said the line along which the armies stand during any armistice must be a defensible line and experience has shown that the 38th Parallel does not meet that requirement.

Royal Jewels Here's One

For The Ladies

Restored To

Owners

Frankfurt, Aug. 1.

The American authorities here today returned to their

Royal Family jewels held by the United States since

1946.

From the quiet, concentration of the planning room, where on the wide drawing boards de signs for the new moulds are worked out accurately to the Mickel-Walt, last millumétre, óne enters the workshop where the moulds are today actually born. Here the roar is

of

London, August 1. This is for the ladies

around.

At the same time, Mr Aches- son declined at his news con- ference to state precisely where the United States wants to see the buffer zone laid out. This

Matthew impiled that Gentral

to

B. Ridgway. in conducting truce negotiations

et Kaesong has some discretionary authority to Agree

the zene within general area of the present line, whi les mostly North of the 381harallel.

a

Such an interpretation is in Ene with information available from other oficials. They have

that they wore

Reception

Postponed

· It' was, sannurred, this morning that the offiotat

reception to "have given" today" by

Ass-

bouti

tralian Trade Commission- er, Mr Hughs "Wrigthy""`ta the Rt Hon. R. G., Casey, Australian Minister for Externs!

and Mrs Casey, has been postponed until tomarow. It will ‚be held ́‚at, the Hongkong Club, second floor, from 6 to 7.30 pm.

Mr and Mrs Casey" were due to arrive in Hongkong yesterday, but were daisy- ed by the typhoon. It ta not certain" "whether their plans will take off from Bangkok today.

Supreme Court Springs A Leak

The heavy rainfall which followed in the wake of the typhoon caused a leak to

the

This particular corner of roof-was weakened, during hostilkies in the Colony in

De- 1641, when the Japanese

Black, about 10.

their

nuous Quality

DRINK

Coca-Cola

Mail Notices

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WAYEGA

Air-

West

Radio Hongkong

"hit the roof.00

Programms Summary: 6.02. ;

DETAEX TOY STOR: Modama". Prevented

war. By John Waring. before the

German owners the Hesse who underrate themselves, said what the United Nations spring. In the southeast Macao. 6 m. 5 pm. Hư

feel that males are superior negotiators want is a fruce on

the present battle line. The corner of the Supreme and let the men push them negotiators have power to make Court, roof, and this morna.m. p.p. tam vir Canton,

adjustments as The cure for all that emerged the present troop positions but ped and rain fell into the Japan. Gap, Bolsterin

compared with ing: water continually drip Tiwan Lake

Indo-Chine.. 2 p.m. w Nigelock, at a conference of the National General Ridgway's instructions They represented part of a

of jewels stalen Association of Women Civil bar any real concessions to the room, normally used by Great Britain, gm..

Ceylon, Madagascar Middle East, larger group

Reds on this whole lasur. from the Hessian family castle Servants here,

Juries in their delibera. Fatzociis. sald

Miss

Anne As: to the progs of the "Women" the at Kronberg, near here, in 1945.

of the Clerical and Ad-

Kaesong talks,

tions... Mr Acheson The jewels handed over today.

men, declined to say Workers Union,

A large bathtub had to be Tortor. 8 p.m... Vis H.K. containing over 270 liems Alling ministrative

"end to.

to underrate themselves deadlocked, and he would ex-procured and placed under the indo-China, India. Pakistan. two Army safes:cach: two and a

and the Importance of the work

rest neither optimalan nor leak to catch the drip, but much France French North & half cubic feet in, size, were TO-

they are

doing. Mifi will siways, pessimfax. По covered by the American Army

fe said that the of this splashed on to the floor Airke, Gred Britain, Europe, inflate the value of their job. authorities in various parts

By Surface "The average man looks,

Inconcurs having had several and, left hair the room wet im A Into

Mueno, 1' p.m... m. Tal-Loy. Europe and the United States.

the eyes

at woman to see himself demarcation line lesue, seem to on the Three American officers, in-as twice his normal size. He in-be stalled for the time being. He ehiding a woman, were impri-

Bates, his

would, not go beyond trouble. Wh

with women is estimating Future

un that soned for the theft.

prospects Instead of being inflationary WELL, HANDLED A that Brigadier General Claude B.

are deflationary. thay

Jagger Assistant udga

"Push yourselves as hard as Advocate General of the Army,

General Ridgway and his diameter.

The room, Robinson, Joseph

being unladylike on occasions tinued, have been handling the was City Attorney, 19-a big noise,"

and don't be afraid of making negotiations vary forcefully, and Receiver. During the Occupa pony Orchestra.10. Letter From Kader produces the remainder,

"Arborica"". By Alistair / Çbake; : (XS- des produce goods better than or

very soundly, The State Depart-tion, it was

old to have been corded B4-Brpadeakt}} 17.30, EA Inability to carry on is the

cych as good ap the United together to produce a mould in

Everybody seemed to agreement Chief then outlined the occupied by Col Noma, chlet Demi-Heureus Francaise (Studio): same story as the smaller fac-States and Britain,

remarkably quick time. Some of sent are the Countess Margare- this was good advice.

situation as he understands It of the Japanese Gendarmerie 6,20. World News And News Analy tories in many other industries. Raw

(Kempeltel) materials simply

the machines deal with alckel the of Hesse, Prince Wolfgang To that, 80-year-old Mrs S. in this aren't

50. Processes

The

as the Chem Gerald Mom (Piano), And Bernard of chrome steel, a special kind America; available from

of Heise: Prince Richard of M. While added: Hesse,

38th Parallel as their bers of the Additional (Third) Shakey Vig) 50 Southern : GA5, Sports Review by About fifty processes precede very fine steel from Sheffield,

an Palio Studio) Weathe get their treatment proposed demarcation life, with Putane Judge until the partial portent you from Britain. The twe

two principal

Supbia of a of a doormant-That is, 'to. have a buffer zone lying on either cavities and Importanti: mould

reconstriction #of the south Recorded falsy); 0,9.10. Bursday Kader produces over-flfly' raw materials used are cellule different articles on

Mr Robinson said that their the men wipe their feet

on vide.

Secretary of Defence section of the first floor in 1949, bekende ir 30 rugamNGS OF COT American, in making things like tooth up-to-date British.

value m Hey from froid boller plates estimated...‚' retail,

you:"United: Press, uplo General George C. Marshall since when it has remained brown 30 ER DY PERRY which

vacant and used by Juries when Rigoletto" by veranoko so. pointed out the other day iron in brushes and torch

Washington was about $800,000, and parts that Japanese

German scrap.

of Strings Geralda Mr Acheson called the Impossi retiring to consider thefen ver- will have to stand

to is obtained locally. Most costly Reufer."

And His String machinery, and

iChoir, (ECTS): up to

these ga hard

blity of this, because the line 'diets during Criminal Sessions. and

all, the

11.00, 15. Rádio, Nawa, Bosí, wear and polystyrene for soap Indonesia, Pakistan, Ceylon machines, in the wrokshop

London powerful of

to be established “must *:-bé-

-Relay) ; ----31.10, -rGoodnight.j. Mustat boxes. rulers, and a hundred Burma, Singapore, Federal

20, Wanther "Raporiz God Baye The King) 21.30, Clone : Downs other averyday articles: Malaya, India, Slam, and even one used for pinning for cut Whereas

both

materials used to to America. Only 15% of the ting strips of steek and making

America

and output is consumed by the local steel bars Its accuracy, con

INTELLIGENCE TEST SOLUTION market. New moulds are being thousandth of an inch, and fis.

price US$11,000. supply cellulose acetate but designed the whole time.

Call the three towns A B O.. ABO

right-angled triangle 1202 polystyrene. Here

All the goods produced in this Kader saved themselves before the factory now are made through

with the right angle.at ABC +

emburgo by ordering big stocks on injection process; that

20%

very

of the Colony's outpon a ummall scale and hope. to terrine, as machinery of Ind the custody "of

† you can! and don't be afraid cf] delegation, Acheron con was the office s TE PRACAY bu

little

dual shapes and makes all work

The

owners

who

the

a high price the finished plastic article. .which must be used for. mould tanaw Sills of Hesso #1 you lie down like a door- fortunists have put it was conver After the wars (London Relay); 615. Recital Hy

ot a

acetate, which is tough and

from come

used

Canada, England САП now

The Only Ones After cutting and planing a of

both from America. As a the liquid plastic is infected machine makes the plece abso- hydraulically-operated"" grinding result they have not been through a hole spreading over compelled to close down llice the mould attached. prolutely flat and to an accuracy The of one tenthousandth of an inch. the smaller factories.

posed

new plant will include

NEW An electro-magnetic chuck, on These stocks, supplemented machinery for

calender- rolling, by Bill allocations from

ing

and compression work, this machine evolds the neces-. Britain, and recently by sitip-which produces things like ity of clamping down the plece ments off-loaded at various plastic fabric, rods, belts and of steel to be ground. Most of in the parta which have at last been bakelite ware. At present Kader the machines here allowed to come through,

are consumes more than 100,000 lbs moulding room are the only ones of their kind in Hongkong keeping the production going at of raw plastics each month, cost- full strength and with very ing some half a million Hongone, from Bridgeport, has

More little increase in cost of produc- kong dollars.

is needel

several uses among them that of for Blocks..

vertical milling and three dimensional engraving.

Machinery, at every roar sömble costi la bèginning to come in. from Germany, but the Brost or 20 most ex

*tion.

pensive

1

over.

Dangerous Driving Charge

mat

Alleged False defensible

Pretences

The fact Is the Communisla wish to return, to a line over which they launched; an in- provoked attack

South

on

military

This Morning's

Rainfall ****

Between midnight and 11

injured, wall: recalled at Kow- statutory declected

into theso talks, compared with an average of

two

The case against Lai Yuen- Korea, and the United States clock this morning, rainfall re- Atraffeaccident which ching, 28-year-old housewife, cannot no

accept the situation.

gistered by the Royal Observa- occurred at Gascoigne Road in residing at 454 King's Road, The talks are about

torx amounted to 1:10 Inches. the early morning of April 13 first floor, who is facing charges matters and are being dealt with

• Rainfall during the preceding between e private car and a of obtaining money by false by able military

representatives

1.01 pretences and making a false on the United Nations side. The 24 hours totalled

nches, taxi, when several persons were

and cannot allow

date the aggregate rain- whe United States loon Fathu

remanded for. this.......morning. "when a

by Mr political consideration to be in fall for the year is 67.84 inches, Pat Central: Latimer Frenchman, Claude Thovenst

Mr Acheson's remarks were 69.69 Inches. of 154,

Defendant is alleged, with in- Btreet, first

tent to defraud, to have obtained taken to be a policy statement floor, was with danger-

from

directed ous driving.

primarily at Communist the British Ministry of

mofico, da Pensions $3,195.40 by falsely attention. It served Thevent was alleged to have driven a private car in a manner

pretending that she was the un- the Reds that their buffer zone dangerous, to the public.

married widow of Yip Wing. plan as price the United States decussed, on various, dates will not pay for a Korean truce.

Associated Press. between June 1 and July 9.

Defendant is further alleged

Defendant was seriously-in- jured and has been in hospital for a long period.

to

to

Defendant: is, on ball of 91.000 and the case was adjourned August 20, at 10a.m.

Eleven injection machines exists and more is planned. shriek ·with a different Voice.

This was installed with a two- Gay with the colours of raw plastics, and decorated by the production of thermal setting fold purpose to assist, in Elie Anished

ted articles, as they a conne

arilcles which need a cool from the machines ---- #rong,

storage, and to 'cover at least

ment" by, expanding it "into"

the whole ground floor

clear, beautiful and useful ob; the overheads "in "this "expert" Jects this

han more the

colourful toy

of, a

Profit-making plant. Conse

a

moulds can be jamized to the

the space is taken up with an ice. machines, the biggest which making plant, a deep-freezing

hoga

have made, knowingly and

a statement in a Patutory declaration that the had not remarried on December 2, 1947-nt is Major T Hilling, at the Royal Any Pay

The complainant.

in charge of the case.. Corps, Det. Bub-Insp. Innes in

Fingerprints

Told Story

-Fok, Man, 39, master of junk Adsy, who

denied yesterday that he had two previous con

TRICK THIET victions for conveying pros

CAUGHT

titutca in the harbour, was Lined $450 or three months by Mr.W. Sprague at the Marino Bentence of three months Court this morning for a similar

29. unlicensed: hawker, pasiengers #lvarying exc

produces ninety gross of rulers: uber where meat is, storedronment was passed enouence and,

ning Duneo, capacity and

degrees below zero

Mr Latimer at Central this Confronted with Angerprint

a day. They are automatic or ftult in a cold chamber where morning for stealing a semi-automatic's the frit) la sat

by timers and all, are electri

cally operated though control

Before being

the temperature in 40 degreɑs | pen and pencil by trick, in evidence this morning......... de="

two large, h”.

ancs-torage - room and

fendant admitted the previous - At about 9.89 pm, on July 18, convictions under Mangallas, Purified Chow, King sang, „the complain= Loung' Shing. He was fined 1200

the Kee

Gang Boardin House

and $200 or one hin month for carrying four passen-,

and filtered water or frozen Matkavas on the third, floor.oferteo. months: for, convoying |

led by hand on packed, into the fearen dom ll he taetendani), gera in excess. PANT

every article smoothed off Kader at building,

and, some are stamped, looks more like a modern office.

block than a factory, is deden.

From a total of 100 workers

in the entire factory ice

plant- Included-20, are skilled

ed in such a way that the raw

fountain pen

look

** Defendant; took the pen.

„Fok/was arrested while row- Ing 12 women to any deman steamers in the harbour on

materials downtally and the pencil from complainant's Tuesday night

in plastic manufacturing. They room tage horizontally are trained in the factory and vertically, by, plecir require about four months of, one continuolia luftion:

There is no dctual

Union, but thá“Company

|smember, of the Ge

ber of Chinase

#pasklo

*** back on,

actión

Jhout;

pocket and placed them, in his own, Then the pretence of

under borrowing them, for

ort CANTON LEAVES

Ville, «he jettishe play Wings ABERTHIS EVENING

int had three previous

SIDE

GLANCES

De

Da From this" it can readily

deduced that the sides of the cringia are in the ratios 41:40:

So, the distance froas 'to, the point where; tha: cars / paas foun mile trum along the road DAJ is one tenth of the GIASETICE CA

CA is 10 miles (907082AEN IN end 12 s.tan-und a amarter miles from Beschorpis to Cedartown,

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