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COMMENT OF

THE DAY

Housing Report

The

THE first interim report of special contmittee appointed to investigate the Colony's housing problem is a sobering document. makes abundantly cleur there is no magical solution! available; that if the poorer people of Hongkong are to get adequate housing, new policies allied with a long- term plan are essential, The initial diflicuity confront. !

ing the committee has been į lack of vital data and statis. ties; for example, how many require resettling or housing and what is their rent-paying ability. committee, and for that

elne, matter

anyone only hazard a very rough RUUSH,

and guesswork

The

Can

makes problematical a long-¦ term housing plan.

A census undoubtedly would

be of some help. The com- mittee urges 1:

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THE FAMOUS COMPANI 'IN ACELONI TROUSERS

Whiteaways

German Reunification: Speech To

Speech To Satellite Chiefs PRESS COUNCIL

'NO HURRY' SAYS Mr KATTACKS GAG

HE

TELLS PARTY MEN: MERGER

IS NOT POSSIBLE TODAY

HIS ADVICE: PATIENCE AND

DON'T GET EXCITED

Moscow, July 17.

Mr Nikita Khrushchev, Soviet Communist party leader,

said in a speech today that much patient work was necessary

for the achievement of a reunified Germany.

He was speaking at a Kremlin reception for Herr Otto Grotewohl, East German Premier, Herr Walter Ulbricht, East German Communist Party leader, and other members of the delegation which flew to Moscow yesterday for talks with Soviet leaders.

priority. It would not pro- "Don't worry an

don't the advice which vide all the required data. hurry was but it could offer some use. Mi Khrushchev gave them, ful working

He said "the imperialists mixi turi fientions Pista

statistics.

would pinpoint areas of population density and as-

with certain

reasonable Accuracy the number of ruef dwellers andl other dia. placed inhabitants. In mediate official attention to this question is advocated,

Wind

on the basis of the Bonn con |

stilution and the Dona, anglane – that is, on a purely capitalist and imperialist basis

**The German Democratic Republle is also for reunilica-

"But untience does not mean. we must look for the time at which to capitulate before the capitalists.

fur We

Co- penceful

between the two systems,

29 KILLED IN BIG BURMA QUAKE

Rangoon, July 17. A severe earthquake last night rocked Mandainy, Sagaing, Bhamo and Myingyan in upper Burma, according to reports reaching here today.

The full extent of damage and casualties was not immediately known but unofficial reports said at least 29 people were killed.-Reuter.

Britain To Support

NEW LOOK AT EMPIRE

BILL IN

IN LORDS

London, July 18.

The Press Council, an unofficial organisation which studies and pronounces complaints about British newspapers, today condemned a parlia- mentary bill which proposes strict controls for the press.

The bill, which was introduced) and corsorship that this country to the House of Lords last week has known, whether in peace or by the Eari of Selborne, calls war, for centuries."

The resolution concluded by for a licensed press under the supervision of an official three saying that though the Press man authority, licences could be Council has no statutory powvers, withdrawn

1 variety of its censure, publicity and in

"has

had offences

fluence

already marked effect"

The Council then went on to with three complaints deal which had come before it:

for

The Press Counell, a voluntary group set up by the profession itself with representatives of alistic uniona, described the bill as "misguided and reactionary," 'Abolish Freedom'

SOCIALIST proprietors, editors and journ

BACKS

China Ban? TORY PLAN

London, July 17.

float, and I permit mystif rutss it would, of course, want Crifeution on a Socialist basis,

London, July 17. Secialist MP Reginald on which it has built te state. "Is it possible to achieve this

Britain is expected reluc: Sorensen today joined Con- Rocky? Apparently this condition | existence that is, competition|tantly to support a United vervative MPs who are de- States motion for a further manding a reassessment of moratorium on discussion of the

of the organisation China's admission the Commonwealth.

is not possible tocary

"Much work must be done here, and in s work much patience must be shown must not get excited

We

By Stages

IT is now generally recog- BOMBARDIER FORGOT TO TURN they can solve their own prob-

nised that the Colony's housing problem has two components resettlement taf squatters! and provision of

hutses

the for

poorer sections of the com-

The

manity and the lower-pnid white collar classes. resettlement programme hag made useful progress and apparently could be accelerated, given the moval of "bottlenecks." But the overriding handicap both as regards resettle- ment and creation of new

residential

ro-

suburbs ap-

pears to be unavailability of developed sites.

The committee has faced up

in a

to thin Issac con:mendable manner Bri

OFF A SWITCH AND

H-BOMB WAS FOUR MILES OFF TARGET

·Washington, July 17.

in

An Air Force General told Congress hitherto-secret testimony released today that a United States hydrogen bomb missed its target by nearly four miles in a Pacific test last May because an airman "forgot to turn a switch off.”

enlarging

the Scnute Air Force

committee.

in the

preget ssing believei

Of course,

we run into sub-problems every day and we A heavily-censored have

And ways to solve version was released tonight, Then, but we have maintained

THE DANGER

pretty well our schedules."- Iteuter.

MP's VIEW OF TRADE BAN

to

But Mr Saronsen disagreed with the 20 Influential Torles who want a Royal Commission to look into the matter.

Insttad he urged immediate all-party discussions in Britain 09 Arst step.

de..

It criticised a South Lon- don weekly newspaper for suggesting that anti-Semitism was behind a fire in tocal "The mecsure would not

synagogue. The paper should fend but abolish the freedom of have printed a letter from the tho press, one of the proved rabbi denying this and an earlier historic

of safeguards

the report that the synagogue had Its British people," it said. "In its been desecrated and that

saying special

place would arise a triumvirate members were

with prayers, the Council said.

of

empowered censure

the administration of only the loot and vaguest rules....

"Almost everything listed in

the

to

Q crimes of (for

admonished the Sunday Pictorial (or printing a

possible violations of the picture of a child with the clear of propriety inference that the child, whose required standard is so vague

as to be impossible name was given, was illegitimate. defino, such as undue

It persisted in criticising publicity'

the London Daily Sketch Boxual or sudistic nature), for approaching by telephone the fumecossary exploitation* (of widow of a man who had just human grief), and unnecessary been killed in Cyprus, desplie a intrusion (on personal privacy). letter from the woman saying

TOW had she It added that a

no complaint

vto

"I think that if the GermansUnited Nations, informed in West and East Germany are

sources said today. not interfered with, when the

Britain Bul

feels that ad- two sides can be convinced that

mission of the Peking regime to the world organisation cannol les, when they can take their

bo delayed much longer place at a common table, they

she will give Ady support will find a common language.......

a new U.S. inktive not at one, but they will reach

postponement of China's Agreement gradually and by

and on "disrespect or dy to Lagainst the paper-Router. clusion in the United Nations

prevent stages."

Malaya will soon be wanting to the Royal Family" would be prompted chiefly by

know what their status in the proper considerations of Western

haviour of gulie minor royalty Commonwealth is to be.

if they acted flagrant French Tell Reds solidarity, the informants said.

He predicted that this might No a decision so far tus

disturb South Africa but more

tore against the public interest.

"No Arms Cuts' Like The Times been taken by the British Gov-then that, he said, it is necessary ernment.

Ho tuld the East German leaders don't worry" over the fuct that West Germany did

wisti not

to negotiate with them. "Don't hurry, the time will come when they will come knocking at your door," he said.

to

After Elections

to

for

In-

The urgency, he from the fact

that

ex-

said, stemS territorica much Os the Gold Coast

now to decide what the ties that the Commonwealth really bind are and what the basic minum China's membership is

terms of membership are, tq, be, that be raised at 'the M Sorensen

ugreed United forthcoming

Nations stringent terms for membership Assembly in November, after might break up the Common the U.S. presidential election. wealth as surely as a tendency

According

to allow the Commonwealth to information reaching Britain, there is little drift, but he insisted the lines drawn somewhere.m chance at present that the US must be

the London Express Service. will weaken its opposition

If the West fick been unable to "strangle" the Soviet Unionpected Inumediately after the revolu tion, even less could it strangle the

of Communist group "On that side there is great strength-I won't underestimate the strength on that aide-but

countries now.

the Socialist side the

Hits The West

Turning 1 Mar. hal Georal Zhukov, Defence Minister, he remarked "Isn't that right?"

Mr Khrushchev derided the Western countries for calling them elves the "free world."

Mr Khrushchev also derided the "freeden of the press" in the West, where he sald the working class "have the right but not the money to have their Own newspapers and radio."

General Thomas Lletel nant

Is the same hearing, Majus- ዕዳ proposes the immediate Power, Commander of the Air (General R.A. Schriever, describ-strength is also not negligible,” creation of

special hesturch แ

Developmented as being in charge of deve- development office of the | Command, Wiz

unloping the intercontinental und

range Public Works Department, the previou, Air Force official intermediate

bollistic Ita frat functions would be explanation that the miss was missiles, said that these missile

pigrammes were to ascertain what areas afnue to "a human error in

of the manipulation

al out bombing

us fast land or reclaimable sea are

as he Auitable for the construer which dropped the weapon,

equipment" of the B-52 bomb- | possible.

"We have got a tremendous tlon of new towns or His tealmony was given 121 puh going. General Schriever suburbs: what would be the cla.ed session Inst June 20 w cost of the basic engineer- ing works required, and what would be the value of the land for development or sale.

The sub-committee's Chair- The practical feature of this

man, Senator Stuart Symingtou proposal is that it envisages (Democrat Missouri), Intor- eventual development injected

nt one point: "If it include sale of the land for fellow left off a couple OL housing, sale for industry, switches you would have quite a the construction of Govern- few apologies to make for hit- ment-aided housing and the ting & elty instead of an air- construction of parks, public acid, wouldn't you?"

General buildings, schools, clinics,

Power replied; markets and other essential beings you have

"Wherever You have human This type of accident.

You have that in if the time of war. You bomb

the MANIFESTLY

housing problem is to beef you put too many safety

wrong targets ...... solved, the cost cannot be raci

factors in you star! down- borne entirely by the tax grading your performance just

They have already due to the safety factors," payers.

he met heavy commitments in sald the matter of aquniter re- settlement and that burden will continue to be carried for some time to come. But when the committee en- visages the building of new towns and suburbs, then Government and private enterprise must join handa

suburban amenities.

Senator Saltonstal commentos that the B-52's crew had had the best training, and General Ho Power went on: "Yes, sir. (the bombardier) forgot to turn а Bwlich ot. Basically it Amounts to that.

'LEFT

IT ON' "They make Irial

runs

to.

London, July 17. A Bocialist MP predlotel day that the British Government 13 heading Into n utterly anomalous" position over

the trade embargo on China.

Mr የ . Donald Chapmeh

said he understood that between 40 and 60 tractors and a num- ber of smull trucks had been exported to China as "samples" under the exceptions procedure prescribed by the general agres- ment on the embarge.

These "sample" were likely to produce sizable orders but the Government apparently saw little hope of casing the embargo at least until after the Us presidential cicctions

November.

to bring the satellites into to make sure everything is set, Mr Chapman thinks therefore being.

and there was a mwlich that on

that if firm orders are placed Government'a frnt

effective the final run should have been the government will either have role in such a partnership turned off and he left it on.

This put the error in. Com-ocptions

could be the early develop pletely human error,"

of land and the

ment

that be a fatal error

Although "Imperialists greatly love to talk about their electoral system"

they "crushed" the Guatemala government "legally deeled by the people,” he said. ver, there had been no

in Vietnam this sum- mer as agreed the 1954 Geneva conference because In South Vietnam "there has been formed, instead of the French, a most, so to speak, democratic state, and it firmly holds it in its paws."

Strength Needed

ما

entry of China into the United Nations, even after the ciceliun. The indications are that if China's

declaration on the renunciation of force In the Formosa area is not forthcoming by the autumn, the moratorium on discussion of Peking's admis- sion to the organisation will be continued.-United Press,

AIRMAN SHOT IN

CYPRUS

Nicosia, July 17.

A British airman was shot dead this afternoon by three masked gunmen at Ayios Dhomelios, a suburb of Nicosia.

The airman was visiting the houst of a Cypriot friend when the three guramen entered and shot him at point blank rango. Mr Khrushchev

Aylos Dhomeries is a western continued

suburb of Nicosia through Is the "this democracy

con-

most military trame ception of the tree world.

The which free world consists of freedom passes on the way to the major for the capitalists to plunder camps west of Nicosia. the working class without inter-

The arca has been surrounded by troops and the Investigation ference from anyone,”

15 continuing.-France-Presse.

After the Communist Party Congress last February. "certain

people" tried to use the decision General For Trial

that there wero different ronds to socialism In

"divide the fraternai Communist On Serious Charge

WW

must

parties and deal with 11 one by one,"

This wo inust under- stazi and dirtw appropriate conclusions.

"Therefore, strengthen the solidarity be tween the Communist parties and working parties which stand et Marxist-Leninist posi- Mons. We must seek contuels with socialist, partles, social de mocrats and working parties which did not stand on these positions."-Router,

London, July 17. A retired British General was cleared by a Woldingham Court today of a charge that he at tempted

to have carnal knowledge of a 13-year-old girl but was sent for trial to the Old Bailey on a charge of indecent assaultz

General Sir Frank Masservy wso a former Commander-in- Chief of Pakistan Army and of the British Foreca in Malaya and.Burma-France-Presse.

make wide to

use of the ex- procedure thereby

ban rendering the

virtually Senator Saltonstall esked: meaningless or thandon the carrying out of engineering "Would

inade altogether. works necessary before any at another time? I met would Meanwhile, in the House of building construction can be that error lead to such a failure Commons today, Mr R. W. attempted.

of accuracy that we would hit Low, Minister of State to the The formidablo task of re- pur own people

lorries had been exported 19 housing a considerable pro- awful lot of troubly make an Board of Trude, said that 120 China since the beginning of portion of tho Colony's General Power answered that this year. London Expre population can only be ful in his opinion an error of this Service. filled by carefully conceived type could never be very great. and practical town planning. ONLY SMALL ERROR Realisation must talte a long The bombardier resets time. All this is fully ac cepted in the committee's cross haing on the target. What you have the erroneous drift report.

London, July 17. Foreign Minister to serve with i Experts say his recall from Government at least has some information being put in, drit

Tron Curilan experts said the Foreign Minister, Mr Bonn also heralded a new wor thing basic on which to information from a previous run

today that the "Kremlin has Sepitov.

of nerves by the Kremlin against. work, and will be expected that the error: never

be very great because he hcs called in Valerian Zorin to topo

West Germany 'and Chancellor to make a quick decision.

unrest in the

specialist on central Konrad Adenauer personally. on the proposals contained the cross hairs on but it is riot with current

zatellites.

Europe, Zorin is credited with

The now deputy Foreign in the interim report so that ynchronised properly.

Zorin, who was recalled) sud having "pulled the stringe" Minister was expected to take a denly from his post as Am- which led, to the Communist leading part in ro-stinping Moe- badoador to. West Germany, has seizure of power in Prague ii cow polley for Germany United been appointed “, a “deputy, L. 1948,

his

could

"It is synchronised on the the committee can proceed previous run, so it will always unhibited to complete Ital be of a small magnitude," he valuable labours,

Zorin May Tackle Satellite Unrest

ever

discussion

of the be-

tho

It also objccted to the Eart of Selborne's

standard" of newspapers should.

that proposal

be that of the Times of London during May, 1058. This took no of different tastes or pocount interests among readers, the re solution said.

It said the bill would give the three-man authority "the most stringent powers of suppression

Paris, July 17. The French Government (oli the Soviet Union tonight 10 could not consider reducing lis foroča at prosent.

The message, handed over in Moscow by

Am- the French bassador, M. Maurice Dejean, was sent in reply to a letter Premter, the Soviet Marshal Nikolai Bulganin, who Invited various Nato contries

unilateral

from

POZNAN SEQUEL: 323 ARRESTED to take without warung for the

Warsaw, July 17. Poland's public prosecutor un- nounced today 323 people have been arrested in connection with the Poznan riots. He indicated most of them would face trial.

news agency Pap, conclusion of a general agree- cial Polish

ment. prosecuter Marian Rybicki sald toll in the uprising

The French Premier M. Guy the death

reducing which started on June 28 was 53. Mollet sald in reply

troops wounded French

stationed in 300 were More than and 127 were still in hospitals, | Germany "cannot be consider-

led by Steelf."—Reuter.

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