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THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1957.
HONGKONG STUDENT EXODUS TO OVERSEAS UNIVERSITIES
Figures Of Recent Departures
By George Chee
A large number of students are leaving Hongkong to study in American, Canadian, Australian and British universities and technical institutes.
In
In the case of Australia, more than 40 per cent of the people going there are students. the case of Canada and America, about one-eighth are students!
The reason Isto be found partly in the Hongkong Un versity's Inability to take all who want to enter.
To Specialise
not represent the number people leaving for England.
of
But from the shipping com- panies and airlines I earn that almost 500 students have left for either Britain, Europe, or other places since January.
don't
Trizz with many pupils show that they really want to leave the colony.
But other students, already university. graduates, are going to the major centres of Westem learning to specialise in some particulas fçid of their work, "I have to leave because
interview, In an
Mr. EJI. here is no accommodation for Vice-Consul Moat,
theme in the Hongkong Univer- sliy," said a 19-year-old mal:!- American Immigration Office, said that of the 1,200 people who culated pup!). had left for the United States during the last six months, 180 were students,
of
"Out of 032 people who left Hongkong for Australia
since
July 1, 1056, 238 are students." Mr V.D.P. McInnes, Australian Government Immigration Ofleer in Hengking, seld..
"Girls go there and take up nursing and boys,
selence courses," he added,
For Canada
of
And this is typient of the comments of departing students. Their Chances
What prospects do Hongkong students,, rejected by the HKU. have af getting into
universities?
overseas
The acting Registrar of the Hongkong University, Professor PK. Pricaliey said yesterday:
is
In
"It all depends on the faculty. If they are going in for medi- eine their prospects are prac- Mr G. E. White thetically nll. Engineering is rather
Omce better but still difficult. Canadian Immigration
IL- often faculties told me, "1,200 have already other Icft for Canada and of these rather easy. -150 ore students; and there are many more on the walling st," It is dimcult to tell how many have left for the United Kingdom, Because the number of British passports issued
*The situation lifters in various parts of the world, but it students are interested In medicine they are just wasting their time In-Australia, Canada or Britain trying to get into doj university."
SIDE GLANCES
By Galbraith
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7-16
1.21. Rog. U.H. PL MIL KAISTA NEA Koraler, kad
"Sis ought to be in Hollywood all right-sho' suro can put on a beautiful act, when she's talking to a new boy friend!"
JAPANESE ECONOMIC
TALKS WITH
SOUTHEAST ASIA GOVTS
Mr Ataru Kobayashi, Japanese roving ambassador, arrived at Kai Tak in transit this morning on his way to Bangkok.
SHEAFFERS
Skrip
Malayan Financier's EDITH COMES OUT
Plans For Wanchai
A Malayan financier who bought property in Wanchai last November, intends to develop sites of 11 houses in that
area.
Rents in the new structures are expected. to yield more than eight times the present total.
Details of the first part of the scheme involving five houses Nos. 32-40 Lee Tung Street, were laid
Tenancy Tribunal
before
Presi
dent, Mr W. F. Elokering, this morning.
Five New Houses
Mr Oen Yin-choy of Malaya. was represented in court by hi power of attorney, Mr Kong Sin-hing. He has placed his building scheme in the hands of Mr Wong Cho-tong, registered architect, who has drawn up plans for Avo new houses to cost - $225,000.
Mr W. I. Cheung of Mes578 P. H. Sin and Company, who appeared for the owner, sad that the site is in need of re development and that some of the houses were infested with white ants.
At present.
cruing from
the tenants
rental ac- of the houst
Eve existing tenement totals $0,700 a year,
The estimated annual rental from the new six-storey structure was quoted at $80,380,
The decision whether or not excmption of the properly will be recommended will be an
nounced later.
During a tour of Southeast Asia, he will hold economic`* talks, with a number of governments.
Mr.
r Kobayashi, who stayed countries and discuss economic for about an hour, told the problems with their Covern- Press that he was going. to inits.
In study conditions
those
1st DAY SPECIAL REDUCTION development
FOUR DAISY OPENS
AND SO DOES OUR
Dresses
From
August 22nd to
31 ST
Paquieres
Many Problems.
MOTORBOAT TOOK TO0
MANY PASSENGERS
Edith.
the
STERN FIRST
65-foot Kowloon The lug will be going into dry
dock later.
Booka tug, was stated this morning to be “Just about re- ficated now."
The re-foaling operations have been in progress since the tug capsized during towing opera- ilons off the Docks early last week.
The
storm tropical
which brought strong winds and to the Colony heavy rain this week delayed operations by a few days. Above are three plotures taken
a
China Mali Photo- by
·grapher yesterday" showing (1) Edith's stem buoyed up ont of the water, (2) tho salvage lighter, Tessle, haul- ing her faritime out of the water and (3) workmen cons necting the crane "$0. the sunken tug's bown.
WORKERS ASK FOR DISCHARGE NOTICES TO BE WITHDRAWN
The Naval Dockyard Unions this morning asked the management to withdraw notices of discharge recently given to 160 workers, because of economics ordered in the new British defence programme,
Leung Cheung, 63, motor- Ile oald he would also ex-boat coxswain, was fined plain the Southeast Aston $40 by Mr D. L. P. Edwards
fund scheme,
Court this which Premier Kishi proposed at the Marine recently.
morning for carrying eight passengers in excess of the 22 he was allowed to carry..
Defendant, who was inter- This development fund, Mr
Bay p11 cepted in Hunghom Kobayashi malda, entailed many August 14, said the boat which problems, and detailed explana- was usually engaged in carry- tlon of is noture, was necesing coolies to and from the SNEY.
Hunghom reclamation was out Speaking on devaluation, he of order and he was asked to said it was "absolutely im- take them after works.
(the unions') that you fear that fulf its promise. It is hoped possible" the Yen to be
for
the management's Inten- that the management will care cevaluce.
So Kan, 51, was cautioned tion to substitute the use of for the workers hardships, fui- Japan's
situation for economic
A its promise and withdraw was such that more Improve-motorboat on August 12 near working methods, I can assure the notice of dischargo in order mend was forecast in the near Eucy A4. Defendent said the you that this is not so", the to pacify the workers bewilder-the
other boat, which belonged to Unions' latest letter to the ment and uneasiness." Mr. Kobayashi said devaluation the same company as his vessel, Commodore said: had never been considered. He added that inflation had never existed in Japan.
future.
All Southeast Asian countries, he stated, had good trade rela- tions with Japan, and the nation taking steps to promote that relationship to higher level.
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Mr 'Kobayashi, former Presi- dent of the Japanese Dovelop- ment Bank, will be away from Japan for about 50 days.
More Illegal Immigrants
Mlegally
towing
Quoting a letter from Com- "Our unions definitely object modore G. D. A. Gregory which to such conflicting action.
Tho
said "It appears from your letter Dockyard management does not Women Victims
Of Snatchers
it is
another controet Jabour
had engine trouble and he was' halted to give assistance.
for
norma
"Now that those words are the management The arresting offer told the still, fresh, Court that defendant did not whilst allowing the continuance tell him about Uds at the time of contract labour, starts to dis
charge Dockyard personnel,"
of arrest.
TRIAL EXPORT BATCH OF
QUICK-FROZEN OYSTERS
Hongkong's million-dollar oyster industry is now branchiar out into a new In-exporting quick-frozen fresh oyster meat to the American market.
According to the Department of Commerce and Industry's newly released Trade Bulletin, a sample consignment has been
"It is hoped that this process may open up MBUJ
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Six men picked up on Ping Chau island as illegal Immigrants are being ques-markets," the Bulletin added.
tioned by Police today, it was authoritatively learned. Tho six were picked up on Tucadoy morning and they told Polien they came from Hol Fung, south of Swatow. They were wearing ordinary clothes,
But The, police know nothing of “the saga of a daring escapo" In the Sea Horse 2073.
Commenting on reports that 20 people had excaped from the Chinese mainland, the Govern- ment, Public Relations Omeer said: "Parties of legs! - Ira- migrapia often attempt to land on Hongkong territory and thaso may be just another. But the only record, the Police have that approximates this report is that a party of alx came from Hol Fung, and, aro' now being held for questioning.”
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NOW WE CULTIVATE OUR OWN PEARLS
The Trade Bulletin, in an
artidlo on, the oyster in dustry entitled "Wealth from the Sea" said: "Considerable interest has also been aroused by a largo-scale pilot :exporî- ment in the cultivation of peutta
"About 8,000 pearl oysters, which had previously been embedded
with nuclei by experienced
The letter also asked:
that the system of employ ing contract labour should be completely cancelled; It it were necessary to re- duce workers in some de partments it was hoped they could be transferred arch. alworbed into other depart- ments,
· NO CONNECTION
In his reply. Commodore G.D.A Gregory said there was no intention of substituting co- tract work for normal working
methods.
"On the other hand the management must retain the right to use the method of deal- ing with occasional surplus work. Hence it is impossible to accede to your request that the system of employing contract labour be abolished..
The Commodore' said there:
were
Seven Chinese women
victims of snatchers in Hongkong and. Kowloon during the last 24 hours.
Cases reported to the Police involved the loss of watches, a purse and a handbeg,
In one case in Tai Po Road, a atispect was arrested by * detective who was in the vicinity and gave chase when the victim called for help,-
|STOP PRESS
· LAST TRIP Southampton, Aug. 21 The Iner. Now. Australia salled today for Australia with her last load of In- migrants.
The 20,266-ton Iner wan of formerly the Monarch Bermuda, a pleasure okules the ship plylog ̈ between
Tilted States and Hermia. Sho la to be sold-Walled · 'Fresa
was no connection between the BLOWN TO DEATH
the practica
wherever
present discharges and the use technicians, were cult of contract labour. vated at Kat O Island,, Ila niso, sald. it had always near Hongkong, and when been harvested, yielded more posible to absorb surplus labour by Inter-departmental transfer. than 4,000 bilster pearls, varying from 14 to 27 mm. each in diameter. "For a triat'' endeavour, this was considered an unqualißed Success, especially as the lustre on the pearls was claimed to
· bo ́excplant.
"Moreover every effort in being made to, belp workers|| under notice of discharge to obtalo other employmen8, although the makingement has no obligation to do so,”
Manila, Aug. 22. Two young brothers” yes- terday cáind scrom a grenajo in their yard,, toyed wila it and were-Instantly, blown, le death in Bangsbon town.
The ground was bell"rod- to have been left baḥhidi bor: UB. tecops who ostaped -- Lis the "Yard's ', vicinity World,- War - II. --- 'Frazion- Presse.
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Street City of Victoria in the "Colony" of Hought
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