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TAIPO ROAD TO HAVE 2 BRIDGES Reconstruction Plans Announced
Work will begin early in September on the improvement of Tai- po Road, one of the main routes linking Kowloon with the New Territories.
The work involves the reconstruction of the bridges at the 14-milestone and the 15-milestone to eliminate the dangerous road bends exist- ing at these two points. The roadway at the two places will also be widened and re-aligned,
New Reservoir Will
Overlook
Tiger Balm Gardens
AL
the 14-millestone, the present bridge will be replaced by
reinforced a
concrete parabolic arch cuivert 23 feet wide, 15 feet high and 310 feel Jong
The new roadway to be buil aver the culvert will have a 24- foot carriageway with Krass verges on both sides. A nine- withe pavernent will be provided for pedestrians.
Footpath
bridge
A reinforced concrete will also be built to replace the
14-milestone. The new bridge
vesent hum bridge near
the
A new service reservoir is to be built by
Government to serve the Tai Hang area, e 42 feet long and 19 feet where development has been proceeding at a rapid pace.
The service reservoir, to be constructed (141 the hillside overlooking the Tiger Balm Gardens, will have a cajority of 314,000 gallons. When coni. pleted, I will help to inervase water pressure in the Ta ilang district.
Construction work will begin about month's time and it is expected that the new set- vice reservoir will be ready for the early next year.
T310
reservoir
service
will
have a top water level of 650
Government
Appointments Gazetted
The Government Gazelle nuli-
feet and will be connected by Red today the following up
pipe-pointments, promotions, transfers
an
eight-Inch diameter
te to the alter station of the and postings; junction of Stubbs Houd, Tut Hang Houd and Workmeisheng
Work on his mile-lonK Ron. pipeline has already started, Chai Wan Dam
Wolk will begin towards the end of August on the construc- 1,000,000-gallon salt pro-
2017
winter service reservoir to vidle water for flushing purposes in the Chai Wan Resettlement Area,
Tenders for the work, which will take about nine months to complete, e called for in tum day's Governmedi Gazette,
The reservoir, to be stated en a hill west of the Sai Wan Military Cemetery, is one of wa sail water reservoirs to be buil on tongkong island. The other is under construction at North Point.
Mr Ip Che, to be Assistant Secretary Colonial Secretariat.
Me C. J. Norman resumed duty as Commissioner ut Pri- 2085; Mr G. R. Piekett, Assistant Commissioner, ceased to act as Commissioner of Prisons; Mir Blukenthal, Superintendent of Prizons, erased to let us Assis- Sany Conumissioner of Prisons,
wide.
The work at the 15-mile- stone calls for the reconstruction of some 500 feet of the rand to provide a 24-foot carriageway with eight-foot wide [outpuths on cliher side.
A now reinforced concretu bridge, 42 feet wide and 23 feet long, will also be built at the 15-milestone.
FRIDAY, JULY 24, 1959.
Mr de Mello Kamath presents a parcel to a blind girl. Standing beside him is Mr F. T. Melwani. --- China Mail
Photo.
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Language Merger 5
For 100 Million
People Of Asia
Kuala Lumpur, July 23. Malaya and Indonesia are working on plans to give nearly 100,000,000 people in South-east Asia a common, unified language.
The success
of us scheme sent, but it is intended to drop
afler ten wilt tighten links between the Engilsh
years, To in unity
Malaya's two neighbouring countries, achieve
the Go- in muli-racial society. and reduce speech barriers
convinced that Southern Thailand, Singapore, vernment is
45 Sarawak, Brunel, North Borneo, Malay must be established
the Southern the common language, some islands in Philippines and Dutch-ruled
West New Guinea, where Malay Key To Unity
ΟΣ Indonesian is spoken.
The
Malara- - Indonesian
language would then
become
the major tongue in
Very Similar
the
25
years
-AGO-
THAT with plagues and
WH
7. piracies, typhoons and fires and at least ono dis- astrous flood, Hongkong's history since the British possession has been any. thing but dull, records "Colonia" in "Old Hong- kong".
Hongkong was devastated by two big fires, one in 1851 and another in 1880 which broke out From
house unoccupied upposite the old Briilsh Hotel in Queen's Road West.
Inspector de Siva, said the fire was definitely the work of un incendiary.
With lightning rapidity, the fire spread and before it was extinguished, it had gutted 200 houses on both sides of Queen's Road West from Riach's Timber Yards to the huge coal dump broader On a
basis, for- near the P and O building. sighted Malayans see the inn- "Little water was available in and in the few uage as a key to unile a large the vicinity
between part of South-east Asia. Pre- minutes that clapsed seni re-operation between Indo- the discovery of the blaze and
with.. nesia and Malaya comes under the arrival of volunteers a treaty of friendship, but there water, the fire had spread to the as litle doubt that if a common adjoining houses whose filmsily language dces
emerge, It
inflammable will built
verandaha Already the fanguage shared | sprend 10 nearby territories offered every encouragement to by the two countries is very where some form of Malay is the Eames. almilar, but awkward differences aiready being tought and
"All available police in the in spelling, pronunciation and spoken.
Colony were rushed to the sceno usage have grown up in recent As an example of the dimeul- and did splendid work in fight- Teara
tles which exist and have to being the fire and keeping the crowd out of the danger
"In the meantime
a delock. ment of troops from the Ceylon countries Rifles was sent to the Mini tu
"When the fire assumed gravo
Mr F. M. De Mello Kamath, Commissioner for India, dis-strategie area bridging Asia and
tributed packages of sweetmeats to the blind children the Pacific. at Honeyville during his first visit there this morning.
Mr F. T: Melwant, who gave the sweets, welcomed the Com- missioner on arrival and pre- seated the Rev. Mother Anna and members of her staff.
Later the Commissioner was introduced to the Rev. Mother Antonietta Monzon the former Mother-General of the Canossian Daughters of Charity al present
The reconstruction project. Lenders for which are called for | on a visit to this Colony. In today's Government Gazette,
I will take about a year to com-
piele.
Chairman's Appointment
Archdeacon Lee Kou-yan has furnished to the Colonial Secte tary satisfactory evidence of his appointment to the oltice of Chairman of the Hongkong Chinese Christion Churches Union, the Government Gazelle notified today.
Mr H. A. Edwards, Hospital Assistant Trade
ነ።
Skecelary, tu nei
Chief Hospital Sternlary: Mir Tão Chang-lug. 10 act us Chief Health Insperior; Ass Uklan Khoo, be Senior Porneelst;
Commissioner
Mr D. J. McEachran bos bern
The
Vittorka Rev. Mother Garre, Mother Provincial of
Pokfulam
Road To Be
Re-aligned
the order in Hongkong To improve traffic flow and
companied
Mulher
Monzoni
wha expressed. Whe wish to spend the whole day with the girls at Honeyville,
Ometals
Teething
Both Kuala Lumpur un overcome, the treaty document huge Djakarta are giving priority to had to be signed in three lan- zone. this speech merger andgunges-Malay, Indonesian Ma- language experts are working lay, and English.
of both together in the two capitals.
The scheme has far-reaching look forward to the day when guard it against looting. political and cultural possibil only one version of diplomatie given Asia a word ties This language has already exchanges will be needed.-proportions and threatened
which hasReuter." to provide a much needed shaken the old order of colonial dumping ground in the rule "Merdeka (Freedom),.
which has become the Nation- Pokfulam area, part of a Although the girls are on
valley near the Elliot fiftoralist rallying cry in Malaya, holidays they school
Indonesia and were
Singapore, bode is to be filled in,
shout of patriotism from a now happily engaged on lace-making,
will enable Pokfulam | generation knitting, punching Braille and
in these fands of by touch the Road to be re-aligned so as to jungle and palm trees. reading quietly
made then-ellminate a dangerous curve. books they have
A retaining wall 185 feet long selves,
will be built to contain the all material. The height of the wall | will vary from 20 to 45 icet. When the area is Alled by dumping, about half an acre of Iand will be available for a bus terminus as well as three silkig stations.
12 Granted British Nationality
Trade Commis-The Government Gazette notified today that the Guzette notlẞed
Mr D. 1. Small, to net Sentor appointed Assistant Canadian Seciali (Dental); Dr Yap Governmen Jin-hwee, to act us Specialist sianor Ju Hongkong, the (Dental); Mr Mak Kwong-[cung | Government and Dr Peter thing Sten-mel, today. the Dental Surgeons; Dr Teng Chunk-wei, to bc Medical ometr: Dr Wong Kwong-leunt to be a Medical Ofeer of
Salt water for the Chai Wan reservoir wall be pumped Inrough i 12-inch dianeter Schools. main from a pumping station on the north side of the typhoon shelter in Sai Wan Bay, about a quarter of a mile away.
Recognised
Mr L. M. Pandjalton has been recognised provisionally
as
Consul for Indonesia at Hon-
act as Mr H. D. Stead, lo Chief Engineer; Mr W. C. Bell. to net
Chlef 26 Assistant Engineer; Mr A. Mar, ceased to 10 net as Chief Engineer; Mr Joh Dennis Johnston and Mr. E 8. Law to be Estate Surveyors, Mr W. Nell, to be Secretory (Establishment), Urban Services Department
Mie Keh Jiak-chong to be on
kony, the Government Gazette Assistant Registrar of the Re- Holined 10day.
gistrar General's Department.
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exclusively present
Hollywood
Struck Off
Tulan and Co., Ltd, has been struck off the register and the company was dissolved, the Government Gazette notified today.
Port Executive
Mr W. B. Rac-Smith has been appointed to be a member of the Port Executive Committee, the Government Gazette noll- fed today.
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Mr Ger Shut-yow, known as Howard Shut-yow Gee, en- Avenue, gineer, of 3 Soures second floor.
Mr Chong Tuck-wing, teacher, of Summerbliss Building, 48 Leighton Road, second Noor.
Mr Pee-lin Chow, known as Denny Pee-lin Chow, known ns. Dennis Chow, labour inspec- tor, of 20 Granville Road, ground floor.
Mr Chan Pang-fee, merchant, of 33 Jolinston Road, third Boor, Mr Sene Tre-ching, merchant, of 21 Cheung Woh street, second floor.
Mr Wont Loon-slag, known
a Wong Cho-chor, herballst, of 186 Fook Wah Street, floor.
third
Mr Shaw Vee-kay, khown as Andrew Shaw, company direc tor and manager, of 205 Prince Edward Road,
This
Construction of the retaining wall will take about five months and another twelve months will be required to fill in the area.
'Red Murderer'
Guillotined
Near Saigon
Saigon, July 23.
3
It springs from a virile and fast-growing language spoken by Antons from Malaya to parts of New Guinea, a span of 3.000
miles.
yan
Basically Malay
to wipe out the whole business section of the city, His Excel- leney the Governor, Sir Richard MacDonnell accompanied by his ADC arrived at the spot, and not content with directing others. His Excellency gave munun help and encouraged the hundreds of volunteers to Ho de Janeiro, July 23.
the utmost exertions," District police commander
The P and O fire foot Delegado Enoch Oliveira spoke brought into action but falled to with vehemence and a lisp stem the blaza. Oll stocks in- today when he ordered his men side burning shops added fresh to expend all effort to find a
fuel to the fire. culprit.
Was
wero
It was not until 3 a.m. when Despite his voent handicap, the fire had been roging for The spread of the language Oliveira made it clear that he more than eight hours that the which is basically Malay, as wants fast action in tracking Royal Engineers decided to take spoken originally in the Mala- down the thief who took his drastic action.
from a glass of, peninsula ond parts of false teeth
Charges of explosivo Sumatra island, has been water while Oliveira took an laid under two houses adjoining the coal parallel to
the timber yards and the political up- efternoon siesta.-UPI. heavals In Asia after World
dump, and an effective fre Watt 11.
break was established by blow- ing both houses in pieces.
The Bro break was successful and as daw broke jets of water were extinguishing the inst dying embers in a ruined street.
For most of Indonesia's 85,- An 000,000 or more people it is "adopted" Janguage, but in 20 yours it has travelled rapidly And developed extensively. Universities, dims, radio, books, actors singers and Government laws have all become factors in spreading it more widely.
Outsiders have learned to speak Malay-Indonesian chlefly for the powerful radio broad- casts beamed into this key area
ton and Melbourne.
by Moscow, Pakking. Washing-
A "Communist murderor" was publicly executed yes,
Malaya, home of Malays, is terday by the guillotine in secking to catch up with Ba Xuyon Province, south Indonesian developments of the capital of Saigon, put the language on a common
footing. Vietnam news agency said
today,
The agency saidi the man,
Free Of Slang
and
Nouyen Trung Binh, operated Malays and Indonesians un- as a Red gesaain and wes-con- derstand each other quite well victed of murdering Mr Tran In what is called "standard Van Glap, deputy hamlet chief Malay the pure idiom frea of a village in Long Phu dis, of slang and regional expres- trict."
slons. But la everyday speech He was convicted by the Sal- there are a host of differences gon military court on April 18 which have been summed up 1950.
by a Minlay in these terms:
"We Malays speak roughly
Mr Chen Yuen-Ioo, known AS The agency sold more than Y. F. Chen, general building 1,000 people watched the execute the same way as British contractor, of 8 Comfort Ter- tiba.--Reuter,
race, King's Road.
New
Elizaveta Petrovna
Rapidova. known
Tesar, of 120 Blue
ground floor.
as Elizabeth
Pool Road,
Mr Woo Klen-han, known as Woo Dee-goe, known As D. . Woo, compradare, at 17 Obser- vatory Rond, second floor.
MrTi-liang Yang, magistrate,
of 20 Village Terrace, second floor, Village Road,
ar Chan Kour fook. supervisor, of 40 Street, ground floor.
New C.O. For Auxiliary Air Force
Nigerians Demonstrate
of
people speak English, while tho Indonesians could be compared with the Americans. Our op- proach is correct and formål, perhaps a little old-fashioned. The Indonesians have mado Malay broader, more up-to- date and alive."
People of the older genera- tion sometimes shake their heads over Tagy adaptations la- troduced into the language,
Lagos, July 23. More than 1,000 workers cargo the Nigerian trade, congress de-
Spaco Language Chiklang monstrated outside the French Modern Malays and "Indo- Consulate here last night Innesians, however, want to see protest against France's propos- their "language" to be such that edatom bomb tests in the it can be used for all univer- Sahara.
Bity subjects, from philosophy The French Conzul-General, to outer space. The age-old M.-Claude-Le-Provost, declined speech-of-Sultans-and-peasants.. to see a delegation, and sent must change to suit the needs Bate to the workers saying that at det pilots and surgeons. * he considered : It hia duty to A Jolat Indonesia-Malays decline to accept any letter commission is expected to bo “aiming" "at" uiterfering in the set up to agree upon a common
Com- G. J. Bell Internal affairs of the French, Romanisca" spelling, Squadron Leader has been appointed to act ex republic. A
milicos in both nations are al Commanding
the Officer of
Strong forces of police, arm-work and harn aro. proposals Hongkong Auxiliary Air Force, ed with batons surrounded the to exchange literary experts. the Government Gazette notiñed" consulato; "but the demonstra- Malay and English are both today.
tion was peaceful---Reuter." official languages here at pre-
Over Weight
Sand Springs, Okla., July 23 Riley Wilson is on extra- ordinarily temperate man.
Several Chinese 1ost their Working under his car yesteryea in the fire and the damage day, he asked his wife to get
was stated to have in the car to steady a bolt he
one million dollars, | was trying to lighten.
Mrs Wilson's weight lowered the car's hot exhaust pipe onto Wilson's chest.
exceeded
now The Government has confirmed the appointment of Mr W. A. Cornell as Architect for the
Central British to be erected
site south of
"Sally," said Wilson, "please get back out of the car."
School proposed "Why?" asked Mrs Wilson. on an extensive "Because, dear," said Wilson, Argyle Street, Kowloon, op.
polic this hot exhaust pipe is press.
Hospital.
ing across my chest,"UFI
This Funny World
Row
Kowloon
Be Browns
"Did you say that that cheese I bought yesterday was imported or deported from Switzerland?”
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