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HONGKONG

CITY of vico, of stark

poverty, et masa humanity,

of beauty, of unique enterprise.

of mysteryall thown are Hongkong. We could elaborate

and give other reasons for its

Search

For Armed Man

CHINA MAIL REPORTERS

popularity, but the shopping. Every available policeman has been 'swung

the Junka which ply the most

beautiful harbour in the world and the breathtaking scenery

that would outdo the Riviera,

art a known to those who live here.

into one of the Colony's biggest man- hunts for a desperate gunman who yesterday wounded a Chinese police constable.

this photogenic Hongkong Authorities early today announced the offer of a

there is a now and relatively untapped field

of enterprise.

This year the Colony has been found by more film producere than ever before. They have come from Japan, India, Britain, and of course America. Here are the cheapest

alluring but most

natural wattings for any film-maker and there is little wonder that they Поск here in numbers.

Hongkong girle

kana

other

on the hand have become the objects of admiration the world, over. Teal Chin has been chosen for a Suzie Wong part in London. Nancy Kwan is being con. aldered for the film to be maže kere. Bemi nallek Michele Mok In

Misi

the

World contest Wat another pretty representative who put Hongkong in the imelight. Happlly we are coming to be known for things other than drugs, tuberculosis, refugees, aqualor and housing schemes.

THIS

ta the best self- advertising the Colony has avar had. And as Mr J. D. Bridges remarked at yester day's presu conferenct, the

flow of British tourists should speedliy Increase. Not only Britisk New whipping and Ric tarvices

bringing are growing

numbers every month. The Tourist A180- ciation has never heen so well rewarded. But It necessary to ask whether we are doing all we can for our visiten.

We have urged before that Hongkong should exploit this craze for things Oriental now swaoping the Western world. There is the International Gift Show idea, proposed by the Governor, which we are still waiting to hear moro About. The

Arts recent Festival suggests another idea when the new City Hall is bulitan international photo- graphic exhibition or an ex- hibition of modern and ancient Chinese paintings and calligraphy from collectors ali over the world,

Once upon + time Hongkong used to have an annual ex- hibition of watches-couldn't there be In a permanent exhibition hall, displays of Chinese furniture, chinaware, fabrics and materials, carpets, ivoryware, Jado and curlop all the things for which China is famous? Couldn't there be exhibition 01 historical documents and relics of the West's contact with China through the centuries?

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DERHAPS the biggest single

PER

factor in the tourist trade is that Hongkong is the only free port left on the China coast today. People beljava that they can ace in Hongkang a genuine part of old China which will vanish forever perhaps within their life-time, And there is much of genuine China, in her culture, in her customs and in her traditional processes of Industry, agricul turo and fisheries that could be exhibited here and do much to supplement the some- what. superficia! attractions that we now offer.

"On a higher plane altogether

Are the opportunities Professor Kirby spoka of recently: Hongkong REA contre from which 'events in contemporary Chine can be studied. Thin in for the spesialist, however, and for the average tourist we have to make a study of ble Interests and his reasons for coming. It will be' sur- prising If It does not ga Further “then ‚our fasolnating Chinese · chow shópi, eating

buying With chopsticks and cheap radios, binoculars, mult maid"dainetas.

$5,000 reward for information leading to his arrest.

Late yesterday dozens of police cars, several marine Jaunches and squads of tracking dogs were mobilised in the search.

A helicopter carrying heavily orined police this morning was combing the area over Repulse Bay and Aberdeen.

Five Bullets

7 is believed that the criminal has eve bullets left in the gun with which he wounded the policeman at Wanchai yesterday.

The wounded policeman, 20- year-old Yung Yu-hong is at present in the Queen Mary Hos- pital where his condition is re- ported be satisfactory. Yes- terday's drama started in the lobby of a newspaper office in Wanchai at about 1.40 p.m.

was

Police authorities who fear that the fugitive may shoot it ou if cornered have served. The Chinese polleeman search parties with bullet proof making an entry in a call book jackets.

when the

atlacked with a pair of scissors,

WANTED--BY

Police

for questioning in con- nection with the shoot- ing of the constable.

man

Struggle

him

In a force struggle that fol- lowed the man cut the lanyard of the policeman's revolver and nade off with the weapon,

The polleeman

chased after the man who ran into crowded Wanchal Rd.

As the polleeman was gaining on the criminal, he turned around and shot him in the ebdomen at point blanks range,

*The wounded policeman staggered a few yards and then crumpled to the ground,

He fold frightened pedestrians to ring 999 for the poller who immediately organised a search for the man.

Stopped

The acting Chancellor, Mr Claude B. Burgess congratulates Mr Michael W. Turner - China Mall Photo. after conferring on him the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws

HK BANK CHAIRMAN

HONOURED

The Chairman of Directors and Chief Manager of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, Mr Michael Turner was today made an honorary Doctor of Laws at this morning's University Congregation.

Supplementary

Vehicular Ferry Service

Army LSTs To Be Used

Government today announced a supplementary vehicular ferry service using Army LSTs the craft used to carry tanks and armoured vehicles from transports to beaches during the

war.

The disclosure was made by the Officer Ad- ministering the Government, Mr Claude B. Burgess at today's University Congregation, He sald negotiations WETO underway with the Army and the Hongkong and Yaumati Ferry Service to insituate the new pervibe.

This would run from the pre- sent RASC comp at the Jordan Custern Road concourse to the end of the Central Reclamation near the Marine Doportances?...

"The scheme depends on fina- ing a suitable alterative berth for the Army's LSTs but I am optimistic that agreement will be reached on this shortly.

"Once the alternative berth is found, we can look forward wa service being provided within

about ten weeks

"It willl be comparatively

slow ferry at 20-mbule inter-

vals and will be used principally for commercial vehiclen, How-

Russia Could

Test H-Bombs Behind Moon

London, Nov. 17. Russia conid text 11-beusba behind the moon with- out the West knowing, The Daily Express Science Correspondent, Chapman Plocher, said this today, Ho sald Western defence experts are sailasled that Kumları could oyado a ban on nuclear 1- tests by exploding bombs behind the moon, Soviet scientists, have the

technical capacity

the moon in a rocket- launched satellite and It there. They could record the effecie and the satellite

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to

"As a team mate of his in Turner assumed the full repon- | ever, the general effect on the The degree was bestowed by the acting Chancellor, the Om- his stand-off days, I can testify siblity for our Anances when he introduction of this service will

of this now whe appointed

Tream:#cr cer Administering the Govern- to the accurucy

In be of benefit to all." almost historie report but when January 1952, and meagre in- Mr. Burgess also revealed ment, Mr Claude B. Burges

served the his identity is revealed to you, doed were the endowments we that the second vehicular Mr Turner has

for many

I am sure you will immediately then had with which to face our ferry service the tender was University

years ng

send... H-bombs behind said the Vies agree that "stand-offish" is cer- post war period of rehabilita- recently awarded to the Hong- Treasurer and, Chancellor. Dr L. T. Eide, "by tainly a most inaccurate descrip- Uon.

kong and Yaumati Ferry Com- his wise investing of

our own tion of him today: for he is none

pany-will be pushed ahead "as last us we can push 11," remaining funds, he has saved other than that very approach- expenditure of many lakhs of financier whom you see the Hongkong community the able and most genial of Hong- kong's cltizens, our leading dollars on its University."

#ssumingly standing here with me now, robed in ceremonial red, symbolie of both achieve- ment and happiness,

Interporter

Dr Ride also spoke of the days when he und Mr Turner Meanwhile the man brandish-used to play interport Rugby ing the loaded revolver stopped for Hongkong. He said;

private car driven by Mr Tse Mon-hing, proprietor of Cathay Radio Shop.

At gun point, Mr Tse drove the man trough Stubbs Roud, Island Road in Repulse Bay and up to Stapley.

(Conta, on Back Page, Col. 4)

U.S. Carrier To Be Scrapped Here

famous American air. craft carrier is to be broken up for scrop in Hongkong.

She is the 10,400-ton Shaanrock Bay which ·Bgured la the bate of Leyto Gulf.

· Philippine Islands, in Ocløber 1944, which Dealed the fate of the Украде Navy in World War II.

Azure.

Bay will be The Shamrock

turned into 'rode and bars used in the building industry. General Manager and Bole Pro- prietor of the Shun Fung Ironworks Ltd, Mr L, Y Leung, went to the United States In May to buy the Shamrock Bay.

Mir Leung said yesterday him!

CUIDPLOY Was the only one in. Hongkong, which had an alco- trio. furnaca ́: which would unable the fanlory' taï osat: the. inorajs steel lato rods and bars.

The Shamrock Bay is due, to arrive in the Colony today. She has boen towed from Boston, ýin the - Burs Canal -and has bwon, bought by the

local shipbreaking : firm, of | The Shamrook Bar, bulif only

the 8ham Fung Ironworks

for

ünAinatoied

18 your two by the chine, Company Jasy Vancouver,

Team Mate "Throughout these long years

He said it was hoped to have of his work for the University the new service in operation by I have been privileged again to un-

mid 1981. be his team mate ond again to

It would incorporate a form see how, with those short safe af propulsion entirely new to thrusts which characterised his Hongkong and would make Successful Rugger tactics, he has possible a more efficient and with equal auccess built up and quicker system of loading and consolidated our finances over off-loading. less complicated

"But the present unassuming meeks to in mariti contra with the mien he assumed ky "As long ago as 1931, a local the days to which i have re- reporter, in describing an inter-ferred; for then, as he crouched port Rugby football match be- | colsed behind his scrum, his tween Hongkong and Shanghai, looks were calculated 30 spread commented at some length on terror and

the C'may la

| the years; by his wise investing plers, and most important of all,

of our own remaining funds, he an earlier completion date. has saved the Hongkong com-

IN SYMPATHY n-unity the expenditure of many lekhs of dollars on its Univer

"We are

Mr Burgess said he "sym-

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back to carih in the same method they relayed the picture of the moon's other side. This posibility is having three immediately poli- tical consequences;

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for the East-West con- Geneva on nuclear

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city, and by his interest and pathised sincerely" with those the excellent form of the Hong- opposing Shanghai defence; but advice he has enabled us to who had felt the need for kong stand-off half; the report little did he dream that wộ hìn build up a financial structure new service for so long. drew particular attention to this twenty years he would again,

There has been a delay but which is as sound and economic as that of any university I know, it has been caused by a number halfback's useful short punts here in Hongkong face trouble Into touch in endeavour to put from the, nach, for he was ther

which added gratefully mindful of considerations within, distance of the line fr called upon to help us repair and deeply appreciative of his together make the

much toore complicated the ravages that our Shanghai services so generously and freely that final thrust."

"How often he made these war loss had caused in the given to us and to greater Hong- than it is at first sight.

"For the last few months final thrusts possible, and to financial armour of our Univer- kong and would wish to place what advantage they were pui, įsity.

our feelings on permanent record delay has been due entirely

the tender shown by the score, at no- "After having assisted the by adding our Treasurer's name the requirements of

necessary delay side, which was 21 to 3 in favour predecessor in carrying this ur- to the select group of our procedure-a

which has been frustrating for of Hongkong,

den for a couple of years, Mr Honorary Graduates.”

Government as well as for the public."

By A CHINA MAIL. REPORTER

Washington, was

one of the vast fleet of American escort Carriers whleh accompanied The American Naval

Leak forcon on

their campalgza agalnut-ike “Japanese.

It was the Shamrock' Bay and other vessels of `a small moli

The small Whit unleashed heavy barrages from behind's bustoðke screen whlfo their plants at- tacked from above. felleving they were up against American battleships kad, big

carriers, Vice Admiral Karita bruke dike - engagement after two hours, having lost three beavy cruisers, one light cruiser," and three destroyers.

of a major Tik fleek-tank foron | The unfi in which the Bhamrock assigned to provide support... Bay was fighting under Bear ing, fra for an American in vation * ferée;- which i śrielund (Japanise, naval modia Enta bes Deving, tant they were un priimdavad

"Adinimă Clirtan Sprague, lost „Ímo- dentròyárs, ■ destroy me micors and an "escort alroruri. SPEN

peeler The Leyle Gulf battle

destruction of Japanese, Naval might in the Pactio,

The

Shamrock · Bay · IDERSUTOS --- 520 feet long and ls. 108 fert wide and she had a war-tiano complement of: 1,100..

The Shamrock Bay carried 39 aircraft, one five-inch gun and 24 20 mm AA - She1 had-a. speed of 19,5′ kaola. ¿Though lald: dawn in November: 1948, she was not completed unill' March, 1944./She wis ana of- five other stroraf) curriors"of theɛname" class completed that

ALL together 36 of thats encrisen İware-comslated between ABT-

It will provide further excuse for

delay by those politicians and de.

fence scientists - who don't want tests banned untit they completed their own 11-bomb ex- periments.

GE.C

warimn

hout waiting

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