1959-12-18 — Page 6

THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1959.

ALL OVER PATIENCE? A REAL VIRTUE HERE! A Man In

HONGKONG

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A---LONG-SUFFERING eross-section of Colony residents the other day bitterly voiced their opinions on one of Hongkong's most criticised public services the vehicular ferry.

An extensive survey by a China Mail reporter and photographer indicated that most vehicle owners were exasperated at having to use what they described as an "outdated mode of harbour traffic."

the

ferry Hongkong as

Some

described people interviewed method of vehicular transport In complete farce."

By

Steve Dunleavy

minutes

to

another ten cross the short stretch of harbour between Hong- kong and Kowloon. However on the return journey shortly after 6.30 pm, we weren't nearly us fortunate.

First we had to make a Jordan from

Together with a phate- grapher trunciled in a cas

After forming a double over the weekend, derisa qene stretching for about the harbony on the ferry to 20 yards we sat in the cur turn

attacks for about 20 minuten

before we were ushered to. Read into Canton Road and

join a 40-yard queue. wards the ferry,

see whether their were justified. We arrived at the Hong- kong ferry wharf at 10.30 a. where two policemen and at least half a dozen officials were diveting the heavy streams of traffic

There, another three allicials were needed to direct the ferry load.

When we finally start- ed moving. Vit took

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We

we

Amid impatient ear- loads of familles, We edged at a snail's pace until were directed back into Jordan Rd., 10 join a 60-yard queue.

The Total

Forty-five minutes

fery.

Ister

were "fed into the

A twelve-minute journey Frally landed us in Hong- total kong to bring the

hunr Inn journey to, one Wigles.

This was apparently good

missiles on an endless tour over America's 222,000 miles of railroad are being developed by the U.S. air force. The missile cars would travelpoing as it was a dull day. in unpredictable patterns to keep the enemy from knowing where to aim an attack.

Now most of the Colony residents are very

aware

of the ferry situation, How- Air Force

"Every so often we even about the experts are cautil- eerned

need for ever my interviews show-

J inx

this

mobility

mobile to major

retaliatory ed not.

aware hear of some official from many were quarantee that the miles will weapon that they have given not be knocked out in the event the project the highest priority

Un

of a meak antzek,

The fixed-base missiles, they paint out, wit always be "sitting duck" for enemy rockets.

The paper missile trains would have at least one special- by-designed launching car, as well as working cars and diners and sleepers for the crews of The Strategie Air Command. The SAC crews wouldt the country on "alert" tours of about two weeks ench.

room

The U.S. Defence Depart ment is

reported to be so con-

of what was being done to remely the situation.

overseas investigating pos

joiner but of

Come

sibilities for a 1,000 to be made Mr Kee Wan, a business- nothing seems to

man of Happy Valley who it," he added.

in the night queue Well known Hongkong was said that he has to use the jockey Terry at least twice a week. "But still can't get used to it." he told me.

Trst fixed-be Minute- men fauncher is out expected to be ready for action before 1963. And the rub-cor Minuteman

will

require at least another year or two to be operational,

Jestimated that obout 1,000 Minutemen will be produced in the nexi

years-- with as

"Ever since I can remem- ber there has been tulk

many as one-third scheduled of a bridge, a tunnel or

for misstle trains.

(Londen Express Service).

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Marcel Samarca said that he couldn't under- stand why a bridge has not been built across the har- hour.

"This waiting in these quence is nerve wracking,' he said.

"If you live on the Hong- kong side you feel that you

the ferry service was person enough to deter a from buying a car.

a

It gets that way that I just can't be bothered un- dergoing the ordeal of the crossing," one man said.

don't get "Sometimes 1 across to Kowloon for month at a time."

Kowloon businessman P. Savalani said that for modern city

with the geography of Hongkong a bridge or a tunnel was " must."

PART OF

ง double- lined queue in Jor- don Road. Further queues in Canton Rood, and at the approach of the ferry also choke the thorough- fares. This photograph was taken while the China Mail team were waiting to cross. The final crossing took ពត hour and ten minutos. Some veteran ferry tra- vellors said that this was F comparatively short journey for the weekend.

**Joiner"

some kind of between Hongkong and Kowloon.

They all agreed that the vehicular ferry was some- thing from the past ages and it was impeding the

progress of the Colony, I P. would go as far as saying a their opinion would be very representative of the long- suffering public.

have to get the family 00 "Business and trade the other side at least once would certainly feel an up a week.

lift if some speedy trans- portation scheme across the harbour was devised," he added.

"But it makes it more of a task than a pleasure,

"Apart from the obvious need for a bridge, think of These interviews were how it would improve the look of the harbour!" added,

A senior executive of the company which owns. the vehicular ferrios admitted

to mo when interviewed that "on occasions condi- tions are slow."

New Piers

He added that the whole only a few of about thirty system would be speeded up he people questioned on the with the erection of extra

ferry situation.

piers.

Other men and women interviewed agreed that

Everyone of those in- "Of course only the terviewed advocated for Government can permit the construction of a pier," he i said.

ROBOT NURSES FOR The Government is now

HOSPITAL TASKS...

New York.

A ROBOT "nurse" a small, square control panel which stands by a patient's bed-is being introduced into many American hospitals. It per- forms all the little, thoughtful tasks that formerly were done by sisters.

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Space Within 14 Days?

OURTEEN DAYS. Will

Russia have a man in space by then, CIS those two eminent scientists, Pro- fessors

Blaganorov

Fedorov promised?

and

Time is running out.

But she CAN.

four reasons:

FOR

S

1. Things have been ominous-

ly quiet on the Sputnik front for 18 months. Even in

May last she

year Russin showed that could put ane Into orbit big enough to carry a man, with the 1-ton Spainik Three,

2. Since then her most rockels have proved she для the power to blast ofT thing much bigger.

astronauts

some-

have In a jasti-

1. Russian becn hard al training sceret space research tute for more than a year.

4. There is no reason to doubt claims that dogs have been brought back intact trom the outer fringes of earth's atmos- phere.

I naked Professor Bernard Lovell, director ΟΙ Jodrell Bank. who visited Russia recently, if he

the thought Russians would pull IL DIT before January 1.

"1 shall be extremely surprised if they DON'T." he suid.

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am

have

quite certain they overcome the probicin

The World

of Science

By Peter Fairley

of getting a man back from outer space they have just kept quiet, that's all."

'NO SACRIFICES'

He added: "In fact, I anyone had said to me, in 1958, that Russia would NOT have a man in space by the end of 1959, I would not have believed them."

Fedorov and Blaganorov pre- dicted that Soviet astronauts would make the trip, orbiting Earth for 14 days. colleague in the Moscow Academy of Selentes warned: "Lives may be lost."

There

But Professor Lovell said; calling for tenders for this asked this point many times project, and this will great- during my visit. Each time the

help the present answer was emphatic.

will be no human sacrifice.'" problems," he added.

The executive refused to 'Hover' help comment on the possibilities

of a bridge being built. WITH one push of his in-

"Naturally as a ferry

idna,” he said.

atom

dex finger, the company we don't like the scientist sonds 200-toms of metal gliding 40 ft. across He added that very the laboratory. shortly his company in- tends to run a temporary It happens at Geneva, where Would the patient like 3 Would the Patient like to service between Bamsey change of air? A pash of chat with a friend? button is the room with the button and out comes a light-St and Jordan Rd. sofiness of "sea breeus." weight telephone.

"This will greatly Another button releases a de- licate pine scent.

And if the patient is having alleviate crowding and we

can look forward to trouble gelling to sleep, a twist

A

The patient who wants to ad- Just the blinds, open or close the curtains, presses a button and his electronle companion does the rest.

Other buttons on the control board operate the television set and radio, change the position of the head rest, the air con- ditioning, heating and light.

Press 庭

on the Idea of

the men who work at the Euro- реал Centre for Nuclear Research are often faced with the job of moving up to 400 tons of machinery around their laboratories, 1

So they hit using the Rovercraft principie "doat" it where they went It. They made a platform, with

dart suckers. Compressed air is forced into the gap between dise and ground.

of a dial turns up the power of better service," he said. the bedside panel to release p The executive said that "deep. roothing, almost musical no date has been fixed дв sleep-producing hum...."

Thus

reports the American yet for the commencement Medical Association which has of the temporary service. called the robot nurzo the "But it toill be in the near "timesaver of the century,"

future."

-(London Express Service).

*** Ale started it. Sir!"

Lany

huge dises underneath, Uke toy

-(London Esprem Service),

**He won't be in to-day Mr. Reeven, he's Arying to fight off a cold,”