1959-12-30 — Page 10

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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1959.

A New Shopping Arcade For HK

IN

MASS MEMORY

The new Central building arcade fronting Queen's Road and Padder Street was seen for the first time this week when the wooden protective wall surround- The shops there are having the finishing ing the building was removed. touches put to them now.China Mail photo.

OF RIZAL Three Giant Office

Members of the Filipino cent- munity in Hongkong thus morn-

ing attended a Requiem: Mass at

the Rosary Church in memory of the death of the

Filipino

national hero, Dr Jose Rizal.

The Rev. Fr. Hemy Beretta, parish priest of the Church, officiated.

The congregation was led by Mr Eduardo Rutal, Flipino Consul-General,

Others attending the Mass 3- cluded Mr Road Cataumber, Filipino Consul,

Mrs und Cataumber, Mr Lou Vito. Pros sident of the Filipino Catholic Association,

Celso and Mr Carillio, President of the Hongkong Musicians Union.

Shah

Teheran. Dec, 29, Mohammed Raza

Pablevi and his 19-year-old bride Farah Diboh left wedky Jer i honeymoon on the Cas- Sca barder. France-

piti Presse

&

Shopping Blocks

For Central District

By A CHINA MAIL REPORTER

Three sleek modern skyscrapers are fast taking shape in Hongkong's central district. They are the new section of Central Building, Shell House and phase one of Union House.

When completed, they will add half a

offices, shops and arcades.

Look really Stunning for 1960

in a gown from

Paquerettes

16a Des Voeux Road, C.

Tal. 21-157

ANOTHER

SHEAFFER'S ACHIEVEMENT

THE POPULARNOY PRICED

Imperial

WITH

SHEAFFER'S

Cylindrical Gold Point and modern touch down filling. AVAILABLE NOW AT ALL LEADING STORES

Death Of PICKPOCKET SENT From the Files

Old

Resident

Milsa Hajara Mohomed A

Omar, 59, a well-known local Indian resident died in St Pauls Hospital this morning after a long il-

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BACK

TO PRISON

30-year-old pickpocket found that a life of crime did not pay at the District Court this morning. Judge K. R. Macfee sentenced him to two-and- a-half years for stealing a fountain pen.

The defendani, Yeung Hung- chuen, pleaded guilty. It was his eighth larceny offence among 15 convictions,

Misa Omar has for many years born connected with welfare and charity organisations, to which she devoted much of her time.T. W. Wheeler said that n

She is the sister of R. M. Omar, secretary of the Hongkong Foot bell Asacciation, K. M. Omar of Hongkong Electric, O. M. Ömer, of Globe trading, prut Mry Mariam Ismail,

Miss Omer, who was born in Hongkong, had been in indif ferent health for some time be fore her death. During the oc- cupation, she went to Macao with her brother and remain

there until the end of the war.

The funeral will take place this afternoon at 5.15 pm at the Mustre Cemetery, Happy Valley,

New Building Plan For Shanghai

Prosecuting, Chief Inspector

Mr

King-tong was walking halk along Carpenter Road, Kowloon City at 12.10 p.m. on December 10 when he felt something move In his shirt pocket. He looked down and saw a hand being withdrawn.

LETTERS TO

THE EDITOR

Gift To Needy

He felt inside the pocket, Sir, The United States Ship found his fountain pen was Vesuvius, AE-15 which is at misking anal turfed round and present in Hongkong have hold of Young and there was a saw the accusext He grabbed | donated some men's cloiting and a donation in U.S. dollars. This The Accused broke was the result of a collection of struggle. free and ran away. Mr Lau and personal clothing from the crew a friend gave chase and finally of the ship, and also a collection arrested him 400 yards away. of money. They felt the need The fountain pen had not to contribute something to the recovered, Chief Insp. needy people in the Colony. Wheeler said,

This was passed to the Counci of Social Service, through the Servicemen's Guides, and on this occasion will be given to the Music Training Centre fur the Blind in Kowloon.

Sto

In His Favour

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that

Tho COLLIT war Young was supported by his younger brother who had told him that if he could obtain $100

A proposal to build ihree siz he would get him a job in A storry units containing 15 fatz plastics factory. Accused had on the site of two 38-year-old | said in a statement that he had houses al 46 and 47 Shanghai collocted $50 and the fountain Street, Kowloou, was put bcture (pen was to help raise the re

Tenancy Tribunal

maining $50.

the

morning.

The applicant is Mr Chu Man- yul, of 72, Pel Ho Street, Kow- loon, who was represented by Mr D. A. L. Wright, instructed by F. Zimmer and Co.

building, The new

which

the would have two shops on

floor, would C06 ground

year to $180,000 and take a complate.

There are 48 opponents, re- procented by Mr Terence Shur- lock, instructed by M. K. Lam and Co., Mr Benjamin Liu, In- structed by Hastings and Co., Mr

Francis Wong, of C. Y Kwan and Co., and Mr Walter Hoa, of Hon and Co.

The Tenancy Tribunal con- Pickering Kists of Mr W. F.

(President). Mrs Beatrice and Mr D. A. F. Church

Mathers.

million square feet of space

for

PI

The buildings are expected to best office building in this part be cunpleted one after another of the world. trom April next year.

The first to be Anished will be the 18-storey Sell House, with five passenger lifts and all-year round air-conditioning.

Six Floors

Prepares For A New

At present, the building keeps Year

a very high standard of main- tenance, with a cleaning

of 30.

team

Blow

Manila, Dec. 29.

A building without the 13th The Philippines today got floor for good auspices will be set for a stormy New Union House the first phase of It will be taken up mostly by which will be completed in June

Year's Eve ng typhoon Harriet, the big firms. The Sheli Com-or July, 1960.

packing 120 pany will occupy the six top Boors.

On lower floors will be big companies, some taking up whole cors. There will be less thun 20 comparties.

shops A bank and 28 occupy the ground floor.

wilwhi

This building will feature an undulating eantelover sidewalk sunshade. The only one of its kind in the Colony,

In May, 1900, the new section of Central Building on Pedder Street and Queen's Road Central Corner, will open for tenants.

The 18-storeyed skyscraper will accommodate three arcodes on the ground, first and second floors, and 300 rooms on upper floors for offices.

The

mile winds, churned to- ward the main island of Luzon.

We are very grateful indeed

to the men of the U.S. Ship Vesuvius.

C. MADGE NEWCOMBE.

Executive Secretary,

HK Council of Social Service,

A

25

years -AGO-

Docomber, 1934

VICTIM of sleeping contracted sickness during 31 years of medical practice in Hongkong, Dr George Montagu Harston died on December 21 at his home, 16 Colinette Road, Putney.

Dr Harston was in his sixty- second year and leaves a widow and three daughters who were well-known Hongkong. He the brother of Mr J. Scott Harston,

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Án Army officer tras In- jured in the early hours of Sunday morning when Austin Seven driven by Mr. Hailton of Jardine Matheson & Co Ltd akidded and turned over on Stubbe Road, Mr Raillon cacaped without injury.

I

*

to

TF the mountain won't come to Mahomet, Mahomet must go the mountain. Rudolph Friml, the famous com- poser, must have had this

ante Macfee said the foot New Year's nation in mind when he

Eve Ferry

Services

that the accused had pleaded guilty to the offence was about the only thing in his favour. "You have a very bad record, he continued. "You have only been out

for five of prison weeks and you are back to your old tricks in someone else's On New Year's Eve, the

FEITY will provide

might service,

pocket.

"In the

circumstances 1 am going to give you a very light sentence indeed-two-and-a-half years," he said. This was to be followed by two years' police supervisionL

THEY TOOK

THE DUKE

TO HEART

Toronto, Dec. 29,

ил

a

decided last week to leave Shanghai and return to Hongkong.

Since the beginning of this year Mr Frimi has remained in the Far East, fruitlessly seeking

lar a Chinese girl to play the title role in "Sing Song Girl," a musical operetta with a Hong- which he COM- to kong setting Ferries will run at 10-minute posed and wrote during his intervals from midnight to 3 n.m. and at 20-minute in- tervals from 3 a.m. to 6 a.m.

On Now Year's Day, the Bervice will extend pant mid- night to 3 a.m. and Ferries will

run at 10-minute intervala.

The verticular ferry will also run additional service up to 3 a.m. on New Year's Eve bu regular service will resume on New Year's Day,

On

previous visit to the Colony,

Four months ago, discover- ed his ideal girl for the role In Mrs Allca Lau, a Hongkong Chinese

remarkable girl of beauty and gifts.

Mrs Lau Art agreed to star in his

the pleturation of romantie opereita but then changed her mind. Mrs Lau was so far the only suitable girl he had seen, Mr Friml said. New Year's Day,

The famous composer who Hongkong Yaumati Ferry Com-guve the world such unforget- pany will change to their holl-table melodies as "Indian Love day schedule with additional Call," "Rose Marie," "Vagabond services to Tai O, Silvermine King" and "Only a Rose," re- ul additional return turned to Hongkong last Friday.

* ** ☆

Bay

Nellied by a remark made trips from Cheung Chau,

by the Duke of Edin.

burgh last summer

the physical shape of the U.S.

average. Canadian leaves

Garment

the

Dr Huh Shik, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts of the National University of Peie ping, is leaving on Decem- ber 20 for his first visit to

much to be desired, Makers To Meet South China

businessmen here today compelled themselves to undergo gymnastic tests

Washington, Dec. 29. The U.S. Commerce Depart-

and

Self-Contained

structure. 22-storeyed larger than Alexandra House, be the first building in Hongkong to be self-contained.

To attain this, the building will have a canteen for 1,000, catering for tenants only, so that clerical staff will not have to leave the building for lunch.

The central Philippines is suli The club director has decided Union House will have a large recovering from the effects of that any members who wished to arcade on the ground floor and typhoon Gilds which struck the juse the gymnasium would now

to undergo the alices from

a medical second floor week before Christmas, leaving have upwards,

at least 23 persons dead and checkup and begin taking ex£T= some 60,000 homeless.-AP. cices to get into shape-AFF.

at a local youth club. ment today called cotton "gar- Among ihe business Arm ment manufacturers to a meet- directors

to who agreed to leave ing

consider proposed their offices for these tests, only | voluntary controls on textiles Manila's' weather bureau said one out of ten was able to a produced

Hongkong the typhoon was spotted 380 complish the two hours of pre-hipped to the United States. miles east of Luzon and moving | scribed exercises.

Pending discussion with in- west northwest at 17 mph. Hardly any of them succeeded | dustry. representatives, the Harriet is the second typhoon in the inost difficult test -- * Assistant Secretary of Com- this year that has come after the five-minute climb up a ladder merce, Mr Henry Kearns, normal storm season here which that was equivalent to a mile fused to comment on the long-

kong plan-AP.

16 Lifts

There will be no niezzanine which will be taken over by the irst floor. The airline and shipping companies on the ground floor will use the first Boor as their offices.

Most Efficient

Two pairs of the latest model cscalators will serve between the three arcades while four passenger lifts will add to the ve lifts in the north section!

This is said to be the most efficient lift-service in the omice. Colony-average waiting line at

The canteen will be on 20th and kitchens on 21st floors, The 22nd floor will have root tanks and the bullding's own

The building will be served any level is less than half a by 10 passenger lifts and three minule.

private lif

The second phase will be completed in the late summer

Construction of the new sec- tion of Central Building cost

$7 million, without counting de- of 1902,

molition and site formalicu.

On Its ground floor will be

four banks and o number of

shops. Shops will also take up No Contact With

the first and second floors.

There are offices all the way

zooms to a floor.

up from the third floor, with 13

$50 Million Total

Lighthouse

Plymouth, Dec. 29.

ends in November,

race.

Juvenile Care Centre Ball

The annual ball of the Hongkong Juvenile Care Centre will be held on January 15 at the Penin- sula Hotel. Their Ball Committee, under the chairmanship of Mrs P. C. M. Sedgwick, is busy making plans for the floor shows and prizes, which will include a car and an air conditioner.

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Girls from the Centre will Woo their active President, leke part in oŋa floor show and hopes that many Hongkong re- well known film stars will ap-aidents will patronise the ball. year. Tickets will be on sale

750 Children

at the Star Ferry frota_Jamary The Centre now has 750 Heavy seat pounding the Bri-4 to 9 and in the Gloucester

day-children

tish coast today banished hope Arcade from January 11 to 14. children is a car, including of avleving the crew of Enidy=/ The Centre, which since 1946 Their standard of education A spokesman for the Central stone Benthouse in the English has been performing valuable and handwork, especially art, Development Ltd., owners of channel, 12 miles south-west of service in teaching and caring is high, and bath, Guides and both sections of Central Build, here.

for juvenile delinqumta and

Scouts groupe / bave teen ing, and agents for Shell House,

children, Two of the three men thoro destitute said the two projects totalled were due to be taken off 12 days largely on voluntary contribu-formed Tailoring and rattan- weaving are taught to prepare $50 million.

ugo, bext have been cut off over tions. it is the company's intention ince by continuous galea. — The annual ball is their chief the shikon dow future employ

fund-rairing exort said mir: P.C, 'ment, a ........

to run Centre Buliding as the Chim Makt Special

dependa

He is expected to arrive in Hongkong Con January 4 to receive an honorary degree at Hongkong University.

Dr Huh Shth is the founder of the literary revolution movement in China and the first to write poetry in spoken language.

✩ ✩ ✩ Commented Argus: Sca sonal Retrospection: Much ado about stuffing.

This Funny World

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