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THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, APRIL 4, 1960.

BIG DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW TERRITORIES

Prediction by

Mr D.R. Holmes

to Kuk council

}

The District Commissioner of the New Territories, Mr D. R. Holmes today pre- dicted big development and expansion of the Territories.

This would take place because there was less and less land for development in Hongkong and Kowloon, he said.

"But at the same time there ore many things which I believe we must not enst aside:

First, we ought to resist rapid

Br Holmes sald this al the inagural meeting of the Full Council of the 14th Term of the Beung Yee Kuk held at the Ruk premises at Taip market and menntroiled social chinutes This morning.

for this cont underman 1

reinin,

Mr Holmes spoke la Chinese,diselpline and the virtas built

The leun Yee Kuk, Birup over many centuries; Welwald, served "ud a Second, we ought to bridge between the Adminis-

a combinat to respect. the tration and the people.".

family and clan structure: this will protect the people from

Advantages

can

->

Family reunion

The family of Dr Leon Forrester, adjudicator at the re- cent Schools Musical Festival. arrived in Hongkong Oble morning on the rms Corfu.

Di Forrester few to Hongkong while Mrs Forrester and their 17-year-old daughter Christabel travelled out on the Corfu.

With the completion of the Schools Musical Festival, Dr Forrester will leave with his family by the Corfu on Friday on their way back to England.

Post Office to be

self-contained

London, Apr. 3.

many of the bad Things which Britain's Post Office is to be run as a self-contained

business with its finances separated from the Exchequer, according to a Government White Paper.

sometimes accompany change, "What advantages

we such as drags a trad achieve from change and from | Uleiites. development?" he usted, "They

are many, but I will mention Third, we should continue to three.

urge the ablest and wisest of "First, the opening up of bet-our prople to come forward and ter land and sea communications accept positions of leadership in can make it easier for agricultural affairs, tural produce to be brought to

more

Greater scope and responsibili- ties will be given to the Post- master-General-subject to his obligations as a member of the Government and to Parliament wider commercial freedom.

" we can accept these prin- the city's markets, and can bring eples and put them into prac-for running the Post Office with

and more of our New Gee I elieve the prople of the Territories people within easier New Territories can enjoy all runch of the sõelal services this that in best of the old and at! the Government offers--medical that is best of the new. and health services, cduration. Police services, agricultural os- sistance, and so forth;

"Second, the buliding up minal industrial areas, in mult able places near the centres of rural population, can provide a growing source of employment for our growing population and can make the people less de- pendent on agriculture as n of livelihood: this sole means will be advantageous because the agriculturalist's Evelihood, depends substantially on two factors over which we have no control, namely The market prices and the weather;

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"Tird, The PROSTEN of development will enable puple of the New Territories to play a fuller part in the life of the Colony as a whole.

Welcome

"For these reasons, I believe

But the Post Office will remain a Government department and its staff will continue to be civil servants.

paid in general taxation but for its special exemption, In 1957, for the

Arst Ame since 1922, the Post Office show. ed n deftet, armounting to about £3 million.

The followit year I had a £2,600,000 and in surplus of 1959 the surplus was £8,200,000

The White Paper stressed Omice is an that the Post tu all this it is unnecessary | Although a Government de immense national trading con- for nu to say that the Kuk will pariment, the Post Office has cern" and noted while the public as apends more than £400 million play an important part, A good always heen regarded and wine odletal is the servant trading concern and has had to a year on postal, telephone and of the people; but even the ensure that its Income was suff- telegraph services, more west omelat cannot know the cient to meet its expenditure, needs and special circumstances: year by year.

the various

he arcus at serves unless he is in close and constant and direct touch with the people."

of

Since 1956 It has been 10- quired to contribute £5 on a year to the Exchequer, rough- ly the amount it would have

than

12 times that amount parses over post office counters.

It denuribed the new status as "a renewed spur to enter-; prise within the Past Office."— China Mail Special.

SOLOIST WITH ORCHESTRA

NEEDED MORE REHEARSAL

By D. E. GRAY

THE first half of the Bernard Michelin concert on Saturday night was generally very that we must welcome develop satisfying-in parts the playing was outstanding, but the second half of the pro-

ment; and I believe we must welcome and assist those who are willing to put capital and enterprise into the developament of the New Territories"

gramme was rather disappointing.

Michelin, playing on hiu

Andrea beautiful

Guarnerlys 'cello, open the programme "In the course of our develop with a sonatu by Pergolesi, and I believe we can-1 be- two movements from the E we should--cas! aside major Viulin Sonata by Frun- coeur, adapted for 'cello by the solaist.

Incal

lieve

many things.

It is common knowledge thank I do not know at whose coor the soloist arrived in Hongkong the responsibility for this dis. on Friday after a trying af appointing performance Hies, but journey. Rehearsals on Friday it was not the orchestra'e.

after- evening and Saturday

Hongkong is well aware of the noon had been arranged and the

orchestral resources orchestra was at his disposal limited

Invailable to it; but no pro- during these times,

But the seloist ran through the fessional orchestra would have

"For instance we should easti It was launediately apparent aside out-of-date methods, for that Michelin has a big, beauti-Concerto only once on Friday been asked to perform with any these lead to unnecessary labour; fully rich and rounded tone,

quick "Muzz I am told that he ap-soloist after one evening. wr should cast aside supersti-; This pianist Was Alfredo

peared to be satished and he through." tious beliefs, for these are an Rossi, and it was obvious that refused the offer of further re-

Why should an amateur unnecessary borden those these two artists were very finehearsals

un

evening in the orchestra that

have been asked to who believe them: we should chamber muste ployers, How Church hall, and in Loke Yew do so? cast aside the old idea that the some of us would have loved Hall on Saturday afternoon. New Territories is special to hear them in the Beethoven

So it would appear that the Jerfectly adequate orchestral area which contributes Hile to,

or Brahms' cello sonatas!!

balance of soloist and orchestra resources were there though they and benefits little from, modern The outstanding work in the In the auditorium was never work never tapped, through sheer trends and development in the

first half was the Beethoven tested.

indequacy

rehearsal Colony as a whole,

Variations on the Magic Flute On the purely technical level, with the soloist. theme. This

for any extremely this concerto is easy

I hope in future that Hong- well played, and the concert orchestra, including an amateur kong audiences will not be

to capture the treated in Kils cavalier hearing for was worth

this orchestra. But

fashion beauty of Schumann's dreamy by visiting solelta und thore Manuel de Falla's Allval Fire meandering, especially in the responsible for concert presen- Dance ended the first half of first movement, the sololst neces-

tution. Indulges in rubuto and Line breramene, is work sarily

writen for orchestra, other alterations of tempo which There have been some success are, to a large extent, individual ful transcriptions of it for other to the soloist.

STAR

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was

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Many will no doubt wonder essentint. what was the trouble with the received was that orchestra and In conductor just did not low the Schumann the second half-played with soloist's ways in the first mave- How could they with the Hongkong Philharmonie ment,

Crilo Concerto

Orchestra, In my opinion fione rchemisal? was sheer under-rehearsal, not

Again, the balance between

on the part of the orchestra, soloist and orchestra seemed to I know it bul on the part of the soloist me to be all wrong. with orchestra.

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Is very easy for an orchestra to "drown" A colo instrument, espectully a 'cello. But ting In the tailory as I was, at times I did not know whether tho orchestra was playing well or not, because I could hardly hear then. I imagine the only ex- planation could bo-fear of playing too Jud.

The second movement (lang- sam) was played quite well, but the last movement seemed to me lo be taken far too fast.

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The impresion I got

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that the notolat made no attempt to inposo his will on the per- formance, and in feel ho did not seem to airo.

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