1960-07-13 — Page 6

SAM WHITE, CHINA MAIL REPORTER

THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 1960.

IN PARIS (No one knows the town so well)

OFFERS SOME HIGHLY EXPERT ADVICE

The old haunts aren't what they used to be

Paris.

THIS is my second

annual attempt to deal publicly with a pri- vate problem of what ad- vice to give friends in search of a good time in Paris.

Though Paris itself remains, blessedly, a seemingly unchang ing city it has an extraordinary gift for kaleidoscopic change.

Thus in the space of & few months restaurants mysteriously change hands, night clubs fold,

This. for example. bas hap new ones crop up and whole pened in the Latin Quarter, areas suddenly slip back into around both sides of the river Euburban slumber or miracu- in the area of Notre Dame. lously revive in the blinding glare of neon lights.

Britain will build world's

biggest helicopter

China Mail Air Reporter

THE

is

world's biggest heli- copter, lifting 18 cars and 90 passengers. planned by the Hawker Siddeley group.

It would cut Channel car ferry prices to rival seaborne ser. vices.

And it is claimed that the six- engined single-rotor machine could be ready by 1968.

The helicopter has a revolu- tionary design. Its massive fuselage will detach from the rotor unit.

Within multes it can land from one trip, drop its loaded fuselage, pick up another, and fly off again.

Preliminary drawings submitted

Overripe

These are but a few of the restaurants which now rub shoulders in an area which year ago was the haunt of Al- gerian gunnen and rum-fuated

traps.

In general, as the above para- graph indicates, it is a mistake to engage in nostalgia for the Paris you once know.

Summer Guide

Paris

on

BACHER

Champs Elephant, still carrying on as the iplendid most fashionable, but a new place. the Epi Club has the prettiest girls.

Fouquets

the Elysees is anothér establishment, raffish with racecourse crowd. but with splendid food and one of the best terraces in Paris.

I like Lipps on the Boulevard St Germaine. but probably more for the sight of frustrated poli- licians watering their wins with their tears than for the food it- self.

Frustration

There is also the Club 43. just behind the Lido Caberet (best to go after 3 a,m.) and Licorne. Dagi lake the "club" appella-- tion too seriously. The French dent.

WINES Here again there has. been dramatic change. People' are getting more knowledgeable about Beaujolais so don't just order Beaujolais.

Order Fleuric and Chiroubles, beth of this year, of course.

In no city in the world does old are overtake quite so swiftly Behind it in a side street is Le and with such deadly arthrille Pelit Paves, another late night

As for white wines the two effects places once famous and restaurant which witnesses sami- joyous

lar scenes of frustration, this latest Loire wines Chavignol Take for example the great time that of Left Wing Intellec. ad Sancerre, are both plentiful Edwardian gastronomic palaces tuals who have been busy de- and delightful.

MONTMARTRE,—I was un- still starry with reputation but nouncing de Gaulle, only to find with little else.

that he is carrying out precisely just to Montmartre last year. I would say that some of the the policies they have long ad- which I dismissed with a simple most expensive and heart-break- vocaled.

warning-don't. Having made For uninhibited vulgar caters an annual expedition to the

recom-

had in their cherub-laden salons, there is nothing better than the foothills of Montmartre recently A switch of taste among the Grand Comptoir in the Halles, I report that the place is fairly French themselves and as the Covent Garden of Paris, civilised and specially ever-increasing tourist pilgrim which feeds porters and million- mend the Scheherazade for those Until recently one of the slum- age has resulted in both sad aires the same food at somewhat in search of old times. miest areas in Paris, with an decline of standards and the varying prices. cverripe air of peeling stucco kind of rise in prices which is if trans- and a resident population largely barely tolerable only composed of Algerian workmen, lated into dollars.

it is now as brightly lit as any of the boulevards heavy with the drone of rich men's chauffe-

driven limousines pulling up al

Splendid

Closed down

THE PULSE OF PROGRESS BEATS DIFFERENTLY FOR DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLO, AND IF WE ARE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS HAPPENING! AROUND US AND ACT INTELLIGENTIN ABOUT IT, WE MUST RECOGNISE THAT FACT AND REALISE THAT ONCE WE STOOD WHERE THEY

NOW STAND.

-ANEURIN BEVAN "IN PLACE OF FEAR" PUBLISHED IN 1962

USE THE SUN TO

SAVE MONEY!

WOULD you like to save hundreds of dollars worth of electricity each year in your home? Anybody can-by fitting a 10ft. square glass "col- lecting box" to his house or garage roof.

That is what one reader-a Government scientist--has cal culated in answer, to my chal Every Russian restaurant for lenge "Why do we make so miles around has closed down little use of the sun?" His for- and the result is

that every mula is: available gipsy violinist has found employment in the Scheherazade.

Make a

Because the materials are good conductors, only about 40 per cent of this heat would be los The rest would go into the water.

I estimate that such a simple device could be built and fitted

between

and HK$1,100

Let us how switch to an even more lugubrious side of the problem, namely drink. For Left Bank patrons there is big news- its hitherto only bar. The Vil- lage on the Boulevard St Ger- maine, has been supplemented by another called the Nouage. Avoid them and go back to the

wood-sided glass for Both are prospering and if you source of French cooking want to see Francoise Sagan

frame. Under it, place flat metal HK$1,600. So, for the first years, There are now about 120 of plates with pipe running there would be little saving. All are clustered on both banks middle-class bistro or brasserie. from one to

wisdom,

unpretentious twice in a night gravitate gently them or so it seemed as 4 a.m. through them. Paint the top-

After that-well, every kilo- round Le Petit Pont and I give Of these there is one splendid Crillon still provides one of the the ferocious

the other. The moving down on you with all sides black. Link the pipes to watt hour fed into the water. you the pick of them.

determination of your hot tank and the Sun landmark whose glory I must best bars in town for lunchtime a Guards regiment on parade.

tank by the sun is one less in will do the rest. On the Left Bank there is La continue to sing.

drinking, where long ears can TAXIS-General de

pay for from your pocket. Gaulle Camargue, which specialises in This is La Coupole in the catch a digest of the city's most is still busy with the Algerian

a dozen or so suddenly smart re- staurants.

the

Provencal food, and 3 noisy Boulevard Montparnasse. A important diplomatic, political problem and has not yet decided Counting the costs

bistro called Les Cris de Both are crowded. both Paris.

require a telephone call to book a table.

If neither can accommodale you, short week over the bridge and you are at Le Vieux Paris, which enjoys at the moment a

op gastronomie reputation.

the

An exciting prospect? Ot course it is! And in tropical splendid temple which unites and generally Interesting news. who is to have lunchtime

countries, solar collectors offer painters and grocers in a com- The Ritz remains the most priority-taxi drivers on their mon bond of good cooking and fashionable bar in town and of way home for lunch or pedesl-

An average of four hours sun- real economic return. excellent cheap wines,

cafe terraces the Deux rians simply trying

to get to shine falls

on your city each So research has just started at Magots is easily the most enter lunch,

day. The reader has worked the Tropical Products Institute. FOOTNOTE.—You will find cut that 7,700 kilowatt hours of in Grays Inn Road, Holborn, to laining. of French cunning aimed at NIGHT CLUBS — situation Paris a vigorous capital of a re-heat would, therefore fall on a find the best ways to build and keeping the vulgar foreigner dramatically changed since a markably invigorated country. "collecting box" of this size each make use of such devices.

Don't be put off by its cafe- teria air. This is simply a piece

away.

year ago are The White

-London Express Service),

year.

CRISIS IN SINGAPORE PEOPLE'S ACTION PARTY

THE

BIG FEAR

THE present political crisis in Singapore's

to cross-Channel air-ferry People's Action Party has been caused by the Arms, industrial enterprises, moderates' excessive fear of the influential left- - and the War Office and R.A.Ewing trade union group in the party.

have produced such excited

reaction that Hawker Siddeley

ity.

One of the party's election promises was the

is pushing ahead at top prior-release of many of the political detainees a great number of whom were trade unionists jailed under the Lim Yew-hock Government

SPEEDED UP

The Services wani "Flying Crane" versions to lift Army

loads over ranges of up to 300

miles.

The original design is now modi- fled to use six engines instead

(593) on the

"Män

Although the moderates, who write on now held the reins of the party, whom they admired most." The feared these leftwing unionists teacher told me that 75 per cent they secured their release be of the students wrote about Mr fore forming a government last Lim.

velers.

By GORDON HUNG

Our Correspondent in Malaya

Scientists there, led by Dr P. C. Speasier and Dr L, R. B Shackleton, have set up a 33- square foot "collecting box" on the roof. And even before the really hot sunshine bit London a fank of water was heated regu larly to 800 degrees C.

Ice and water

One of the team, Mr Slokes,

But why shouldn't the left will fly shortly to Malte-where wing trade union group come there are rarely two dull days oud and support Mr Ong, some in succession-to spend a year the Maltese of whose resolutions they sup-experimenting for

Government,

port.

It is unlikely they will do so for two, reasons:

group

WORLD OF SCIENCE By Peter Fairley

a room under the "box"

instruments, fake hist

.recordings

Zandos Zzprast Zorzioni ›

JUST FANCY THAT

Solar water heaters will go up on the roofs of homes and public buildings in the George Cross In In the present situation, island, and the running costs will the left shares with

be compared with present heat- the moderates a desire for stability ing methods. -and good government, which,

A row of Bat metal plates is Everyone realises that with front to topple the moderates taking Mr Ong's past history by no means the best way to trap out a merger with the Federa- from power,

Into account, he could only dis- the sun. By curving them, like Bon, Singapore's future must

rupt.

a trough, all the heat can be His tabling of his 16 resolu- rely on the dovelopment of in-

concentrated.

● The trade union dustry on the island and trade tions, which precipitated his of 12 and cut the rotor size year to appease their leftwing from 140 feet to 100 feet.

The reasons for this is that which only the capitalists

With a collector of this shape can suspension and expulsion reso accept the proposition that Mr This has pushed the speed up

though Mr Lee is Chinese and help to develop.

lution, at the party conference Ong is guided more by am-on a roof the instilate hopes to from about 120 miles an hour Four of the detainees-all e' speaks Mandarin, he was

was a bid to find out how much bition than by principles. be able to convert enough heat whom were founder members of English-educated, to around 170.

socialism would real support he had with the

into power to run a refrigerator PAP.-were immediately 25-year-old Engines are French Turbomeca the

Lim was ruin the state economically and rank and file of the party as It Mr Lee does negotiate with in a house or a food store more light-weight jets, which Black-given political secretary jobs Educated at a Chinese Middie this Mr Loe and his ministers many of the resolutions had the unionists for their support cheaply than can be done today. burn build under ficence, with the various ministries and School In Singapore.

realise as should the leftwing their sympathy.

it is likely that their demands Great commercial

Solar stills, too, are being con security has when the Government

unlorists.

will be high-a definite assurance sidered. They would enable He took one look at the surrounded the project. It crganised the trade union move-

that the P.A.P. leadership will family in a remote area to con-traffic in Florence and said: threatens the Fairey Rotodyne, ment this year, these four 'ba-

rectify those policies which have vert brackish or salt water into "You can't send me out into already promised £4,000,000 came members of the Commit-

been responsible for alienating something drinkable. And solar of Government support. toe of Ten--the ruling body in

the party's mass following. World's biggest helicopter at the Trades Union Congrass, the moment is the Russian

Mil 6, taking 70 passengers.

-(London Express Service).

TALKING

POINTS

It is not the lack of love but the lack of friendship which makes unhappy mar- rlages.

-NIETZSCHE, '

те

Mr

whereas

The trouble

This

Extreme

Sacking

Propaganda

But Instead of recognising the strength of his position and Ecting with confidence, Mr Lee has acted under the stingius of tendency 10% the

At least two of the resolu- a number of bogies, Chinese-educated to shy away The Prime Minister, Mr Lee from the English-educated is a

Mr Lee could have most like-tions dealt with the recent with the Kuan-yew, and his moderates throw-back on

ly received the co-peration of trade union tussle the privileged the leftwing on his own terms, government, while others con- bad good cause to be afraid of position that the English Instead, he

has these leftwingers, who in their educated

of Appointment

It is now weeks since thei persistently corned the held under the heydays in the mid-50s had the colonial

antigonload the left and re- porty "cadres."

expulsion resolution was passed government, The

Mr Loc, Workers and Chinese middle Chinese-educated were in prac duced the workers and students

recognising the onto the central executive com- of frustration potency of debarred from altractive 10 such a state

the lastes raised, mittee, but Mr Ong has not been careers because they knew no that they are now prepared to decided that the time had come expelled yet. The ruling body of the party said that they wojki Most of the industrial strie English and thus virtually be listen to any adventurer. tu crush Air Ong before he and political riots around this came second class" "citizens.

grow too big to handle. And size Mr Ong another chance f period were blamed on these

he "repented" and accepted the so the big smear campaign collective leadership unionists.

began.

party.

school students at their beck Lice and call.

Following

Topple

The repo smear campaign

Mr Ong dismissed

of the

their þid

From their past experiences, the moderates feared that the leftwing might bring their His most recent act was the accompanied the sacking of Mr for party unity with one word, downfall by whipping up the withdrawal of the registration. Ong was the moderates fear of "Propaganda." masses ogainst them and for of three new trade unions only

this reason they tried to ap etter a few days. This not push losing the support of Mr Ong's Without the prestige of Mr Although he has spent four pease the unioniste by reformed the left further away as they followers. So the only way Lim and his group behind him. years in jail, Mr Lim Chin

ing the trade union movement complained that they had not they could hope to keep by Mr Lee and his moderates pre slong, leader of the leftwingers, and giving them a free hand in been consulted in them against the rule of the moder

supporters from rebelling wavering as what to do next, still has a very big following the Trades Union Congress,

If they were sure that they and the students of the mid-50s. ***

hup the suspended Minister ates was to paint ir Ong in had won over the rank and ale have expelled him immediately.

A

Religion is caught, not are now art of the electorate. But the trouble was that M for National Development, the the worst light possible. flowing of Mr Ong, they would

It is worthy lo dope that at Ler and his moderates never one recent rally of the PAP, y trusted them and did uue ambitious Mr. Ong Eng Guan. -DEAN INGE.

the Prime Minister was rested to bring ethno co

taught.

Mental power-cannot be got from ill-fed brains.

-HERBERT SPENCER.

The supreme happiness

with polite Apphase atter he tact with the party hlerarchy. spoke, but the poplause for Mr

Tam wag #giferous.

the past

Mr Lig does not seem to have been no have lost his appcel with the economie disturba present thudent body of the

Chines middle schools. Last year when he had just been mid-

of life is the conviction that released from jull, siam of sober

we are loved.

-HỤGO

Senior Chinese girls' mik

school sidebts were

on.

whom the moderates tolerated Only one group care now On the other hand if they because of bis following with the restore unity bin fac party Mr Ong back his ministerial masses but left him out of the and recommit mass support to post, ji would be a terrible blow here can angge exchanged between the Government the neutral 19r the moderates whose days or other members of the hierarchy, TU.C. group headed by Mr would be ordered from ther

Dalled the situation.

The trade union group are şili| hype, walek mat ha could Ironically the very Jarsen

pport for for fear of whom Mr Lestral and are likely to rem

had made his most serious mistakes looks as though Mr Lee and his s for the mesent, Tous It pany, to be able to ang row the only forces who moderates have preciclated a

the opportunist and for which they were

prepared to deal with.

was release day for An-

tonio Gea after 17 years

in an Italian prison.

air heaters to dry fibres such as that." The prison director sisal and also cocoa or coffee finally coaxed him through beans indoors, without the risk of the barred gates into a wait- the crop being ruined by a sud-ing taxi, and told the driver

to go with cara,

den downpour-will be studied.

London Express Service).

MEET MR CLOGGHEAD*

*CLOG: ANTTHING THAT HINDERS MOTION

OR RENDERS DIFFICULT.

"Appldy

Never does Cletshead signal in advance "when he wante të.

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