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Two diamonds shown in court gift for

Question on equal pay for women

London, July 26.

Mrs Barbara Castle (Labour) asked in the House of Commons to- day what the Hongkong Government was doing to introduce equal pay for women in the goy- ernment service.

Mr Iain Macleod, the Colonial Secretary, re- plied:

"Equal pay was intra- duced last year for cer- toin

medical

women

officers. It is not pro- posed to go further than

this

Reuter.

art present,"

Witness says accused never paid for them

Death of High prices of

La Salle

teacher

A well-known teacher, Brother Wilfrid, formerly of La Balle College, Kowloon, died last night at St. Teresa's hospital at the age of 7% He came

Two large diamonds weighing 18.59 carats and worth more than $30,000 were produced in Court this morning during

to Hongkong 50 the trial of a 48-year-old broker, Yuen years ago and apart from short Chung-kwong charged with thefts of periods in Malaya and Manila, more than $400,000 worth of diamonds.schools,

The Two diamonds were ing, they concluded the deal and identified by the proprietor of Yuen signed two cheques for the Lee Heng Diamond Com- the diamonds. Both were post pany, Ltd., Mr Ma Hing-chau, dated, one to February 18, and when he gave testimony in the the other to March 6, Mr Ma

smid. Victoria District Court,

has been teaching in Hongkong

He retired about ten years 489.

Brother Euge Wiltrid come from French Savoy.

He was at one time head- of the Chatham Road master branch of St Joseph's College before moving to La Salle.

He was a teacher of general subjects and well-known in the Colony.

HK industrial

land

criticised

The high price of industrial land in Hong kong came under sharp criticism from two sources yesterday. Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce in a letter to the Government-appointed committee inquiring into an industrial bank, described industrial land prices as "prohibitive."

The

An article in the latest issue concern operating in Hong- of the Far Eastern Financial kong reported that their Kow- Review said, "mysterious loon site was the most expen machinations by the Hongkong sive per square foot of all their Government in the manipula-world-wide operations,

That afternoon, Yuen, returned Mr Ma said Yuen visited him to the shop with his wife and in his shop on February 12, asked for the two large dia-

asked for 1959, and

themonds to show some customers, diamonds to show sone Filipino Mr Ma sald.

business circles,” He also asked for

customers.

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few days to meet these customers, and it was agreed that if he did not succeed in selling the stons he was to

U.S. cancer return them to the shop

specialist leaves HK

Dr Sidney M. Silverstone, a reading anti-cancer specialist in America, left here last night by Pan American for Tokyo on the last tap of a world tour with his wife and two sons,

Dr Silverstone,

who is the

"He never returned them to ime, nor did I receive any pay- ment for them," Mr Ma said,

Cracks

He said he went to the Police Station several months later and diamonds identified the two fum a large group of diamonds One of and precious stones, the two diamonds had two cracks while the other one had one crack, he said.

The two stones were produced to him and after a close ex- umination with a magnifying brother of Mr Murray Silver-glass, Mr Ma identified them as sto. e, president of 20th Century his. Fox International, was one of

The two stones were then the first-medical practitioners in scaled in

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Dr Silverstone was seen off at the airport last night by Mr

for the case.

Mr Ma said he had known Yuen for a few years and In the beginning he had a few small dealings with him..

On February 12, Yuen went to his office and selected a Leo Banuch, Hongkong Mana- quantity of diamonds worth Eur for 20th Century Fox. $110,000. After a little barguin-

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Witness said the cheque dated February 18 was presented to the bank but was dishonoured. Up to now, he had received no payment for the $110,000 worth of diamonds he had sold to Yuen.

He said sometime after Yuen had taken away the two large diamonds, Tuen invited him to play mahjong at the Tai Tung Restaurant.

On February 16, he met Yuen again in a jewellery shop though he did not speak to him. That flernoon, he telephoned Yuen at his house but was unable to contact him.

Earlier, Mrs S. Chatjaval, an employee of Orican Traders Lid, importers of diamonds was re- called to the witness box for further cross-examination.

She said in 1957, Yuen bought $8,880 worth of diamonds from Orican Traders and in the fol- lowing year, the value of the stones Yuen had bought from the company was $238,702.

Denied

She denied that Yuen had bought more than $1,000,000 worth of diamonds and precious stones from her company up to December 27, 1958

Mr Oswald Cheung, defence counsel, suggested that accounts of several transactions between the Orican Traders and Yuen had been "deliberately cmitted of submitting for the purpose false returns"

Mrs Chadjaval denied the al- legation. "He never bought so much," she added.

on

Referred to a transaction of diamonds worth $30,000 January 27, Mrs Chatjaval said the deal was negotiated between Yuen and Mr J. G. Sammes, head of the jewellery company in Hongkong.

She said she was present dur- Ing the negotiations and that Mr Sammes had never suggested to Yuen that he should find "some outlet in Japan.”

Five transactions

Re-examined, Mrs Chatjaval said there had been five dia- mond transactions with Yuest since December 27, 1958, total- img $270,000 which Yuen hád never paid.

Yuen is facing six charges of larceny by ballee and simple larceny of diamonds from five firms, Madhusudan and Co, Ori- can Traders Ltd, Lee Heng Dia- mond Co, Shoung Hai Yue Jewellery Co, and Foo Hang Jewellery Co, between January and February, 1959. He pleads not guilty to the charges,

Mr Dermot Bea Principal Crown Counsel. and Mir George WHIS, Crown Comsel, are promenuting,

Mr Dawald Chesing and Mr Chan- len Chang`ane defending Yuen, in- structed by Mr D. Q. Cheng, -

Hearing le continuing,

Guarding against HK imitations

Bangkok, July 28. Thailand's Ministry of the Interior has decided to restrict local ellkworm culture, ilk spinning and weaving to Thal nationals.

Thore will be a Mass this evening at Teresa's Church at 8 p.m. and the funeral cortege will pass the monument to- morrow at 9.30 a.m.

tion of Its land polley are causing bewilderment in local

The

Chamber's letter sald

that an international industrial

dear sir

All they

have

to say is 'No'

The constitutional controversy reminds me somewhat of the ridiculous furore over the "pools" question. On that occasion dozens of associa iions representing thousands of people wrote to the vark- ous newspapers pointing out the "dangers" of allowing football pools. You didn't agree.

In the present case not a single association has written 逗 against the informal talks but you, sir, have given us two editorials.

I have usually endorsed your criticisms but in this case I am completely at a loss to understand your attitude. In your editorial of the 21st ins... you ask “what guaran- tee has the public that within a few years one of their number will not be asking for fuller representation?" The answer is "none!" What guarantee have the people of Hongkong today that dozens of Members of Parliament are not going to set up in the House of Compons and suggest the very thing you, Mr Editor, are so disturbed about? The answer is again-“none?” The important thing is that evesi if these two well- supported groups manage to cet meribers elected to the Legislative assembly they will still be a smali zainority and the official and nominat- ed members will stili hold the reins.

Now

A

If the elected members in a few years raise the question again all Government and its supporters have to do is say “no!" Aren't you making a mountain out of a mole- hill?

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F. REMEDIOS..

dear sir

No parking

When I arrived at Wyndham Street to park my car in al- most the same position as I park it every morning, al- though ten minutes "later than usual, I was approached by a trafic constable who informed me that I could not park in this position because there were no white lines. informed him that it had been my custom to park there for the last month or so and that in the space imme- diately in front of my in- tended parking position, also unmarked, was another car. He told me this car's num- ber had been taken. reluctantly drove of half a mile away to another posi rion but was amazed when returned to the office and passed the place I had in- tended to park in, to find another car there, and no policeman. Ja that fair?

AB.

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Ginny does the hula-hula

Honolulu, July 28. six-year-old beauty, dis- covered in Hongkong alxut a year ago, captivated Hawaii's 50th state fair recently..

Tiny Ginny Tiu Bee Lin plays piano, sings and tap dances. Aur in the short time the

was

In Hawai, she learned

the huis well enough to do it on stage in her final per- formance,

everything from Mozart to jazz by ear.

Ginny's family plans to make Los Angeles their home,—AP,

False passport statement

A guarantor who made an The fifth of eight children, untrue statement to help

dark-eyed Ginny was dis.friend in "procuring - a British covered by in American passport was fined $500 by Mr artist, Ben. Stahl, Since then, ¡D. Cons at Central Court this the has appeard count to moring, as Magnet coast on 14 television shows Defendant was' Mak Siú-yuk, and worked in at least 10 of 39. King's Road, second floor. -supper clubs, and theatres. He pleaded guilty,

3. Mak declared in a guarantor Gimy is apparently a prodigy farm the fee had known

able to practice the piano Lu Baku-hung's parents mentally and get along with over 30 years

for

Aliens in the trade, according to the Ministry's committee on reservation of occupations, do not relata traditional art in their work." PRERA

The committee also said it will guard against imitations of Thalactal dady practice that On Triday Mai admitted that he had no personal knowledge She can't read a note but plays of the applicant or his parents.

silk work from Hongkongʻand other places. HAP

rarely exceeds five mirarten.

Five times

creased five times,

Since then prices had

Hongkong

Two

years

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опе cheques,

for US$1,300 and the other

July, 1935 for US$2,000 collected from the 4,000 officers TUST back from the jungle

and men of the American J and bringing with him aircraft carrier Ranger, 100,000 feet of thrilling film, were this morning handed Mr Frank Buck of "Bring over to Hongkong social Em back alive" fame, arrived welfare representatives. in Hongkong yesterday on Rev. Fr. Cyll Hirst, of the St the P and O liner Baldera. Foter-in-Chaina Church and

Mis Madge Newcombe, Secre

tary of Council of Social Ser- Several Europcans were in-

vides, received the cheques.

cluded among about 24 The two cheques were pre-drivers: · summoned before Mr sented by Captain Donald Gay W. Schofield at Central Ma Jr. at the Ngau Tau Kok, Fuk

gistracy for driving without Wah Village, resettlement area, appropriate licences and driv- Kowloon, this morning.

ing unlicensed cars.

that the

Fr. Hirst said US$1,300 would be used to help build a noodle factory in the Tai Hang Tung

area.

They were R.T.O. Lammert, A.C. Sandier, R. Dideor, C.S. resettlement Archer of the Chinese Maritime Customs and C.B.

The area of the factory would Burgess of Je Secretariat of 25 feet Chinese Affairs. They were be 100 feet long and wide,

all fined amounts of between When the factory is com- $5 and $10. inpleted, it would be able to make 1,500 lbs of noodles a day.

Miss Newcombe said the cheque for US$2,000 would be

☆ ☆ ☆

THE Wongneichong dis.

used to build stone houses for Turiet resembled a dis-

refugees in Sal Kung.

This letter, written in Septem ber last year but released on Monday night with the commit tee's report on indistrial banks,

Present at the presentation turbed ants nest yesterday went on to say that the high were the Protestant and Roman morning when hundreds of price of industrial land Catholic chaplains of the 60,000- Chinese squatters, their obviously increased costs and ton Ranger, the Rev. T. Herr-womenfolk and children, fled "were it not for our very cheap mann and Father P. Heyl.

labour would render ducia uncompetitive.

our pro-

"The present situation will tend to prevent the rational increase in wages in keeping with inflationary frends and may well lead to more accuss- tion of sweated labour,"

The Economic Review said at

a recent land sale the hitherto unprecedented

step was taken by the official auctioneer of withdrawing a lot put up for sale after bidding had consider- ably exceeded the upset price.

A 10,000 sq ft Kun Tong site had an upset price of $100,000 and

withdrawn when bidding failed to exceed $282,000,

Unrevealed

before a concerted drive by

the

Police and Sanitary Board men to move them

New manager from Crown Lands.

for China Underwriters

About eighty huts were torn down affecting about 300 people.

Action was taken by the officials following numerous complaints from residents in the neighbourhood of the unsanitary conditions under which the squatters were A dividend of 60 cents a share living and the nuisance they

was approved at the annual

meeting of China Under caused.

year.

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writers, Ltd, this morning. Chief among the com- This is the same as for last plaints, it is understood, was the fact that through The Filipinas Compagnia de the obstruction of streams Seguro, the Philippines Life

Assurance Co. and the Philip on the hillside by the squat- Commented the Economic Re-pines Guaranty Co. Inc. were tera, mosquitoes were breed- view: "It appears that, in pur-represented by Mr J. J. Locsin, ing to such an extent as to suit of its latest polley to raise who, it was stated at the meet-be almost unbearable.

un-Li on October 1 next.

Mr N. V. A. Croucher, Direc-previously the

dwellings

as much revenue as possible ing, will take over the manage- Several such raids have from its chief physical asset nent of China Underwriters, been carried out before but Government is fixing an revealed ceiling price on every lot sold a confidential figure, whispered into the ear of the auctioneer, as it were, before he mounts the rostrum,

tor, presided, in the absence of have merely been pulled the Chairman, Sir Sik-nin Chau. down with the result that The Chairman's report stated shortly afterwards the in- that life premiums had decreas-

ed, mainly due to revaluation of habitants have returned, re- "Judging from recent sales the company's Indonesian busi- built their homes and carried at Kun Tong, the mysteriousness at the end of 1968 and the on as before. celling is in the region of run-down in its portfolios in With the growth of Wong- $10 a square foot,"

Burma and Indonesia..

neichong as a residential Premiums in the Fire Depart area, the authorities have

The article added: the price ment increased slightly but ar Government WES

asking for cident premium income diminish-decided to clear these squat- this land was the price head. Marine pretium Income bad ters from Crown Lands in

improved. financial experts ajudge to Be

the vicinity for all time, and Sir Sik-Nin Chau, Mr N. V. in this instance, in addition necessary if the enormous de- ficit with which they fear they and Mr J. J. Lucas were reformerly, have taken away A. Croucher, Mr P. J. Grifiths to the measures adopted may be faced at the end of the elected directors. current Anancial year is to be erased."

POP

Lowe, Bingham and Matthews all the debris and impounded

were re-appointed auditors.

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