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Moderate locally fresh - Eontorly winds, Fair-becoming cloudy later today. Temperature at 1 pm 71 degrees Fahrenheit, relative humidity 68 per cent.

CHINA

No. 37834

Established 1845

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1960.

LATE FINAL

MAIL

Price 20 Cents

Only on Pan Am .......

JETS

ON EVERY FLIGHT

PAN AM

From Hong Kong - Phone 37031

Wing On to build four new skyscrapers.

of the GIANT CONSTRUCTION PROJECT

day

DEATH ON THE ROADS

FEW WLeks

ngm

A Donald Malecim Cump

bell,

white making an altack upon the world lund record, suddenly speed found himself airborne.

Il car turned over and

A $33 million programme to

begin Thursday

began to disintegrate about One of the oldest firms in Hongkong will

But Death had taken

a "rain check," and suffered nothing beyond

hair-like fracture.

:. launch

$33 million development programme on Thursday on both sides of the harbour, reflecting its great confidence in the future of the Colony. Perhaps Campbell wil The Wing On Co Ltd will put up four new sky-

What happened. in those few

seconds the ear was out of

control, we do not know.

never say. All

we know is j

that he has returned to England with the object of organising a campaign for road safely.

This is all to the good, and

scrapers, in four stages,. to include new de- partment stores, hotels, apartments, offices, a nightclub and even a cinema.

Mr L. P. Kwok, Chief Manager, still extals at the completion of certain flours

to the

hotel

If Mr Campbell with his of the company toll the China the first stage, enormons prestige, and his Mail this morning that the first of the second stage will be used

will butin

no exicasion with the s own terrible experience be. Slaze

kmolition of rix houses in next door. hind him, can do anything Nathan-road opposite the Nathog

cut down the Betol. at all to enormous casualty figures

place, a 16-storey which disfigure our social building will go up and will be statistics, he will be completed by the end of next

In their

making il most valuable star. contribution to society, NOR this is fact, nn Falarming fact. So use

have we become to death

the roads that

we; accept the huge casualty liats Ay symbolising NO much expendable material.

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Major part

The new building will house a branch of the Wing On Bank from, the ground to second floor

the Lastment, and by part

Bul'a major part of the bus?- and of the ground munt

second floors will accommodate completely nir-conditonbo department store equipped with

Berlaters.

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In other words, 38,000 6.000 Americans and

well Britons, alive and

From part of the second floor today, will, by this time

to the 16th floor will be a-200--) be

hold where... every much roomed next year, mangled pulp between the room will be equipped with telephone, TV, Reiffusion and wheele of motor cars, Right here in Hongkong, the private bath. Different floors

situation will feature different decors. sume alarming meels us. Once every two days, someone is pulled out from under a car, or some driver is removed from

of shattered

wreck vehicle, dead:

were

TF it were a war where high hurled explosives Into the midst of a civilian community, we should b up in arms. We would denounce, demand, and de- termine that something should be done.

The Brst stage is expected to be completed curly-in-1984 at an estimated cost of over $10 million.

The seed stage will be an- other building of similar height to stand exi to the first stage | st-eture i

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The sceond stage will cost about $5 million.

The third stage involves the demolition and rebuilding of the town brimeh at 20 compony's Des Voeux-road, Central,

This will turn the present site into a 19-storey structure with the department store inodated in the basement, and en the ground to the fifth floors, The rest will be offices,

acconi-

The third stage will cost over $8 million.

The biggest and most complex will be the fourth stage which will necessitate the demolition of the company's old depart- Des merit store al 207-235 In Voeux-road Central

The new building will be at least 20 storeys high, housing " cinema, a-departinent store, a night club, a hotel, apartments and an amusement centre.

Estimated at over $10 million, the new skyscraper is destined

be one of the most Imposing structures on the liongkong skyline, with its best equipped department store and amusement centre.

The architect for the first This will be used mostly for stage is Mr G. D. Su, who also offices, but if the letel shortage built the Wing on Life Building.

An artist's impression of the first-stage building in Kowloon,

FOUR-MONTH BABY HAD 'TWINS'

Bangkok, Nov. 28,

A four-month-old

SUB-INSPECTOR IN COURT baby boy, operated on

But because this slaughter A Chinese driver told a Magistrate's court this morning

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on the roads does not arigiunte in malice or feeling but rather from:

selfsbäers, sheer stupidity, incom. carelessness, and petence, we tolerate it. But Bays Donald Campbell, we can tolerate it no longer. And wо взу же,

BEAUVAIS

in a case against o European Police sub-inspector

on four traffic summonses, that a white car drove away after hitting his car, leaving behind only a piece of metal.

Chung Chal-kong said he took

PICNIC HAM

the number of the car und To ported the accident to the Police station.

ROLE ASENTRO

SIGEN. MIONER & CO... LYD,

趄

Chung was giving evidence be- fore Mr I. T. Morris at Caven way Bay court this morning

Anthony against

Lyne, police sub-inspectar, suminen- ed on charges of dangerous driving, careless driving, fuil- ing to stop after an accident and falling to report an accident.

Lyne pleaded not guilty through mis counsel, Mr Gorden Hamp-

ton.

The alleged accident occured on Aug. 31 en Stubbs-rozs near Shui Fal Terrace. Continuing.

PI move on peso

Manila, Nov. 28.

The Philippines Government today reduced the tax on the remittance of foreign exchange from 25 to 20 per cent as part of a gradual programme to de- control the Philippines peso, UPI.

for a swollen abdomen, was found to have had "twins."

Dr Saner Indrasusksi, surgeon at Siriraj Hos pital, said the abdomen of the boy, Dekchai Abhaichai Poksiri, has3 grown steadily larger OYCK * poriad of two months. He had appear. ed "pregnant."

TISSUE

During an operation, Dr Soner, said, he ro- moved tissue which looked like "twins.” One of the "babies" had мого or less defined limbs with bones in the feet and a skull.

He identified tho mysterious growth as "teratoms."" The baby died but might have boon saved had he boon operated on earlier, the doctor said.-AP.

VIOLENCE IN

VENEZUELA MACHINE-GUNS FIRED

INTO CROWD

Caracas, Nov. 27.

fired National Guardsmen

their sub-macking guns tonight into a crowd of several thousand stone- throwing anti-government rioters who hod taken possession of San Martin Avenue in downtown Caracas. At least 50 por- sons were wounded.

sel had The demonstrators several vehicles on fire and had mude bonfires with wood taken from tomporury stalls Crocted annually to sell Christmas toys,

The rioters hurled stones which they took from several buildings under construction in the area at the National Guardsmen who were reinforced and began throwing a cordon around the mob in an effort to trolate it,

Tho demonstrations about noon but became serious after dark.

began

more

Earlier, the guard had used tear gas and fired shots into the air to disperse some 609 rioters who set fire to two buses while marching on a Caracas high relicol in which other demons- trators had barricaded them. | selves---UPI.

Ancient Chinese custom observed in Macao

RESPECT FOR SOUL OF FU TAK-YAM

Macao, Nov. 28,

Customers of the Goldon Goto, Restaurant today, witnessed an unusual show

His bodyguards were there, in the usual strategic places to see that no harm came to their muster.

to

wet towel was placed on This was all part of a Chineso It.. Even a cigarette has custom, according

which been lit in anticipation; of

on the 12th day Mr Fu's roturn,

after death, the soul ro turns to the places the docegand liked MIDST during his lifa, During this "return" to the

world, the soul is accom panied by two lossør gods sent by the mysterious" "God of Profundity." These are Identified · "as "Bull Head" and "Horse Face."

of respect and ingenuity of the Chinese people, The restaurant was owned by Mr Fu Tak-yom, the mil- lionaire owner of the loco! casino who died in Hong-One by one every waiter and ...waitress filed', port, and'! kong recently, pr

bowed as a sign of rovar- once.

He visited the restaurant re« gularly before his death and sat at the same table,

This table was today placed

́In its usual corner,” A sup of too, aʻplate of food, a'

The floor manager, the restaurant manager and the hotel manager of

the Hotel Central also Following the ceremony, fr

called at the restaurant toi 'pay their respects.

table "AFP

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removed.

Ghana to merge with Mali: Nkrumah

Accro, Nov. 27.

Ghona, which already forms a union with Guinea, is to set up a common parlia- ment with the Mali Republic, Dr Kwame Nkrumah announced on his return here tonight from a visit to Mali.

speech

the

Ghana

Bachura

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PORTF

GUINEA

Coral

Freroot

SIERRA LEONS

Monrovi

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LIBERIA

showing relative positions of Ghana, Guinea and Mall.

ing a republle within the Com- monwealth last July 1.

In an :(port

Dr Nkrumah said Grancian President said this and Mali had agreed about was one of several decisions he many important things but the

the had reached with Mr Modibo decision about Keita, the Mall President, but parliament is the only one he gave no further dels lis.

want to let but at present." It was not immediately known

He gave no further details. how Guinea would be affected The Prezident said the com- by this constitutional move.

parliament decision Was mon Ghana, an independent re-

of several decisions taken public within the British Com-

pimed at elcser relations be- monwealth, and Guinea, which tween the two countries,

outside achieved independence

In brief airport speach he the French community,

sold he and President Modibo nounced just two years ago that Keila of Mall had also cken they

establishing the Fome decisions with regard to meeting were nucleus of a union of West the great question of African

African states.

Menns of putting the union on a practical br sis

were dis cussed by offcials of the tv countries earlier this year.

Formally

Olle

unlly.

He did not refer to the Congo situation. But earlier today he cuthorized from Bamako the dispatch of cables to the United Nations Secretary-General. Mr Dag Hammarskjöld, saying ne was asking nine African states brokenIncluding. Mel to consider

Mali, whose federal relation ship with Senegal was last August, is still formally a member of the French

com-

munity, while Ghana belongs to the Commonwealth.

On November 23, 1968 Ghana and Guines declared thetr agreement to constitute the two countries as the nucleus of a union of West African states.. Before Dr Nkrumah's visit to Mali there had been speculation | that Mall might be invited to enter the Ghāṇa-Guinea union, which is still largely theoretical A Ghanalan delegation dis- cussed means

the of putting union on a practical basis at a in Conakry, - the Guinean capital [ust summer.

Mali

is whose population

formerly about 9,700,000 was

It formed the French Sudan,

fedoration known as Mail with Senegal and acquired in- dependence within the French ecmmunity.

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The Federation broke up last August, when Senegal with- stablishing an African military drew, and the former Sudan high command to deal with retained the name of Mall.

Frako-Mali realizou deteri- situations like that in the Cor¿ë,

(A joint communiqua issued orated during the breakup of This poses a delicate con-

Mali le the Federation though in Bamako, the Mali capita, stitutional problem as there is shortly before Dr Nkrumah left still formally community no precedent for a slate belong today card Ghana was 10-gront | member.

Moli shares a common border ing to either of these groups Mali a long-term loan to give forming common parliamentary concrete expression to the co- with Guinea which provides it

with institutions

DR outside operation between the

to two with access the Atlantle. state.

Mall los north of Ghana but in separated from it by upper Valta, another community state. Ghana's population is about six and a half million and

about 2,500,000,

countries).

The Commonwealth Prime Last week Dr Nkrumah said

no! Ministers have

formally during his visit to Mall that considered the Implications of "Ghana and Mali have histori- the Chana-Guinea union which colly always been one." still exists more ca paper to In practice.

YES-

Ghana attained, self-govern- | Guinen's. ment on March 6, 1057 becom- Reuter,

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