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Comment Scheme to advance construction schedule by three years BIGGER HK AIRPORT SOONER? Unforeseen rise Princess Alexandra leaves memento

day

COMPLAINTS IGNORED

A

GLANCE through the

newspaper correspond-

ence columna will show that laissez-faire is a term used

by more

more

and

ек

asperated readers, as their

in air traffic

at Kai Tak

letters of complaint receive: In view of the rapid increase in air traffic,

no attention from the de- partments of Government

they particularise.

every 18

Government is now considering plans for carrying out the construction of stage I of the airport terminal building in full, and advancing the construction of stage 11 by three years.

•quity as

said

now

137

*our plans

call for the construction of stage I in 1964 Instead of 1967-8 as planned originally-three four years sooner."

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Suge 11 which constais

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While it cannot be expected that every complaint should be investigated, fur the irrelevance and the trivial- ity disqualify quite 26 number, there

Mi M. J Muspratt-Willems, reason why # recurring Director of Civil Aviation, complaint should receive this in answer to a China Mail attention. But before going

1: how Hongkong further with that point. would rise to the situation

Bi 3 U.S. govern- the question is, how far are 1968

yester enlargements of various sections the

survey predicted correspondents justi-men

tourist revenue in the including the passenger-handling fied in using the term, day,

Culuny climbed to US$270: compartments built In Stage — i

will buos! the terminal handling Camillion.

to 730 ticket said capacity

DA5- ore sengers, 2,190 visitors and 200 transit passengers per standard bury hour.

luissez-faire?

No aim such a term in

However, the Director

thr though

plaus would be unfair und before Government now, nothing reasonable. But in Bome has been Analised

generat at Government that

un-

the

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Stage of the terminal build- Mr Musprait-Williams, whose particulars, some depart-

eye an ments of Government Beeming capable of handling 560 department keeps

passengers, 1.000 visitors and aviation development and plans utterly indifferent to the 100 transit passengers per hour two or three years ahead. said complaints directed to- when completed, consists of ar-

schemes are now awaiting wards them, not so much rivet and departure halls, a con- governmental and financial ap- from an attitude of laissez-

course, immigration, customs proval faire as # делве of be- and port health, ticketing offices, Noting that #0 per cent of

weighing counters, transit

tourists come in by sir, Mr the ing secure in an impregn

area, and waving bay beside the Musprate-Williams

said

exen- able bureaucratic fortress.

administrative block and res-

the airport sion of

facilities We would today like to men-

taurant.

would even attract more tourist tlon a few of the more

business. recent grumbles: first, the

traffic, the estaplaint about personal, service at the Post Office Any member of the public can prove thle point for himself, as we pointed out over year ago. It is easily

wait possible to twenty minutes for El stamp, and the reason is

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Suggestion

"It was suggested some time ago to reduce the large transit public area wing from the stage

area and a portion of the east

scheme

annual

"But as the average traffe has increased at the rate of 21 per cent in the past ve years (26 per cent this year! far in excess of the expected 12

"The more the more the trade," he said. "And this should justify expenditures or our airport extension,"

In fact,

is the department looking forward to 1970 when the world's aircraft manufac- turers will produce passenger airliners capable

of Mach (over 2,100 mph).

3

15 per cent--we now suggest re- The runway itself, which was

not so much the casual &t-placement of all the reductions. tention of the employees, said Muspratt-Williams. but that bulk postage and

single letters are accepted at the same counters.

In

short, the office boy with a hundred letters stands in the same queue as the per- son with one letter. TURTHERMORE, the Post extended

planned for 20 to 30 years

ahead, should be able to cope

The increase In airport with development of supersonic

traffe has been so fast that aircraft, he said.

Alexandra

a piece of Using a Chinese writing, brush, Princess Alexandrá signs her name on silk as a souvenir of her visit today to fisherman Cheng's junk-China Mail photo.

U.S. survey on HK This is the country_the_Queen will visit

tourism studied A WAVE OF POLITICAL

ARRESTS IN GHANA

Office has not quickly enough to meet the demands of the increased population. The changes s0 far made are nothing like post adequate and a new office is still a long way off. Another long-aired complaint arises out of the pedestrian crossing neur the Post Office where the unwary are caught by the unusual!

This was forecast in a cable The Checcht report on tourism lights sequence of traffic

quoting the in the Pacific and the Far East which permit a controlled from Washington

Checchi report on Far East was prepared by Checchi crossing of pedestrians only

tourist potentalities.

Co., a Washington research firm, half-way across the road, In reply to China Mail en on behalf of the US. Commerce Much has been said lately quiries, he 5 acurate Department.

about the breach of Ordin- figure would ride more care ance regarding finance in full study and more time than schools. But has anything the Checchi been done? These are three picked at random from a welter of recent com- plaints. After all, it is not! so much a case of laissez- faire as the public has the right to know.

Major H. F. Stanley, Executive Director of the

Hongkong Tourist Association, said he was not prepared to accept that tourist expendi- ture in Hongkong in 1968 will be at the level of US$270 million.

given team had

Confident

and

during their stay in Hongkong. The report, calling Hongkong

te

He revealed that Hongkong "a red-bot tourist

now conducting

Accra, Nov. 9.

The eve of the Queen's visit to Ghana was marked today by a wave of political arrests and a warning that the government will take "ruthless action" against anyone interfering with the security of the state.

ate

Before they return home on December 6, the royal couple Sierra also will visit Liberia, Leone, Gambia and Seneal.

Police were out in force Minister Klaku Boateng in a Wednesday night in the gaily- nationwide radio speech. lit streets of Accra and all

The four recent explosions in Acera and "other deeds of principal public buildings were under heavy guard. attraction"

violence," clearly

the Its own estimated that Hongkong "Recent

clearly events

work of "assassing and mor- there is survey which should be com-tourism could be developed to demonstrate

Pan derers," said Mr Boateng, pleted by next July. "From grow twice as fast as its total organised gang of saboteurs

The Minister accused "foreign that we'll be able to calculate economy.

planning to disturb the smooth running

the Republic," elements" of giving financial aid (Continued on page 3. col. 4) | declared left-wing Interior to "nation-wreckers and quis

logs."

He said the government will not hesitate to apply the death penalty 10 Chose planning against the security of the state, and year-and-a-half-old Prince

Eight people including Andrew,

H Member of Parliament and two

A more

accurate amount of toorist expenditure here."

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While they are away, Prince Charles, their eldest child, will have his 13th birthday.

Informants said the Queen was not the least bit worried about her forthcoming trip, but would feel the wrench of being out of the country on Prince Charles' birthday and away from the children-Princess Anne, 11,

other

Goodbye

being

twp

Mr. Macmillan and members

for HK fisherman

At Aberdeen this morning, Princess Alexandra of Kent met a Chinese fisherman and his family on board their junk, and left a personal re- minder of her visit ́a delicately scripted signature on an embroidered silk banner.

It was the same family that

met Prince Philip

when he visited Aberdeen in 1959.

The Princess seemed refresh- ed after her arduous p10~ gramme yesterday and showed keen interest in the affairs

market. of the

She was late minutes

in leaving

her next appointment.

THE BEAR FACTS...

20 for

In

she made a surprise coll at temple the Tin Hau Chinese and made a quick tour of the main hall. She also signed a Chinese piece of silk with a brush and ink before on to Stanley.

army officers and the deputy mariager of a local Independent newspaper were detained in police swoop today.

of the government said good Ghane's laws give the go bye to the Queen and her vernment power to jail suspects husband at Buckingham Palace for anything up to five years tonight. Also present at

the..Liberian' without trial Nearly 400 are ceremony High Corn

Ambassador, the. missioners of Ghana and Sierra Loone and the London Police Commissioner.

now in prison.

A petition

the

Earlier, the Queen drove to In London, 60 Ghanaian Clarence House to say goodbye students sent a petition 10 to her sister, Princess Mar- Buckingham Palace asking the garet, and new nephew, Vis+ Queen to try to get Fredient count Linley

Nkrumah to release some 830 The Queen will leave Ghann persons they said were being on November 20 for a brief stop detained for political reasons. in Monrovia, Liberia, on Novem- "We, however, have our misber 23, followed by a visit to givings that the joy and happi- Sierra Laone from November ness which

Princess

Dress

going

Alexandra wore a

pale yellow silk dress and hat with beige accessories for her engagements this morning. The ! jade brooch presented to her on behalf of the Chinese commu- nity at

Princess to This

of honour

visit Alexandra's Lyemun Barracks

morning, it was decided, Amongst other things, that the Bear House in the title zoo there, should be given

face-lift and

white.

Inside were layan honey

painted

two Hima- bears named Winnie and Betsy.

Bears bebig bears it was not long before its furry occupants not to be out- done in all this--were also covered in wet, white

paint. dinner on Tuesday was the main feature of her jewel- Lery

tils event would ambing and two dnya { all Chendered in the hearts of | in C

have

She is 26 By back to "will"be", övers London from Dakar on Decem shadowed by the cloud of mis ber 0, while the Duke je to fly trust, disillusionment and fear to Dar-es-Salaam for the Tan- that harige (over the political ganyika independende celebra atmosphere of Ghana

Lion on December 9—–—–—Ala

So then arose the prab- lem of painting the beara` they black....and where

all went from there is any. body's guess,

At the Aberdeen Fish Market, the Princess was greeted by the Commissioner for Co-operative Development and Fisheries, Mr J. Cater, who presented the Marketing Officer, Mr I. Peter-that she would have to write slowly as she was not used to With the Fishing Master, using a brush.

sen.

Mr K. Stather, she boarded a In a neat feminine hand she long-liner fishing jank owned | inscribed

single word

the

by Mr Cheng Thay and "Altxondra" in black ink. The operated by his eldest son, Mr

bant et immediately became ย Cheng Kam-sui, who spoke

centre of attraction for the with Prince Philip during the

junk's crew and visitors. previous royal visit,

that

It is understood, however, Happy grins

Princess Alexandra was not aware of the fact that Prince Philip had visited the family.

During an inspection of the

Throughout the visit, the Princess paused to wave or smile at the junk families and

junk, she asked many questions: fishermen, They grinned back about the operation of the lines happily. and the type of fish caught.

that was

She was then asked to sign a scarlet silk banner embroidered with

Many junks were decorated for the visit, including the fisheries research vessel Cape St

phoenix and Mary, whose signal bunting flowers, and was inscribed "Wel- spelled out a 'message of wel- come to Her Royal Highness come. Princess Alexandra of Kent, November 9, 1981.“

Alexandra then Princess visited the market where fish Laughingly, the Princess took were being sorted, weighed and

(Continued en page 5, col. 6) the Chinese brush and remarked

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