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BOARD ELECTION.

STATEMENTS FROM THE TWO CANDIDATES.

MOW FUNG'S REPLY TO MR. M. K. LO

(TO THE EDITOR OF THE,

NO KONG

DAILY PRESS.

Sin his letter which appear ad in your issue of this morning, Mr. M. K. Lo takes up the cudgely on behalf of my opponent. With one part of his lotter I am in full acord, namely that the public will j

sion I, at least, shall be consout.

DR. LI SHU FAN'S STATE MENT OF POLICY."

HONG KONG DALY

BIRTHS.

bebrion of Children, and the now FEGISTRATION OF Government Voltaze Controin Wanchai are performing pioneer work, but there is amplescopes for extending such aotivities.

PLANS TO COMBAT DISEASE the past two years--for the cran

IN HONG KONG.

My aim is to make Hong Kong by that include Kowloon and the New Territories healthier place to live in I have as my watch- word,"Healthy homes in a healthy colony,"

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My opinion has boon sought, in regard to the proposal which I andorstand en boon under the con-- sidoration of the Government for

tion of a Health Board in addition to the existing Enniitary Board (but with ita netivities greatly curtailed) Board. I am not prepared to give or in substitution for the Sanitary

LOCAL LAW, TO BE

PAMEINID ED

The Gazette contains the draft of an Ordinance to amend the law relating to the Registration of Births and Danthe

Undor section of the Registra

ance it is the duty of the father tion of Births and Deaths Ordin

OLD CHINA HAND.

DEATH OF CNC ENGINEER.

MR. ANGUS BUCHANAN.

We regret to announce the death, which took place at Ayr, Scotland! on March 19, of Mr. Angus CM, Buchanan, formerly chief Engineer in the China navigation Company:

Mr Buchanan joined the. China necessary data, which alone would illness, absenco, or inability to at third engineer, afterwards forving, a considered judgment without the or mother or in the case of death, Navigation Company in 1890 as arable the to form an opinion na to tond of the father or mother the as second engineer and, then as Although situated just within the bo the finui judge as bo which candi, Tropics, Hong Kong, I am convine»,

occupier of the house in which the Chief, which position he held for the advantages and disadvantages dute it prefore, and with their decid, can be made as free from diseve that my practical experience at the birth to give the 1930

of such a schome. I'venture to be child has been born, or any one many years. He retired in May

Mr. Lo's letter in frankly and regulated city in the West.

of vase and epidemics ns. any well-gained as Commissioner of Public cassary information to the Regis He was of a kindly disposition

Take parte statement. With the imputa- tuberulosis, for instance: it is tha

Health in Canton may stand me in trar with 42 days of birth,

and was held in high esteem by his tion which he makes on the public uimase amongst infectious diseases this important problem. Whether is to give the necessary informs survived by his wife, son and daugh- It has been, the custom for mid-mployers and colleagues Ho io good stead in the consideration of spiritedness of the Kowloon Retirin Hong Kong which is causing by the Health Board will materialisation to the Registrar with regard ter, and two brothers, one of whom donte Association. I am not con- far the most deaths, yet it is now cerned to doal. The record of pub definitely in check in England, and

to births where they have boon inis Mr. George Buchanan, the well- He service ondered by the Associa the figures there are showing a do

attendance and this information known local engineer.. tion is so well known that Mr. Lo'shine. It is my conviction that the

ion is incorrect as to the exact SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST has been forthwith entered in the attempt to extract from their state-

rogister. Sometimes this informa- same can be done for Hong Kong. ment, and mine aquuning which

name of the father, the mother or they will certainly not bear to the

the child. The is an error of fact olectorate generally will hardly disease.

or substance which can only be cor bereft his cause.

rented at the cost of 82.50;

It often happens that when the

has been given to the infant The tion of the midwife (generally one

infant is thus registered un-named or two days after birth) no name

Charges of a serious nature were There are constantly arising cases proferred against Kwong Heung- where within the 42 days of grace po (32) & manager, and Taung allowed by the Ordinance the fa ther attends in person and offers Kok-yee, a obemis; before Mr. the requisite information only to Wynne-Jones at Central Magistracy been registered on the information is charged with the possession at be told that the child has already on Saturday. The first defendant given by the midwife. If the mid

or not, I am of the opinion that a the medical and the sanitary loser linson ought to oxist between authorities who have, after all, the

health of the Colony sane end in view, namely, the good

I maintain that no person ought to be the victim of a preventablo

A question has been put to me by disenso can be pre-a-representative of a local paper a

If

(1) Segregation of lopers.

Deaths

(2) Registration of Births and (3) Registration of Midwives. (4) Registration of Doctors and

Chemists,

I wish however, 1tb reply to hinted by the axereise of ordinary to what I had achieved while por: child is registered on the informa- charge that I am standing" pui-tions, phon it is the duey of the of Public Health in Canton. I was care and proper sanitary precum forming the duties of Commissioner mariis in the uterets of a section alth Authorities to instreet resi-responsible for the following health of the community only wad that the dusts ng to what constitutes ordi- and other maneures Interests of the Colony, as a wholeary cure, and to provide the neces will come supond. With this up any sanitary precautions. posed attitude of mine de vieverly

Tam therefore wholeheartedly in contrasts, Dr. Li's pledge to serve invour of health propagandi cons the interests of the Colony as dusted regularly and systematical whole.

In making his engparison Ms.

ly, with the object of guiding the "To might also have quoted my own especially of othuenting the lower publie in health matters, andi statement in my lettor of April 19, I pledge myself if elected to

Jesses in the rudiments of sanitary speak candidly, fairly and fearless living in the hope of obtaining their ly on all matters concerning the co-operation. I would areas the welfare of the Colony and of Kowity for this, as however string loon in particulai.**/

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(5) Improvement of scavenging

and conservancy services.

CHEMIST.

ALLEGED POSSESSION OF COCAINE.

wife's information is incorrost. he182, Queen's Road Central of a (e) The organisation of the Bacficates to have it carrested and he drug, to wit, approximately 11 lbs. muet produce 82:50% and two certi preparation containing a dangerous triological, Chemical and #Analystical Departments.. (7) Introduction of quarantine

measures:

troduce them.

Einally, I should like to say that

As a

must produce another 82:50 for in- serting the name of the child in the register

of

quer extract of Cosse, con taining 01233 per cent. cocaine.

The chemist is charged with un- awfully supplying, the preparation. Monopoly Analyst was for

Mr. H. A. Taylor, Government

prosecution while Mr. F. E. Losoby appeared for the defence.

the

within forty-two days of the birth till to-morrow, the first being on

DESIRE TO CHANGE NATIONALITY.

REMARQUE AND E. LUDWIG SEEK SWISS NATUR- ALISATION.

Both defendants were remanded

bail of 100, whilst the second is on bail of $2,000.

VICAR WANTS TO BE “WATCHDOG."

READY TO HIRE HIMSELF AT 5- A TIME..

In each case the father is penalis I do not wish to take special' ere fod for something he is not respon dit for these mesaures, as I hapsible for and naturally he objects, feliz ordinances and by-laws may ko,pened to be the first Commissioner section 1 of the principal Ordin This amending Ordinance amends It is undoubtedly the constitute officers to enforce them cannot of Public Health in Canton, andande by reducing the cortificate fee tional duty and privilege of the present everywhere. At any rate the lot naturally fell on me to into one dollar and by abolishing the two elected members of the Sani- I am in favour of intelligent educa

entry fee where the former is is sued or where the latter is made tary Board to represent the interion rather than springent regula ests of the Colony as a whole, but tion.

the special problems of Kowloon of the child. Traubenis that if neither who It is the co-operation of the have my sympathy. The residents stitutional nor undesirable for ene

masses that we need in order to of Kowloon and the New Territories or both of their to give special at abolish the wide-spread evil of spit will and me ready to listen to any tention to the needs and problemsting in public, to prevent the dump-representations that they may bring of a particular district of the ing of dead bodies, to prevail on forward, and to join them in tack- Colony, especially when that dis. the people to surrender the priviling any problem which might be trict is of such increng size andlege of exemption from registration peculiar to their districts.

of deaths in the New Territories, to medical man, 1 make, no distinction importance as Kowloon, which at

notify infectious diseases, and to present comprises nearly 43 per

as regards physical boundaries: I cens, of the total population. True, submit to isolation with proper have patients on both sides of the I have had the honour of being

harbour. When the late Dr. Sun nominated by the Kowloon, Resi

My experience as a medical praeYat Sen asked me in 1911 to under Remarque and Emi Ludwig, two WHILE PARISHIONERS GO TO

Berlin, April 24-Erich Maria dents' Association and I shall mitioner here and as Commissioner take health work for a period of of the most widely-known German. equivocally adhere to my purpose of Health in Cantony has given me two years in Canton, I did not writers of the day, are both seek-

CINEMA to pay particular attention to Kawan Bisight into the living condi hesitate, although I was primarily ing to forsake German nationality loon matters, bus maintain that ions of the people, and it has

a Hong Kong man, born and brad and have applied for anturalisation the interests of Kovigen are sought me, that they are not incor- here, with all my interests here.particularly of Horr Ramarque's Grove Park, near Bromley (Kent),

papers in Switzerland. The report, bound up with the general welfare rigible.

When it is a call to fight suffering action, has caused & sensation in is prepared to hire himself out at and, disease, my duty is clear.

Germany.

Remarque, made famous by his 3. a time as a housewatchman to. All Quiet on the Western Front," raise £2,000 for a new hall he cop- which has run into millions of copies in virtually every language

emplates building, but Latin and Sanskrit, became the object of violent attacks in, Ger. nan Nationalist circles following the publication of his book Ho feft Germany and lived for a time ia Holland and in France, finally settling in Switzerland where he come a citizen.

amenities.

of the Colony, specially as regards is primarily the poor and health problems, that it is impos- igarant that we have to deal with, sible to imagine any situation whore Steuse no henith measure is offen- there would be a gonfish of inter

tive without their co-operation; be- cnuse it is ultimately through them

estis.

that it is determined whether epide

All mattars concerning the public health must be considered from the point of view of the Colony in gen- eral, and without regard to the mics will rise and whether the. private interests of any particular better homes will have to bear the arction of the community whatso onslaught of infection. ever, That I fully endorse this

In short,

SANITARY BOARD ELECTIONS.

EXTENSION OF TIME FOR VOTING.

The Rey, T. P. Stevens, vicar of

"It will take a long time to col- lept the £2,500," but I am per fectly willing to try it.

"Recently there, has been 11: epidemic of burglaries in this dis- trict. It has become so serious that women in the neighbourhood ars homo-alone.

policy is indicated in the views the standard of health prevailing in. It is notified in the Government has now signified his desire to be afraid to go out alone or stay at which I have already publicly ex-the slum tenements in the back Gazete that the time for voting at pressed concerning certain health streets of Hong Kong will be the hold on Tuesday, May 10, is extend-Bismarck, Napoleon and others, sort of watchman. I am prepared the. Sanitary Board Election to be Emil Ludwig, famed biographer My idea, therefore, is to art as prepared at any time to state determining factor of the standarded up to 5.30 p.m. on that day and home for a number of years bas of my parishioners while they are problems of the Colony, and I am

who has made Switzerland his to keep watch at the home of Lay the time, for voting will therefore also made application for Swan out visiting or Mosquitoes and dies arq two pusta

at theatrezor naturalisation " wel be between the hours of 10a.m. and

cinemas. which I believe more could be done

I am pretty full up with writ to eliminate. Then there is child 5.30 pm. instead of 10 a.m. and 1

ing, but I could do a good deal of welfare. The Society for the Pro-'p.m., as formerly announced.

it while watching.

frankly and unhesitatingly my atti- of health of the Colony. tude towards all such questiona na may be of public.

Hic interest.-1 am, Sir,

Yours faithfully,

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F. MOW FUNG

NEW APARTMENTS IN TOWN.

GLOUCESTER BUILDING. "FLATS "OPENED.

BEAUTIFUL AND MODERN CONSTRUCTION.

The G

Gloucester Building Apare ments which have all the facilities

in the summer months while it harbour during typhoon weather, tean also be turned into a very splen-is panelled in polished teakwood on

did open-air dining room.

Decorations,

F

HEALTH IN EASTERN PORTS.

The following health bulletin of the lines of an old English barosatern porta, for the wook-ended" room. It occupies the highest corn- April 23, has been issued

The decorative work, done by thejor of the building and has largò. well-known Arm of Art and low, windows through which the Crafia, deserved the very highest flight enters, to mallow against tho praise. It includes plaster motifs dork background of panelled walld.- in pale green with sprayed bronze Adjacent to the bar is the nor thern verandah which runs along centras toned pleasingly into the general colour affect. At the south and on to which opens the public

the building for its complete length: and of tho restaurant is a private dining room capable of accommo-reading and writing rooms dating 100 people comfortably. It The whole of the eighth Boor is is done up in the same way as the available to the public who will of a modern hotel, were shown to public room with a fawn coiling have the use of the various con- members of the Press on Saturday and pale green plaster mounts. The veniences and amenities attached to when Mr. P. Newman contiucted floors of the restaurant and adja- the restaurant. It is of interest to them on a "tour of inspection." "

controoms, -are semi-sprung, make note that there are six lifte and a The appartmente occupy the 4th, ing a splendid dancing foor,

Barvice lift in the building, those 5th, 6th and 7th doors witilo a vary The Fitchen is provided with all having been installed by the G.E.C. up-to-date restaurant, complete the latest appliances of time saving

"Besides members of the Prom with a spacious dining room, on and hygienic devices

large number of guesta were altown cupies the 8th door. A feature of

round the premises, among whom

noticed Mr. G. G.

the restaurant the terrace

Tudor' Bar.***

which face the barbour, and from The private, bar, which to to be

** Women Afraid;"

"There have been about 200 bur glaries at Grove Park since I have been here. Recently the vicarage was burgled; there has been one, at the church, and one of my church- wardens has been a victim

It is almost impossible to ex CRACA Death aggerate the situation in this dis

trict. Women are afraid. One of my church officials is called upon to remain behind for about twenty minutes after the evening service;" his wife will not go home alone, and stays until her husband is ready to go home A I am willing to do an evening's watching for ds, but if my clients are prepared to make a more aub stantial contribution, that, is their affaiz

· Flague.

Bassain Bombay Rangoon

Cholera.

Calcutta Cauton

Binall-Pox.

Suez

Bombay Calcutta

B

member Me to Word

a

Karachi Madraz Rangoon Pondicherry Saigon Canton Shanghai

Onaka

Macso

which very fine, vias can be, ob called the Typhoon Bar beon use of Leigh and Orange, Amhitect' whs stained. It is an ideal place to end the extreme comfort and security wore responsible for the design of

joy the cool of the evening air dur with which patrons may, watch the the building.

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Considerable Damage,

There is no doubt that this out- break of lawlessness is keeping people at home. Many burglaries are ama) affairs, so far as the foss is concerned, but usually the thieves do much damage in the houses they braak into

par* in my own case they stola only. a silver medal, but they turned the plnon upside dow

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