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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1936.

Chinese Press

LOCAL RADIUM

SUPPLY PROBED

WHY AGREEMENT WAS TERMINATED

Quarterly Reports Not Supplied

PURCHASE FROM

LOCAL FUNDS PREFERABLE

Press Censorship SPECIAL WEEK

TWO BILLS BECOME LAW

Members Sworn In

COUNCIL MEETING

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At yesterday's meeting of the Legislative Council the Acting Colonial Secretary (Hon. Mr. E. A D. Forrest), Hen, Mr. A. W. Hughes and Hon. Mr. Edgar Davidson were aworn in as members,

Those present were:-His Excel- enes the Officer Administering the Government-Hon Mr. R. A. C.

The question of the local radium supply for treatment " of patients at the Government North; His Excellency the General Civil Hospital formed the sub-omcer Commanding the Troops ject" of a series of questions asked by the Hon. Mr. M. K. Lo at the meeting of the Legis. lative Council yesterday.

Major General A. W. Bartholomew, C.B.. C.M.G. C.B.E, D.8.0. The Colonial Secretary-Hon. Mr. R. A.

D. Förrest Acting); The Attorney General--Hon. Mr. C. G. Alabaster, It was revealed in the course of K.C., O.B.È." The Secretary for "answers given by the Acting Co- | Chinese Affairs-Hon. Mr. W. J. lonial Secretary, the Hon. Mr. R. Carrie; The Colonial Treasurer- A D. Forrest that the supply Hon. which was loaned to the Hospital Hon. by the authorities of the Matilda Hospital was suddenly cancelled because according to the agree- ment the quarterly reparts for the earlier part of 1936 were not fur: nished.

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HON, MR. M. K. LO Wii Government be good enoüga to furnish to this Council a full statement on the question of the availability of radium treatment in Government Hospitals with par- ticulár reference to the following points

Mr. Edwin Taylor. C.M.G.

Comdr. C. F Hole, RN. Retd. Narbour Master: Hon. Dr. A. R. Wellington. C.M.G.-Director of Medical and Sanitary Services; Hon. Mr. A. G. W. Tickle-Director

Public Works (Acting): Hon. Mr. J. J. Paterson; Hon. Mr. J. P. Braga: Hon. Dr. §. W. Ts'o, C.B.R ̧ LL.D.; Hon. Mr. M. K. Lot Hon MI, T. N. Call: Hon Mr. M. . Johnson: Hon, Mr. A. W. Hughes: Hon. Mr. E. Davidsen.

Mr. D. M. MacDougall (Clerk of Councils).

The

HON. MR. M. K. LO ASKS FOR

ABROGATION

EXPENSES COULD BE MORE

PROFITABLY UTILISED

Canton's Example Cited By The

Hon. Mr. Braga

MOTION DEFEATED

THE CENSORSHIP ON THE CHINESE PRESS. WHICH WAS BROUGHT INTO FORCE DURING A TIME OF CRISIS IN 1923, WAS THE SUBJECT OF A DEBATE AT THE LEGIS- LATIVE COUNCIL YESTERDAY AFTERNOON WHEN THE HON. MR. M.-K. LO MOVED

A RESOLUTION THAT IN THE OPINION OF THE COUNCIL THE PRESENT CENSORSHIP OF THE CHINESE PRESS SHOULD BE ABROGATED.

The proposer was seconded by the Hon. "Mr. J. P. Braga who in the course of his speech, referred to the lifting of the Press censorship in Canton, and remarked that Hong Kong's inaction in the maiter invited criticisin.

Three members, the Hon. Mr. J. J."Paterson, Hon. Mr, T. N. Chau gad Hon. Dr. S. W. Ts'o. spoke against the motion and the Acting Colonial Secretary (Hon. Mr. R. A. D. Forrest) gave reasons for Government not being able to accept the motion.

When put to the vote the motion was lost.

THE HON. MR.

M. K. LO

Your Excellency. In rising to move the Motion standing in my name I desire, at the outset, to point our that this matter not only affects public expenditure, but also of raises at least two questions

namely. Consitutional

Freedom of

Colonia! Secretary moved principle. that the Report of the Finance Procedure, and Is it a fact that a certain, Committee (Nu. 6. dated 22nd Pres amount of radium was opted to July, 1936. be adopted." the Government Civil Hospital by a privately chdowed Institu- tion. for the general use of the patients of the Government Civil Hospital? If so, what were the terms, and conditions under which the loan was made?

the Is it a fact that the said loan was suddenly terminated

the

The relation to public expendı - The Attorney General moved ture is of course obvious. Accord that the amendment to the Maring to the Estimates for 1986 there ket by- aws made by the. Urban are four censors "whose total annual Council under section 5 of he salaries come to $1,584. and two Public Health (Food) Ordinance. Press censorship coolies at $333 1935, on the 21st day of July, 1936, making a total annual expenditure be approved.

of S4,920.00. I do not know whe- ther there are other items of ex- penditure directly or indirectly at-

The first reading, of A Bill to amend again the Pensions Or-

7 the answer is in the affirma-dinance, 1932; "A Bil to amend tributable to the censorship). Ap- tive, were arty reasons given for lurther the Bummary Offences Or-proximately $5.000 may not seem a terminating the said loan and, dinance, 1932"; "A Bill to amend

large annual expenditure, but I if so, what were the reasons? the law relating to stamp duty": may observe that this is about the (c) Is it a fact that since the "A Bill to amend the Public Health

annual cost of running all the withdrawal of the radium men- (Sanitation) Ordinance. 1935": "A playgrounds for the poor children tioned above, there has been no Bill to amend the Public Health of this Colony. in Victoria and radium avaflable at the Govern~ { (Animals and Birds Ordinance. I gawloon, and represents about twO ment Civil Hospitals. for the 1935" and "A Bi to amend the months' expenditure of the Society use of the general, public? » Public Health (Food) Ordinance. for the Protection of Children for

COLONIAL SECRETARY

looking after the poor children of "A Bill to amend the Crown the Colony. Since 1929 radium has been lent

Rights (Re-entry) Ordinance.

1935."

to the Government by the Trus-1870," and "A Bill to amend the CONSTITUTIONAL PROCEDURE

tees of the Matilda Hospital The terms of the loan were embqdied in regulations drawn up by that in stitution designed mainly to safe- guard the custody of the, radium. The regulations also included the following stipulations:--

Regulation S. No charge shall be made to any patient for the radium used in his or her treat-

ment.

law relating to the instruments which may be used in flogging or whipping" were read a third time and passed.

The Council was adjourned to September 9.

and thirdly, that the Guvernment Radiologist is fully qualified to supervise the use of radium. that outside supervision is not condition of the loan regulations.

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Under no cir- Regulation 7. cumstances may à Doctor lend the radium to a third party. In

(c) The Government possesses the G.C.H. however where ra- 20 milligrammes of radium. This dlum is lent to the Radiologist amount in inadequate to meet the he may loan such radium to the number of cases need of ra-

treatment. "On two beads of the Surgical and Gy-dium naecological Units for use in the sons since the withdrawal of the G.C.H. or Tsan, Yuk Hospitals loan, the Hospital has granted the only.

Government temporary use of the Regulation 11. Each Doctorradfum for treatment of a special Who gets the Use of radium case. agrees to furnish a quarterly re-

HON, MR, M. K. LO port to the Superintendent... of i WI Government consider the the Matilda Hospital on the question of providing radium. un- special report forms supplied by der the control of the Honourable the Mattida Hospital. This is the Director of Medical and Sani-

In order that information and experience may be accumulated In the use radium.

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tary Services, for the use of the general public? And will Govern- ment consider the suitability of (b) The loan was terminated on thising, either wholly or in part, the 22nd May this year. The rea-

the proposed King George the sons given were that for the ear-

Firth Memorial Fund for the ac- ller part of 1936 the quarterly re-

quisition of radium for Hong ports referred to above had not Kong, so that it will be available been supplied: that radium had to the poorest class in the com- been used for the treatment of munity? European patients at the Govern-

COLONIAL SECRETARY

I now proceed to deal with the question uf Constitutional Pro- cedure.

The Emergency Regulations Or- dinance, 1922, Section 2. provides as follows

classes of subjects hereinaftering a long extra paragraph. which enumerated, that is to say:- reuds as follows:-

(a) censorship, and the con- trol and suppression of pub- catlons, writings, maps, plans, photographs, communications, and means of communication;

(3) Any regulations inade un- der the provisions of this section shall continue in fored until re- pealed by order of the Governor in Council

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By order of the Governor in Counet! made on the 25th June, 1925, the following regulations were made inter alia under the above mentioned Ordinance:-

1. No person shall print, pub- lish, or distribute any newspaper, placard or pamphlet containing any matter in the Chinese lan- guage other than a bona fide trade advertisement) which has

not been previous, submitted to and passed by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs.

3. No person shall, without the permission of the Secretary for Chinese Affairs, import any newspaper, placard or pamphlet containing any matter in the Chinese language other than a bona flde trade advertisement. No person shall have in his pos- session any newspaper, placard or pamphlet imparted without such permission.

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4. The Governor in Counch shall have power to suppress for such period as he may think or until further order the printing and publication of any news paper.

ORDERS REPEALED

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"....... nor shall any person print, publish or distribute any news-sheet in the Chinese lan guage as an extra, nor shall any Person post up any placard pur- porting to contain in the Chinese language any portion of the con- tents of any newspaper, OF ANY announcement relating to the contents of any newspaper, un- less the printing, publishing or distribution of such extra or the Posting up of such placard has been authorised and unless the form and arrangement as well as the matter contained in such ex- tra and placard has been pre- viously approved by the Secretary tur Chinese Afairs or any Assia- tant Secretary for Chinese At- fairs."

Parenthetically I would like most respectfully to ask:-

What steps. if any, have been taken by Government to see that the provisions of Regulation 24 have been carried out, and how can u. person in the Colony satisfy himself that an imported paper has been imported with the per- mission of the Secretary for Chi- nese Affairs?

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THE CIRCUMSTANCES

have set out the Regulations imposing the censorship and the Ordinance under which they were made. Now, what were the clr- cumstances under which the Or- ainance was passed by this Coun- cl? The Colony was then going through one of the most critical crises of its existence. The out- look was grave; disorder threaten- By orders of the Governor In ed. On the 28th February, 1922, an Council made on the 1st day of emergency meeting of this Council October. 1931, the Emergency Re-was convened. At this meeting, gulations made on the 25th Jure, after the first reading of the Bill, 1925 were, repealed, but re-enacted His Excellency Bir Reginald Stubbs in an amended form, Regulations | moved the suspension of the stand- Nos. 22, 24 and 25 taking the places | Ing orders in order to enable the may be made with regard to any of the repealed Regulations Nox. remaining stages of the Bill to be matters coming within the1, 3 and 4. and Regulation 22 hav- taken at the meeting.

2. (1) On any occasion which the Governor in Counell may consider to be an ecension of emergency or public danger, he may make any regulations what- soever which he may consider desirable in the public interest.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the provistons of sub-section (1), such regulations

METHOD TO DECREASE

BANISHEES' REWARDS

Votes totalling $26,698 were passed at the meeting of the Finance Committee yesterday. Included in the votes was one for $4,800 for typhoon, damage done to the railway.'

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Hon. Mr. Lo: If deportees who have committed very really seri- ous crimes and return for the second time they should be made Govern- liable to a flogging which would

be a good deterrent.

Dealing with a vote for $4,000 Hon. Mr. Braga: I am glad to for Police Force rewards paid for hear that, sir. because i am the the arrest of returned departees, last one to advocate freedom at Hon. Mr. J. P. Braga remarked the prisoners. Perhaps some other that the vote was cropping up method could be brought up by the ment Civil Hospital; and that the The Government is approaching time and again and he thought it Law Officers of the Crown, Medical Officer in Charge of the the Trustees of the Matlida Hos- was about time that the Govern- Matilda Hospital had not been pital with a view to securing. fment noted this a matter of given the facilities for exercising possible, the renewal of the loan. policy. They could go on feeding supervision of the use of radium If this proves impossible the Gov- these delinquents in gaol and this in Government Hospitals required einment will consider other means meant expenses to by the Trustees of the Matilda of providing radium for the usement, It would seem that Hong Hospital and by the Insurance of the general public. The ques-Kong had thousands of undeskra-

The Colonial Secretary: Company. It la observed with 're- tion of a Memorial Fund is still bles coming in and out. gard to these points that the under consideration but. "having The Colonial Secretary replied point was previously in our

difficulties of that Government

I will look into it. omisalon on this one occasion was regard to certain

carefully wad due to an oversight which could care and custody; it is considered considering the matter and had The provision made in have been corrected at once,, had more satisfactory that radium reduced the number or ban'shees. Estimates was $5,000 which attention been drawn to itse should be purchased from the Those who were already banished proved insuffelent owing to condly that the conditions on funds of the Colony rather than and returned were, at the expira- increase in the number of which the loan was made con- by the use of publicly subscribedtion of their prison term, rewards pald for the arrest of tained

banished discrimination: money.

turned banishees.

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was then taken through the re- maining stages, and became the Emergency Regulations Ordinance, 1922. Sir Reginald Stubbs, in ad- aressing the Council on the men- sure, spoke inter alia as follows:-

The Council has been called to-day for a special purpose, which is to pass a Bill' to confer upon the Governor in Council po- wer to inake regulations in cases of emergency or public danger.

........It is essential for the safety of the Colony that steps should be taken as early as pos- sible, to conter upon the Execu- tive the most drastic powers for dealing with a situation which may at any moment result. in disorder owing to the misguided efforts of persons who are under the influence of Bolshevist doct- rine,"

emergency nature of the Regula

In order to show clearly, the.

tions to be made under the Ordin- ance I may point out that certain emergency Regulations were made on the same day as the meeting. that certain other Regulations were had made on the 2nd March, 1922) and the that all these Regulations were re-repealed on the 9th March, 1922.

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