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10-S.C.M. POST, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1970

South China Morning Post

Another student to go

I deal

HERE has been a good enough home-grown trou- of Bound and ble-makers without adding to their number from fury in letters to this

overseas. paper over Government's action in refusing to re-

As for the measures new the visas of foreign

of refusing adopted, that students and lecturers.

to renew visas for students Two have already left.

of record, Another will leave in the with this sort near future and more will it is a power possessed and used by every Govern- find themselves in the, same boat (or plane) later' ment in the world and this year. Is Government's action right or wrong?

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there 18 no reason to believe that Hongkong is acting any more dictator- The critics have made ially or unreasonably than much of the fact that any other country. In recently the Government has not made Australia

Government for its Federal known the basis action:

it was

because fused

admit the even to they took part in a demon- American comedian, Dick stration against America's Gregory who was to have participation in the Viet- taken part in the recent nam war, or something anti-Vietnam war morator- else? The critics asked, ium there. In this instance not denied how could they defend Hongkong has themselves when they did students the right to come of their not know the grounds on here, regardless which their visa extension activity overseas, but has was refused, It requires withdrawn their right to them- no particular perception to stay if they show

undesirable. find out that a number of selves to be foreign students and lec- Every society has its rules turers who have come and Hongkong has a right

Part of the vast Shinju

IT'S ENOUGH

COMPUTERS

here to study or teach have to insist that all who come | BY HENRY SCOTT STOKES become deeply involved in, here

to work or study

local student activities. should be willing to accept There is nothing wrong them. It should be obvious

Tolfyo.

EARTH

nothwh they to all that Hongkong does WHAT ON A

radical

try as some have, to incul. not enjoy the same politi-

.as other so-in Japan this summer?” cate in our students the, cal freedom violent and activist cieties and that there are a friend asked me, un- methods pursued by good reasons for insisting able to get a ticket back radicals in other coun- that violent and

to Tokyo from Kyushu in Hongkong tries,

are would measures

eschewed. the south-west/ be inviting trouble for, Those who cannot accept

Government' this dictum have a choice "I was told I couldn't get would be doing B dis- of 63 flights a day out of an air ticket back to Tokyo service to the community Hongkong on 26 different unles I got up at four in the

allow

almost every people airlines to stay. We have part of the globe.

itself and

to

to

these

Non-aligned Malaysia

SOME

morning, and so I asked if I could get a kleeper through to Tokyo by rail. The answer

10 was that

sleeper Was avafiable for four weeka.”

"Soinebody else wanted to travel up to Sendai from Tokyo, ysually a couple of

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QME policy changes are

the recent Non-aligned hours by train, to visit her inevitable when a new Nations Conference in parents for the summer holl- leader takes over the Gov- Lusaka. Such a policy in-day. In he ernment and Malaysia is evitably means a less rigid give up/her plan, after vain- no exception. Tengku Ad-anli-communist stance thanly queyeing for a ticket at a Abil station from | suburilin

from one city to another, and fl dul Rahman has stepped that adopted by his pre-

from one big gland to the 10 down after ruling as Trimo decessor and less identiß-

Ilo Ceftainly, something rather next, in quite unprecedented an

have been Minister without Interrup- cation with the West.

been going on in numbers. People tion since he gained inde- also revives his idea of a odd a3

Tralux rushing backwardly and for- 11

in this Night, over- pendence for Malaysia neutralised Southeast Asia Jap this summer,

jammed to cap- warda He to be guaranteed by the have been

from from Britain in 1967.

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