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As evidence he said: "We have only to watch the amusements of the juveniles on some level bit of ground to mark how ready they are to discard the old games of shuttlecock and kite flying for the more exciting amusement of cricket or leap frog.”
He observed: "During the season of our athletic sports it has often touched me to see how eager are the Portuguese and Chinese to imitate our own youngsters in racing and jumping, and how ingeniously they turn the Tanks in Bonham Road into happy hunting grounds.”*
His formula to nourish a healthy and vigorous population in Hongkong was to provide them literally with “a wide field." A prescription that is still valid.
As an example of civic endeavour to provide recreational facilities, he cited the movement in England promoted by Miss Olivia Hall and Lord Brabazon to convert neglected graveyards into playgrounds.
He concludes with the pious remark: “Let us strive for such improvements in our own Hongkong and the blessings of posterity will rest upon us.”
JUBILEE MEETING GROWS TENSE
AND GETS OUT OF ORDER
The first public meeting to consider plans for Hongkong's celebration of Queen Victoria's Jubilee was followed by a separate meeting of the Chinese and two meetings by the Europeans. The two expatriate meetings illustrated the need to adhere to parliamentary procedure in conducting a meeting.
Neither meeting successfully settled the issue for which they were called. Instead they added to the confusion of the community in its attempt to formulate plans for the Jubilee.
The chairman of the first public meeting had been the Chief Justice. Under his direction it had proceeded in an orderly fashion, even though its decision regarding a park as a memorial to the
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As evidence he said: "We have only to watch the amusements of the juveniles on some level bit of ground to mark how ready they are to discard the old games of shuttlecock and kite flying for the more exciting amusement of cricket or leap frog.”
He observed: "During the season of our athletic sports it has often touched me to see how eager are the Portuguese and Chinese to imitate our own youngsters in racing and jumping, and how ingeniously they turn the Tanks in Bonham Road into happy hunting grounds.”*
His formula to nourish a healthy and vigorous population in Hongkong was to provide them literally with “a wide field." A prescription that is still valid.
As an example of civic endeavour to provide recreational facili- ties, he cited the movement in England promoted by Miss Olivia Hall and Lord Brabazon to convert neglected graveyards into playgrounds.
He concludes with the pious remark: “Let us strive for such improvements in our own Hongkong and the blessings of posteri- ty will rest upon us.”
JUBILEE MEETING GROWS TENSE
AND GETS OUT OF ORDER
The first public meeting to consider plans for Hongkong's cele- bration of Queen Victoria's Jubilee was followed by a separate meeting of the Chinese and two meetings by the Europeans. The two expatriate meetings illustrated the need to adhere to parlia- mentary procedure in conducting a meeting.
Neither meeting successfully settled the issue for which they were called. Instead they added to the confusion of the community in its attempt to formulate plans for the Jubilee.
The chairman of the first public meeting had been the Chief Justice. Under his direction it had proceeded in an orderly fash- ion, even though its decision regarding a park as a memorial to the
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