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THURSDAY

FEBRUARY 4, 1926.

little native state in the extreme RULES AND BYE-LAWS. south-east corner of Asia, it would

be interesting to know,

A Contrast With Amoy.

We take a particular interest. down here in Amoy University, be

cause both its founder and princi-

APPROVED BY COUNCIL TO-DAY

Bye-laws relating to scavenghig

pal are Straits Chinese, and the and conservancy, a resolution under Singapore, Jan. 21,

money which went to found It was the Tramway Ordinance, and rules made entirely in Malaya. Dr.made by the Register of Patente Seven years ago it was decided to Lim Boon-keng, prineltal, is at pres were approved by the Legislative found a centre of higher education sent spending his first holiday in

Council at 'the meeting held this at Singapore in celebration of the the Straits since he gave up ex-, centenary of the port, This insti- tensive business activities here in morning, and presided over by His

1920 to take charge of the univer- Excellency Sir Cool Clement tutign was to be called Ramos sity, which was then nothing but

K.C.M.G. College, and Ruffles University as a name, and a Singapore editor has

SANITARY MATTERS. soon as it had developed sufficient drawn pointed contrast between

what has been done at Amoy in The byc-laws relating to scaveng- ly to deserve the more dignified five years and at Singapore in ing and conservancy, which were title. To-day the position is that seven. Dr. Lim Boon Keng, who is made by the Sanitary Board on De- a competition for the design of the one of the finest scholars his com- cember 16th, lay down that the Head" of the Sanitary Department buildings has been conducted, and munity has produced, has

markable story of steady progress shall provide a departmental ser- the prize awarded to a British and rapid constructive work to vice or employ contractors for the architect, whose plans, incidentally tell. The University, while still general surface scavenging in the have had to be modified by local undeveloped, has a full curriculum, 'city of Victoria, the Hill District, with a staff of fifty prófessors and Villages on Hongkong island, and architects to meet local conditions. assistants, two science laboratories such portions of Kowloon as the The land has been acquired, and a which are claimed to be unique Board shall from time to time de- committee is in existence, although in China, a library containing some termine.

A T-

DOUBLE' TRAM TRACK.

no one seems to know, who belongs 20,000 Chinese works and 8,000 The Head of the Department is to it. Meanwhile the very large other volumes, playing fields, and also to employ contractors for the auma that were subscribed have housing accommodation for the removal of excretal matter from water been lying idle in the bank, and staff and students. In the next two buildings (not fitted with many of the subscribers must have years a new library, engineering, closets) in the H District, all wished that they had had their and medical colleges will be built, Government buildings, all private money available for investment in The library, plans of which have ly-owned public latrines in the the last year or two, when they been on view down here, will be eity of Victoria and certain spéci- could certainly have doubled it. an Interesting building; it la led villages, as well as such por- No explanation has been forth modelled upon the Kuo Chih Kien tien of Kowloon as the Board shall

at Poking, the most ancient from time to time determine. coming of this delay, but the sharp protests which have, been made in academic. building in China. The,, the press this week will doubtless Tan Kah-kec, the leading Chinese founder of the University is Mr.

The resolution under Section 7 produce reams of excellent reasons at the next meeting of the Legisla-gure in the rubber industry of of the Tramway Ordinance confirm- Malaya, and a multi-millionaire, en-the" approval by the Governor- tive Council. It is plain, however, with business ramifications every-in-Council of the application by the that there has been a lack of energywhere. He is unable to speak Tramway Company for the sub- and initiative somewhere. When English, and takes no part in public stitution of a double track for a the scheme was first mooted, the life, but he has done very remark- single track for approximately more vigorous of its supporters able work here, especially as seventy yards in Percival Street urged that the Principal and pioneer of the rubber manufac-and the provision of an additional' Faculty should be obtained at once,turing industry, and the output of ourve leading from Prays East into housed in any buildings that could tyres, shoes and other articles of Percival Street, with the necessary. be found, and classes started with all descriptions from his factories

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out delay. Instead, the Govern is now very large. He has This approval was given on can- 66 ment has chosen to wait until the shouldered the whole cost of Amos dition that (1) that any alteration buildings are erected, and that University in addition to a very of mains, cables, services, sewers, means another year or two, A complete and interesting school at drains, menholes or other works great wave of enthusiasm swept all his ancestral home near Amoy belonging to the Government of criticism aside when the scheme which now contains 3,000 students, the Colony shall be carrid-out by was proposed seven years ago. but Dr. Lim Boon-keng's idea! is the Director of Public Works at it is clear that Rames College is eclectic one-to maintain

the cost of the company, (2) that) going to be one of the problems of ancient culture of Ching whi the Colony.

Exactly what its taking the best of all other civil all the other works shall be subje‹t to the approval and shall be carri- students are going to dosations and he gained a thoroug We do not know. The gates knowledge of British ways and ed out to the satisfaction of the of the Malayan Civil Ser-habits of mind during his many Director of Public Works, and (3) vice are still losed, to all but per-years in Malaya, so that his in- that the said substituted track and sons of pure British descent, the fluence upon the young intellec- all the works in connection there- medical and dental professions altuals of South China should be a with shall be subject to all the ready have their own college, and valuable one in these troublous powers and provisions of the Tram-

way Ordinance, 1902. the field of employment in the times.

PATENT REGISTRATION. other professions is very limited in- Civil Servants and The Press, deed. The College will achieve one)

The rules made by the Registrar With our rulers politeness does definite result, however, in that it not pay.

every Certainly some of the of Patents lay down that will provide the Colony with ade-personalities that have been launch-application for registration of a quately trained teachers; at pre-ed against Sir Laurence Guillemard patent shall be accompanied by a sent the quality of the material in connection, with his injudicious statutory declaration setting out available for staffing our schools decentralisation proposals have the interest and title of the appli- leaves much to be desired,

Queen's Scholars.

been widely condemned as oant and stating that, to the best journalistic bad form, but it doest of the applicant's knowledge and seem that in order to make any belief, the invention has not beun With the exception of a-impression upon our local Heaven-publicly used in Hongkong; the porary lapse during the slump, Born, editorial comment must be issue of every certificate of regis- there has been in existence in the rude. At any rate, the only one tration of a patent shall, forthwith, Colony for many years an execed- of our local editors, who can get be notified by the Registrar in the ingly useful Institution called the anything done is the rudest of them Gazette at the expense of the appli- Queen's Scholarships, which apru-all. In a recent article we find cant; and every application under ally send a limited number of boys this very able writer, who has section 10 of the Ordinance shal}] to the universities of Great Britain. dominated public opinion in Singa-be accompanied by a statutory de- The provision of these facilities for pore for years, upbraiding His claration setting out the interest obtaining a higher education has Excellency successively with want and title of the applicant, and by been one of the wisest things the ing to add the post of Chief Secre- the origirail, or a certified copy, local Government has done, ip that tary of the F.M.S. to his multi-of every document on which the

responsibilities, nearly all the leaders of our various farious

for applicant's 'title' depends. communities received their educa-dilatoriness in regard to Raffles The rules include a list of fees tion and professional training College, for negligence in the payable to the Registrar, thèse In- through these scholarships. Ocea- matter of measures to deal with eluding $5 for certificate of regis sionally, of course, the Colony has the rampant evil of venereal tration and $5 for entry on Regis- not received an adequate return disease, for fallure to check the ser.

boginning to. for its money. Dr. Wu, the head violent crime that of the Chinese medical service at how its head again fn the Colony, Peking was a Queen's Scholar, but and for starving the Chinese What an he transferred his affections torotectorate of funds. China after practising for a short indictment for His Majesty's' re- presentative to peruse on a Satur-

time in Penang. Of course, quite day afternoon. How much of it is

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EXCHANGE RATES.

Rugby, Feb. 3.

a number of the wealthier Chinese true is another matter, and most To-day's exchange rates are as fol- send their sons to England or of it ought, no doubt, to have been law: America, but the results are not directed against the heads of the Paris always satisfactory. The boy does departments concerned, but the New York not find it easy to settle down fact that public affairs are subject Geneva

Brussels aome occupation in Singapore when to vigorous and well-informed Amsterdam

he returns from three or four ex-criticism does much to keep the Milan citing years abroad, and his ideas official, ranks in our local parlis- are not likely to coincide with those ment up to the mark,

of his family. This is, of course,

a familiar problem in all Eastern

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countries, but I may illustrate one The City of Baroda enquiry Prague local aspect of it by an incident which was held this week, revealed lo

Lisbon saw recently not a hundred miles the fact that Capt Houghton, who Buenos Aires from Singapore. The son of a local had not been off the north coast Bombay SIR ALFRED MOND.

Malay Sultan, an all-powerful poof Borneo for seventeen years, took Shanghai tentate in some hundred square his ship through the passage be Hongkong Yokohama ASKED TO RESIGN HIS SEAT. miles of rich and developed terri-tween the North and South Luconis suver (Spot).

tory, was attending, the annual Shoals, a route, of which the China Silver (forward) Rugby, Feb. 3. parade of his father's troops-a Sea Pilot says: This passage has] The Executive Committee of the well-drilled little force which has apparently not been sounded and Carmarthen Liberal Association yet to prove its quality, its only should be given a wide berth." has to-day passed a resolution, experience of active service having The court censured the captain for calling upon Sir Alfred Mond to been a brush during the Singapore grave errors of judgment, and resign his sent in view of his mutiny. At this ceremony the probably took Into consideration beccasion to the Conservative Salban fitted; his son, educated the fact that the ship will cost zion's suggestion providing for a Party. Sir Alfred is Member of at Oxford, speaking with an un- $400,000 to repair at Singapore, and Compulsory sworn declaration of in Parliament for the Divisionmistakable varsity accent, did not, that a thousand tons of cargo were home by everybody.-Reuter. British Wireless.

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