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TELEGRAPH.

FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1932.

SHING MUN DELAY

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Secretary, American Bridge

The water shortage was the League

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when the Unofficial Members un- dependa upon the proper play to animously supported a motion pro- the first and second trick. When testing against the delays which the opening lead is made, the de- had occurred in the matter of the clarer should try to visualize the Secretary of State's sanctioning the commencement of the second play of the entire hand before play-half of the Shing-Mun Valley ing a card from dummy. Careless play to the first trick in the follow- ing hand would cost the declarer

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scheme.

The Hon. Sir Henry Pollock moved the following resolution:

"That the Unofficial Members of this Council, In view of the pre- water recurrent sent serious

urgo the shortage, respectfully

to press Hongkong Government

the Home Authorities immediate- ly to sanction the commencement of the second section of the Shing Mun Water Scheme."

He said: This motion is being made as an emphatic protest by the united body of Unofficial members against any further delay by the Home Authorities in sanctioning the commencement of the second section of the Shing-Mun scheme, and also in the hope that it may strengthen the hands of the Hong- kang Government, which Unofficial members cannot doubt is fully alive to the serious gravity of the pre- sent water situation.

This grave situation, seeing that this Colony is dependent upon re- servoir storage, combined with catch-waters, for its water supply, can only be relieved by the Im- mediate commencement and urgent pushing on to completion of the large dam at Shing-Mun, with its potential storage of 3,000 million gallons, together with its necessary opentchwaters.

The contract bidding follows, South opened with one club, West passed and North bid one heart. This is the One over One and while It makes no promise for game, it does force South to keep the bidding open once in or der to give North another

When East bidl. to portunity passed, South bid two no trump the heart suit was the only weak hand. North then spot In his carried the contract to three no trump.

The Play.

Bulta, the

West has two four-card but even if the clubs were atronger, they should not be open- ed as the declarer originally bid clubs. The proper opening to his deuce. fourth best spade-the Dummy plays the eight, East covers with the king. Would you win this first trick now with the ace? If so, you would lose game.

The declarer's only hope for Hame is to establish is long club suit, and if they do not break, he will need the ace of spades for to his hand. He must an entry lose one spade trick eventually, 80 why not lose it right away and play the three? When Enat turns the seven of spades, de- 10 and West clarer plays the covers with the jack, dummy win- ning with the king. The club auit kind is started by leading the

seven from dummy and then the spot. When East covers with the Juck, the declarer wins with the of queen and then leads his ace cluba, West following with the elght spot. Duminy discarde a small diamond-East also discards a diamond.

B

1929 Resolution, On the 18th July, 1929, the fol- towing resolution, which was form of resolution then proposed the to meet by me, na amended views of the then Governor, H. E. Sir Cecil Clementi, was unanimous- Council (See ly passed in this

lanzard 1929 p. III):

of this "That, in the opinion Council, it is imperative in the in- terests of this Colony that. per- manent measures to increase the water supply of the Colony should he pressed on with the utmost dea- patch."

Budget Debate.

the Again, in the debate on Budget on the 19th Septeraber in that year, I, speaking on behalf of all the Unofficial Members of Coun- cil, said. "Another pressing need is an adequate water supply. It Reems most regrettable that your Excellency is not even now able the to lay before us definite waterworks re- extension proposals under

of the Shing-Mun second section scheme, seeing that the full needs of Hongkong Inland are not (ns we gather from Mr. Henderson's re- ports) met under present arrange- menta, and even with the pipe-lino across the harbour and the building of the Aberdeen Reservoir, up to later period than the year 1932. Also it must be borne in mind that the construction of the big Shing- Mun Dam, which apparently is the corner-stone of the second section scheme, will take many years to complete, even after the plans for it have been drawn up and decided on."

The extra club trick is needed for game so the declarer leads hls six of clubs which West wins with the 1-spot. A small heart is dis- carded from dummy, East discard- ing a diamond. West leads another spae and the declarer is forced to win with the nce, but this ace of spades has proved an entry into to make the his hand in eriler good nine of clubs which is trick needed for game.

very

Urged to Press Plans. Again, at p. 179 of Honsard, I said: "We venture, however, to grave doubts whether, express

the Government unless speedily indeed gets on with the at construction of the big dam the

Shing-Mun, it will be reasonably practicable for the Government for some years to come to discard the would, rider-main system. We therefore, most strongly urge the of the Government to press on with the plans for the construction big dam in the Shing-Mun gorgeo and with the building of the dam itself."

of

The declarer now cashes his ace and king of hearts and the ace of diamonds granting the opponents the last two tricks, but as they have only taken four tricks, the declarer makes hia contract three no trump, scoring 106 for tricks and as it was played in a

Chinese Members' Remarks. duplicate match neither side vul

And, in the course of the same nerable, the game bonus is 300 points and the declarer would re-debate (sce fansard at page 193)

(Continued on Page 10, erive a total of 405 points.

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