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HONGKONG POLICE

EXPANSION.

KEEPING PEACE WITH THE GROWTH OF COLONY

· CHILD WELFARE

NEW BUILDING PLANNED FOR INDIAN TROOPS

An Interesting coremony took In normal conditions the expan-place at King's Park yesterday sion of a city is reflected by the afternoon when Mrs. Thom, wife growth of its Police Force, and of Lt. Col. J. I. Thom, 0-1-0. this is particularly true of Hong-R.A.. laid the foundation stone of kong and Kowloon, where after the now Child Welfare Contre for having had its numbers reduced Indian troops, which when com- to what was considered a dangerous pleted, will be the first of its kind point, the Force has of necessity in the Far East, been increased, until now It has uttained to something like it former size, with a total of 2,126 of all ranks.

gathering

among

A distinguished witnessed the ceremony. those present being Col. R. B. Couscus, Lt. Col. and Mrs. Thom, it in explained that two factors Col. and Mrs. C. D. Myles, Major have supervened since the R and Mrs. Hadden, Major Lowls, recom- Major and Mrs. McIntyre, Capt. trenchment Committee's mendations were carried out, and and Mrs. Mallone, Capt. and Mrs. K. B. Gore which have aitered former decision, Eve, Capt and Mrs. as it is clear that economy in the (Hon. Secretary of the Centre), direction of personnel could not be Capt. and Mrs. Waite, Lt. and practised without seriously impair- Mrs. Wobb, Dr. H. el Arculi, Mr. ing the efficiency of an organiza- Abbas Khan, Mr. P. Chand (the tion on which primarily depends architect of the building), and a the peace of the Colony. The first number of Indian officers and mon..

with the factor is connected

In aaking Mrs. Thom to perform anxious situation in North China.

of assuming the ceremony, Capt. Gore said: which in capable dangerous possibilities locally, as

Mrs. Thom, Ladies and Gentle- illustrated by the anti-Japanese re-men-It is my proud privilege to percussions of Inat year.

call upon dirs. Thom to perform the second factor is the rapid expan ceremony which you are about to sion of the Colony and the large witness to-day. But before I do

within increase to its population

so, I would erave your indulgence recent timer,

for a few minutes to recount how we enme together here this after-

con

The

Enormous Expansion. Evidence of this expansion can be found in the Wanchai district

It is extraordinary how little where, on account of the reclama remarks may lead to things signi

hns ficant. About a year ago while 1. tion, the former population been increased many times, and an the course of my duties, greater area has to be covered by attending an indian lady in the

the mainland police patrols. On

married quarters, I was reminded an enormous growth has become that as a medical officer I had done particularly marked in Kowloon very little for the welfare of the

City and Samshuipo.

was

A sub-station district, Mongkok, wives and children of the Indian has shared in the expansion, and troops. It was more than pathetic it was tragle-to see this lady from the Police point of view,

expressed by the Hon. Mr. E. D. C. with tearful eyes saying what to Wolfe, L.G.P., in an interview yes-my mind sounded more like a re- terday. is getting to be as busy as Yaumati and other crowded trea from

hitherto which

сел-

have Stations on the mainland has given Batisfaction, there being the closest come: most of the cases.

The Force is still 20 short of the co-operation between all Stations, required number of European of the 1.G.P.

buka than an appeal. It rent homo and took root. It led me to further investigations, and I dig- covered that the wives and child- ren of the Indian soldiers inboured under unentlafactory conditions. In the absence of any arrange- menta for them on this side of the to the Government Civil Hospital. harbour, they had to be sont across

The task I set myself about

to not casy was

copo. with. Several difficultiesTM prosented themselves; foremost among them was that of finance which, I am happy to say, has now been almost overcome. In solving other prob- lems I had to seek the aids of Col. and Mrs. Thom, to whom I owe a grent debt of gratitude for help. Ing me over the fence with their amling faces.

To Col. and Mrs. Myles I also wlah to express my heartfelt thanks for disposing of the dif culties with the War Ofco, and for their encouragement and moral support. An oft witneHa to this help from Col. Myles is Col. Cousens who la at the helm of affairs at the, Headquarters, and who in present here to gracé the ceremony.

The task of bringing the pro- ject to a head would have been Indeed a difenlt one, had I not received netive co-operation and moral support from all of you who are present here to-day.

I thank you on behalf of the

Welfare membera of the Child Committee.

I will now call upon Mrs. Thont to lay the first brick of the build- ing which is the first of its kind in the Far East.

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