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'INFRINGEMENT ENCOURAGED

Ing has become advanced, neuto and general, to take advantage of an

LET'S HAVE A CASTE SYSTEM IN HONG KONG

Edward Kelly Suggests That The Peak Show The Kowloon Untouchables Where They Get Off

By Edward Kelly, Cad.

TAYING passed the graduation class with two years residence in HA Hongkong, Mr. Edward Kelly, distinguished journalist, la now pre

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reserved for $750 taipans, Work- on $500 a month will

be allowed cork tipped cigarettes, plain tips for $400 workers, ordinary pipes for $360 workers clay pipes for $250 workers and chewing tobacco for the lesser fry. On the samo basis $1,000- men will drink champagne, whisky and liquors will be provided for the $760 class, and beer for the $500 class, The $800 class resi- dont can drink water.

the

paring to join the ranks of the Snobs. As a matter of fact Mr. Kelly With summer, coming on, was, with difficutly, restrained from going the whole hog by refusing to swimming question Is one that Is write for the "Very Idea," contending that, now, he had become eligible causing some perturbation, but we for membership in the Peak Club, low-brow humour was beneath his bave hit upon a fairly reasonable dignity-NOW READ ON.

plan. Since there are not enough

TT'S about time the Hong-(8400er month) rises to indiges-Repulse Bay and other resorts will similar fashion, plain wind beaches in Hongkong to go around, The fact only makes it the more kong government woke tion ($600), to flatulence ($750), have to be sub-divided. surprising that it has been left to up to itself (writes Mr. to. stomach catarrh ($1,000), to an X-Ray ($1,000), with a chance the present time, when overcrowd-Kelly).

of developing Angina Pectoris at $2,000 per month.

Wo thought of extending the idea to cometerics, but have had abandon it, as there is not enough space in Hongkong. In order to preserve the salary dis tinctions of life, at least six feet would have to be allowed for

There's been too much authority that might have been pandering to the local prole- Deferred Terms-Repurchase-mado effective 30 years ago and the tariat. Kowloon wants put-id

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FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1934,

DISARMAMENT

of

It is apparent from the state. ments made in the House of

un-

Besides, the line of demar- cation between the Unreach-

in

Sharing the same table with an inferior class person would be had enough, but the ineffable horror of bathing

water that has

been contaminated by having the legs of nome inferior person- It simply cannot be done! We first of all planned to have Repulse Bay roped off into land- excessive level of rents in the slum ables and the Untouchables every $50 difference in salary.ways, according to salaries, but If we're going to have snobbery the Monument, and would probably to confine the water to its respec- should be more clearly defined. On this basis, a $250 per month something more substantial than employees funeral would start at rope will have to be used, in order in Hongkong, let's go the whole end at Tientsin. hog, and become real snobs.

tive portion of the beach.

Even with concreto dividing walls, there la no guarantee that won't sooner or

enforce the Ordinanco has doubtedly encouraged infringe- ments and contributed to the

Brens.

It has led to the creation of "principal tenants" who make that their principal profession, not only

living rent-free' at the expense of the coolic class but frequently so managing affairs as to control a comfortable cash margin

POVERTY PROBLEM

The problem admittedly rocя back to the root cause of a social evil. Poverty, here in a woeful degree, goes hand in hand with overcrowding, and in a concrete and visible form is expressed by the slums. Picture a narrow floor with little or no lateral ventilation. Free circulation of alr is restricted by intervening boards partitioning off as many box-like cubicles as can bo conveniently devised, with space Commons by Sir John Simon and

in each only for a bed, a locker and Mr. Anthony Eden that the Brit-perhapa a couple of chairs. The ish Government, whilet not dis- law, with the idea of facilitating posed to admit the total failure ventilation if not the passage of of its disarmament efforts, rea-light, has requited that the parti- lises that hopes of even a partial tions be not over a certain height. mensure of success are some. To prevent overcrowding as we now what slight. The issue has been that must be allotted to every per- see, it also specifies the air apner

very plainly stated and the reason. But for all that overcrowding lities of the situation brought that the passage outside the rows has gone on inside, and we find also into prominence. effect, of cubicles and even that the niche Britain says she is most anxious under the staircase has been adapt to save the Disarmament Con-ed for bed-spaces. ference from a complete break-

In

This stunt of aimply refusing to associate with anybody because he or she doesn't live on the Peak is amateurish. Let's do the thing properly,

It would be a simple matter for the Government to find out what salary every person in Hongkong was receiving, and the various degrees of Un- touchableness could be based on this.

Mongs and Others

The question of dogs will have the $400 water to be gone into. Actually, the later be splashed into the 81,000 Government has already taken portion of the beach. action in this respect by depriving | Kowloon dogs of their trees.

Pity the $425 Man

Stricter supervision will have The whole problem is bristling to be exercised, however, in order with difficulties, but we think the to prevent pomeranians ($1.000 a Government is capable of handling month) hobnobbing with $400 it. Naturally, there's going to be mongrels.

many individual cases of hardship, Naturally, it will take some but, in any new scheme, these are- time for the plan to come into unavoidable, operation, as Berlous difficulties

We refer, of may be expected regarding bargain

course, to the

For instance, a man ou $1,000 a month would naturally reside on the Ponk, the height above sen hunters. The wife of a $2,000 per border line casca. While the line. of salories. level being based upon the height month talpan will probably still of demarcation is obvious as be- Taipans in the love a bargain ns much as the tween n $500 and a $1,000 a millionaire class could, if neges-wife of a $250 worker, and the month man, the chap who fa on sary, obtain balloon residences, only way we can see out of the $425 a month will be in a quandary which could be moored above the difficulty is to compel Lane Crawns to whether the Peak Tramway Peak,

ford's and other establishments to conductor will let him sit in the Streets would have to be laid erect different shops for different $450 a month seats, or will relegate the Peak. For out horizontally along the side of customers.

him to the $400 sents. Instance $500 In this respect we also 600 Street would be somewhore about difficulties during the

He may, of course, profor the Bummer latter, but can only do so at the Albert Road.

months regarding evening gowns risk of ruining his wife's next and_bathing_ costumes. It is a bridge party, or having the finger well-known fact that the more of $450 per month scorn pointed woman pays for a bathing costument his children. or evening gown the less she gets.

the

This would allow people in $600 Street to look down upon residents of $500 street, and so on, right up to the top.

F

Wind or Flatulence?

011

On this basis, the mid-Victorian Publication of nowspapers costumes would be worn by $250 would be on a sliding scale, to per month wives. A $400 bride sult the various salaries. A $1,000 that their biggest problem will be costumes, while backless models eelve his Telegraph, printed

Doctors in Hongkong will find could bathe in neck to knee per month subscriber would re- in adjusting any given disease to would be reserved for the $750 vellum, and tied the salaried status of their girl.

blue up with ribbon. Salarica of $750 a month patients.-

would merit good art paper, the ordinary paper now used being reserved for the $500 subscriber.

Plain stomach-ache in a $400 per month parented child would automatically become gastritis in the case of an infant in a $750 For overcrowding of this acute-household, and may even rise to ness, which eurdly is possible only appendicitis when the father is on two reasons, namely low wage- in Hongkong, there are obviously $1,000 a month. earning capacity and a high ront disproportionate to the income of the average labourer. To these factors is added an entirely un- suitable type of dwelling, and vicious circle by which his health complete. A high mortality has and happiness are circumscribed, is

been returned from year to year from tuberculosis, one of the surest indications of the evil of overcrowd- ing. hore.

down, and is prepared to go to HEALTH ISSUÈ the fullest possible limits in or- der to achieve some degree of success, but if her efforts do not meet with useful response, there will be no alternative but to strengthen the nation's defences. Time, as Sir John Simon says, is running short, and, in view of the present tension in Europe, Britain cannot be expected to take undue risks. France has still to give her last word on the subject, and we shall not know what that is until next week. In the main, however, it is obvious that we cannot expect SLUM CLEARANCE jany marked departure from the policy of extreme caution so far overcrowding and health, (apart To tuckle the twin problem, 'nf displayed. France does not re- from the periodical house-cleans pose any trust in the peacefuling) it is now suggested that utterances of Germany's new measures are to be taken to regulate the number of tenants, a heavy taskt leaders, and accordingly is not indeed if it is to include all the Inclined to approve of any plan floors in the Colony known to be which implies German re-arma-task also if rents cannot be con- similarly overcrowded. A difficult ment. Yet, like all the other trollod or voluntarily brought down nations, she would hesitate to to conform to wages, and if no take the responsibility for a alternative housing accommodation final breakdown of the disarma- is offered elsewhere for the purpose of auch decentralisation. The ment proposals. It is here that matter in its wider aapect assumes some small degree of hope may Until this is done, periodical in- the wholesale clearance of slume be entertained. If no nation spections of floors for overcrowding wants to be regarded as being can be described as only nibbling at the cause of a breakdown, then the problem.

the presumption is that all are

willing to make some contribu- not take too kindly to any de- tion however small, to partial cided step in this direction, yet success. This thought was pro- it is just possible that, 28 а bably in Sir John Simon's mind choice between two awkward al- when he remarked that an im-ternatives, it might be prepared perfect agreement would be pre to agree to some contractual fernble to no agreement at all obligation which would help to One other point suggests Itself, allay the fears of France. How- namely, whether Britain has yet ever that may be, the disarma- played all her cards-whether ment outlook at the moment is sho may not even yet have some not at all reassuring, although thing more to offer, in the way the report of the possibility of of guarantees, for example. Germany's return to the League Public opinion in England might gives cause for some hope.

Belly-aches could be re- served for Kowloon residents, they being noted for this form of discontent with the ruling order of things.

“But we ̃ ̈foresee difficulties when salaries rise above the $1,000 mark, and the question of establishing a nudist colony on the Peak will have to be seriously gone into. This can, however, be left in our hands.

A Scotch Problem

Shop-worn paper, after it had beon used for wrapping up $750 ment from the Dairy Farm, could be utilised for printing the nows- {paper of the $400 man.

We could go on like this for Smoking and drinking will hours and hours, but we have to naturally come under our scheme. see our Boss. We think that our $1,000 talpans will smoke corona- work at least entitles us to a rise coronas, the lesser cigars being to the $750 a month class.

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