1939-05-04 — Page 11

LANGUAGE SCHOOL Failure Explained In Chamber Report.

The discontinuation of the Chinese Language School was ox- plained by the Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce in its annual report, which says that the reasons for the failure were lack of direction from a European Director of Studies, an insufficient number of pupils and lack of suitable accommodation.

The report states:

The General Committee accepted, with regret, u recommendation by the Chinese Language School Sub- committee that the Chamber's classes In Cantonese Colloquial and Mandar- in be discontinued as from November 30, 1038.

standard.

Commodity Index

Various Factors Keep Figuro High

London, May 3.

Thursday:

TRIP UP NORTH

Impressions Of Visitor To Japanese Citios

HONGKONG Telegraph

A local resident who recently made a trip up north writes of his im- pressions on conditions in Japan, Korea and 'Southern' Manchuria. He writes as follows:

Hongkong has heard BO many rumours about Japan and Japanese. officials lately. that it is dimcult to know just what to bellove. Judging by experience ont trip Just com-:

and ploted through" Japan, Korea Southern Manchuria many of there rumours, ere «exaggerailioni of thei truth.

May 4, 1939.

POST

MOSLEM

MEAT STALL

The Luen Hing Moat Stall (No. 186) at the now Central Market catering specially for Mohammedan meat begs to announce that it will not be ablò to open as fixed for to-day as the furniture is not ready. Wo apologise to our patrons for not being able to serve thom to-day. The stall will be oponed in a few days.

.

The frequency of customs and passport examination seemed rather serted and joined the guerillas. Most HELPING THE POLICE ridiculous, but throughout the whole of the Customs and many of the four officials were unfailingly pleas- police officers in Manchuria and

to

With Impersonation

WAS

and

The Language School Commitice's report, dated September 30, was as follows: "We have given careful consideration to the present working of the School and to its future. While convinced of the benefits to be derived from a good knowledge of Commenting on the fact theant so long as they met with ordinary North China are, however, White Man's Claim When Charged the Chinese language and the Reuter's United Kingdom staple normal politeness. Tourists who Russians, and this arrangement is necessity for the Chamber to provide commodity index is at month1 410, show irritation are just a nuisance apparently satisfactory.

for the compared 138.1 one ago, fellow passengers, the Sub-Committee is forced to the the Financial News points out that thoroughness which results meaning Korea and Manchuria is full and re- claimed to be a Boy Scout, und who All means of transport in Jepan, Wong Mal, 20, unemployed, who' Jamentable conclusion thal

Use this is primarily due to the rise of

a genel hold up. Passport ciclals School, as at present constituted, sugar and tin, for which there are

were methodical throughout and took servations must be made a week said it was his duty to help the falls very short of the essential several explorations.

copious notes, but Customs officials ahead. This is allegedly owing to a authorities enforce the law, seemed interested only in books and business boom but in reality seems charged before Mr. Macfadyen at The former was affected by crop "Briefly, the School has falled for

and India, the tobacco. In Japan, books were ex- to be due to the yen exchange rates, Kowloon Magistracy yesterday with the following reasons: (1) Lack of fullures in Europe

carefully,

There children's

are seventeen yen the impersonating a police officer

to dircellon from a European Director d'appearance of Czecho-Slovakia's amined

to the free comle papers were suspected, but pound stirling in Japan, 27 In Shang- common assault on Kwok Hong, 22, of Studies; (2) An Insumclent num expected contribution

that United throughout the whole four no men-hai and 33 in. Pelping. Apparently house-boy. Ho pleaded not guilty to the first count but guilty to the ber of pupils; (3) Lack of suitable market, and rumours accommodation.

able Kingdom stocks have to be main- Uon was made concerning cameras or the more soldiers there are to be the firs

photographis, not even in fortifed paid the more yen there are on the tamed permanently at 500,000 tons. "Careful consideration has already

zones. Palice officials seemed doubly market and the lower the exchange. Kwok said that he was playing cautious in Korea, which was the The Japanese government is very cards with been given to ways and means of

friends in Bowring reorganisation, and all members of

only place where (to our knowledge), concerned about these differences but Street, Youmati, on Tuesday, when we were kept under observation. seem to be unable to control them. Wong caught hold of his collar and the Chamber have been circularised

All trains and boats are inevitably struck him several blows an the In order to ascertain the prospects of

Our "observer" accompanied us in full of people travelling to buy cheap chest, saying he was a policeman and obtaining new pupils. The response is most discouraging and such as to

the train right up to the Manchurian yon, and many business houses are that he was arresting him. He led rule out, on financial grounds, any

border. Actually this proved to be making more on exchange than out him along the street, telling him that a great advantage as he set himself of normal business, question of the employment of

up to be a congenial companion and European Director of Studies.

was full of information concerning Funds Required

the country.

Chamber.

The immediate cause of the rise of tin has been the sudden buying by the United States, due to fears that, the shipping roules might be dislocated in the event of war, while the underlying cause has been the delayed revival of the United States

mplate Industry.

writer.

The failure of other commodities to rise above what are mostly de- "In these circumstances, the Sub-pression levels may be explained by three general causes, adds the Committee have reached the con- clusion that a school of adequate First, there is the general check

requiring andard, and herpesquero to speculative activity imparted by the of Studies, could only he maintained the political tension; second,

accumulation of very heavy stocks with financial assistance from the owing to last year's industrial sci-

Unless the Chamber ac- eeps the view that adequate facilit-back; and anally, heavier armament demands this year have been fully ies should be provided and is pared to provide the funds therefore, offset by Blackening business in

America. the Sub-Committee has, to its great

In these various ways, anys the regret, no alternative but to recom-

slot has been mend that the School be discontinued writer, sufficient

created, even at existing levels of as soon as conveniently possible.

production, but once this stack has

there up, been taken enormous margin of unused capacity to be taken up before uny substantial rise enn occur.

It would be diMcult to base a rather sudden advance

commodities upon any serious or immediate ex- tectation of inflationary trends, says The Times city columnist. There has been so far little sign of any In accepting the Language School real expansion in speculative activity Committee'a recommendation. the

in the big terminal markets such as General Committee decided that would accompany expectations of that circular should be issued annually to kind. The writer adds that tin and members, and if at any Ume there sugar are responsible for the recent

ere indications of sufficient support, rise in the index-Reuter. consideration would be given to re- opening the School,

"In submitting this recommenda- tion, the Sub-Committee suggests that as the present honorary examiners have signified their willingness to net, the Chamber should still provide facilites for examinations, and, in addition (for the benefit of enquirers) keep a register of qualified Chinese teachers known to them."

in

is still an

even

Tourist Traffle".

Currency Problems

There are all sorts of restrictions

if he were taken to the police station he would be fined several dollars, and offering to let him go for $1.

pass they reached the police station, the

them in

can

money was gone.

Said Man Cheated

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The statement we often hear in about the amount of money which assaulted if all Wong wanted was Kwok asked why he had been Hongkong that "Japan wants to help may be taken into or out of the money. Just then he saw a woman China" is genuinely true as regards country-but still the rush continues, friend, borrowed 50 cents from her, Japanese civilians They know noth- there seems to be a way of overcoms and gave inff of what is really going on in ing each new restriction. In North him. As Wong was walking away,

is algo honestly cannot, China there

differ- China, of

a unique course, and

Kwok usked for his number. understand why China will not ac-ence

of exchange with Shanghal on

The

At that moment a Chinese, whom Japanese cept their help. They are so gen- the National dollar. uinely concerned about this that authorities are trying to establish the Kwok later discovered was a police- what was the matter. there is a movement amongst Tokyo Federal Reserve dollar and threaten man, asked residents to send a civil deputation to behrad any Chinese found with Kwok told him and Wong was to reason with Chiang Kai-shek. (It National dollars in their possession. cents found in his pocket, but when elem | arrested. Wong was searched and 50 will be interesting to If the On the other hand the guerillas Government allows such a gesture), head anyone found with Federal

their One gets the impression that serve dollars in civilians in Japan are rather anxious How the Chinese avoid one penalty

Wong denied the allegations, de- concerning affairs in China, in Korea or the other remains a mystery, but they exhibit pride of Japanese con- meanwhile one can buy National do claring he had not told Kwok he was polleeman but that he was a Boy quest, in Manchuria they are silent lars in Chefoo and sell

Shanghai at 10 per cent, proât.

Scout. He alleged that the witness under armed control.

We have heard stories in Hong- secured by Kwok had been taught kong about Japanese soldiers mak- his evidence, Wong claimed he was In Japan the tourist traffic is small Ing Chinese civilians bow or raise a member of the 15th Kowloon compared with normal times, and is their hats. This is certainly done in Troop of Scouts, and also that he had composed almost entirely of Ameri-North China but in consideration of formerly been employed in the Royal cans. In Korea and Manchuria it is the fact that it is only what the Engineers. His sole object in taking nil. So far as the tourist is con-Japanese civilians do as a matter of Kwok to the police station was be cerned there is no

war course, the Japanese soldiers cause man had cheated at cards apparent depression, but the absence of wool-hardly be accused in this matter of

Sand also because he had been also the brutal assertion of authority. There

gambling. complete

absence of

"I consider it my duty to help in the shops. Every

single thing scenes in the earlier days of the war. my duty as a Boy Scout to assist at from toothpicks to tinned fruils "made in Japan." This is allegedly The general lasting Impression of fires and to prevent crime. I have

been given a temporary measure but is de- the trip is that the civilians in Japan, Police for assisting in the arrest of

by European Japanese Unned fruit is not enterity and Marchuelok how there miscreants. I was talking Kwok is comparative standard. The only war in China. The Japanese would! the police station as I hoped to get

a medal or a reward," thing which the tourist misses is be

if they know genuinely horrifled An announcement by His Excel-hotels, and on trains there just isn't the truth of what is happening in said he was quite satisfied he had Convicting Wong, Mr. Macfadyen lency the Governor on October 13,

Chinn, but it is doubtful if the assumed the charneter of a police 1938, that it was not the present

The Manchurians officer. Koreans would. intention of the Government to re-

The Japanese say their bert troops

of China under

Sgt. Johnston said there was no new existing pier leases, all of which have not been sent to China, cer- are still a part

criminal record against Wong but he expire on December 31, 1940, was tainly the number of men of eligible Japanese military control.

was well-known to the police as a the subject of representations military age in the streets is most No short wave radio sets are al- notorious bully in the Yaumail dis Government by the Chamber of noticeable. Travelling down Japan towed in Japan and in North China trict. Commerce, according to the Cham- and up through Korea there were all Chinese owned sets, short and

Alr Mall for Indo-China. Iran, Air France Plant ...........FYL, May 5. Mr. Macfadyen told Wong that his ber's annual report.

farewells to soldiers at almost every long wave, have been confiscated. offence was a serious one.

and France (Paris and Northern Many station, but there were never more Europeans in North China, however, people were ignorant of the powers

Provinces only) by tho "Air than two or three soldiers at a time. continue to use short and long wave of the police, and those who had

France Airways Direct Service", There were also frequent pathetle sets and are full of praise for the seen him accept the bribe and be scenes of ceremony aver ashes re-recent changes in Z.B.W. Our local lieved he was a policeman would turned from the front. In Mon-announcer will be interested to know hold a bad opinion of the Police churia every station was under arm that one enthusiast in Cheloo says Force and bring it to disrepute. cd guard the Japanese have had that reception from Hongicong is sol very little success with Manchurian strong that he has difficulty in tell- troops sent to occupied areas. Aing whether news is from Hongkong large proportion of them have de- or in English from Germany, second.

The Committee's decision to dis continue the classes was circulated to APPEAL FOR RENEWAL members on October 19 and it was intimated that the services of the

Expiration of All Pier Leases in 1949

to

BY letter dated October 18, the following representations ceived on behalf of interests cerned:

were re-

con-

honorary examiners ไป Cantonese were still available for the Flual Certificate Examination, the require ment for which is that a shall

be able to

to conduct his everyday business through the medium of Cantonese. Members were also in- formed that arrangements could still be made whereby students could Shanghat take in Hongkong the Chamber of Commerce examinations In Mandarin and that a register of qualified Cantonese and Mandarin teachers known to the Chamber would be kept for the reference of members.

Representations to Government Prior to the decision to discontinue (1) That it is a matter of impor- the Chamber & classes a letter, dated tant principle that the development June 7, had been addressed to Gov- of the Harbour should be left in the ernment stating that if school for hands of private enterprise which the teaching of the Chinese language has been responsible for the growth

and other civil servants was and organisation of the trade to cade! established the Government, the Hongkong.

That it is essential to the pros- Chumber would welcome the oppor- | Lunity of

of considering with Govern- perity of Hongkong that Harbour ment the merging the Chumber B facilities be kept as cheap as possible, Language School with the new orga and experience elsewhere goes to nisation. In this connection, refer- show that this is most likely to be

secured under private enterprise. ence was made to the presence in Hongkong of Dr. Erwin Relfler, of which have, at their own expense, (2) That the what? cuupanies Vienna University, and it was inti- mated, that Dr. Heifer's methods and developed their frontages, should be been tried in Hong Kong and found in a position to look forward possession and control to be of great assistance to students. their

assured

own activities and, in the The Government replied on June 28, as follows: "As you are probably opinion of the members addressing aware it has for long been the the Chamber, the trade and develop

ment of the port would be better-

от

of

10

of

practice to send Cadet Omeers and served by a decision of the Govern- Police Probationers to Canton or ment to renew existing pler leases Macao for language study, and the

hat favourable terms when they ex- syllabus laid down for their cx-pire. aminations makes individual tuition

In addressing the Government on

of the

by single teachers almost essential. It is true that some years ago an October 25, the Committee

with Chamber expressed agreement with

attempt was made in connection with the above views and submitted that the Chinese School at the Hongkongt was essential that, at the earliest University to conduct Inngunge

the Government

classes for such officers, but this did possible moment,

should deine its policy in this

re-enforced.

matter. Attention was invited to

not prove a success and the system of Individual tullion was The Government has therefore no the fact that, in the light of the of establishing Government to renew pler leases

present intention much a school as is contemplate in which expire in 1940, no develop-

ment or Improvement can now

bo your letter for the few officers con- undertaken with any assured pros cerned.

pect that it will be of benefit to the "As regards subordinate ofleers owners for more than 10 years. and others who (like most of the Chamber of Commerce students).

must study the language after office "I am to say that the Government hours, you have no doubt on record hus every sympathy with any move- correspondence between your Cham-ment which will increase the number ber and this office between December of non-Chinese in the Colony who 1839 and April 1934 which indicated have a knowledge of the Chinese that there was no response to the language and regrets that in this *offer which was at the time clrculat-particular respect it is unable to give ed to all Departments of the Govern- any practical assistance." ment. Here again,

provided Following_representations by the candidate sa

satisfies the examiners the Chamber on December 18, 1999; that Government is not' disposed to an- the classe

the study of

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force attendance at any school and Colloquial ·Cantonese, conducted by indeed is of the opinion that for most the Rev. H. R. Wells, under the of such candidates an hour with an the auspices of the Chamber, might Individual Chinese teacher la pre-be of service to the subordinate ferable to an hour in a class how-officers, of the Government, a circular ever good the methods adopted in the was issued to Government Depart- Jatter case..

demonts, but no response was received.

clothing is natiiga. goods were, however, some very brutall the authorities," said Wong. "It is

only a

any.

Korea have

testimonials by

the

Wong was fined $10, or a month's hard labour, on the first count, and bound over in $10 for a year on the

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