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enthusiastic experts threaten to trample would seem to demant the removal of the¡ It assumes that the democratic and con- over the corns of the public, and then a upper storeys altogether, so that our licen- stitutional ideals of bygone Chinese were serious protest is called for.
sed restaurants of the future would all be 'actually practised, whereas in the discussion This preamble brings us to the last, low bungalows. Even a roof would collect · that followed, the Rev. G. Owax regarded meeting of the Hongkong Sanitary Board, and at interv is shower down germifer us the Chou Li as more or less of a political and the recommendation by the Medical débris, so that the public would finally (if romance like PLATO's "Republic," and oven Officer of Health that licences should be: any survived the horrible dangers evert. went so far-a risky proceeding for a quan withheld from restaurants that can boast of where surrounding us) take their meals in of his cloth--as to declare that some of those ceilings Property owners and landlords at a compound open to the sky. Then if it noble ideals were manifestly impracti- Hongkong are long-suffering, but we should tamed, the war analysts would step in; cable." The ancient literature so interest. expect a storm of denunciation of this pre. raiu water is rank poison; what would hap ingly translated for the China Society cedent.
consider it monstrously pen next even our prophetic afflatus refuses (extracts from which will appear in an early foolish; and it will be monstrously unfair
to dvulge. Wen all respect to the Presi-, issue) and the statements of some of the and tyrannical if it ever be allowed to creep dent of the fard, we think we can 'do debaters, promised more for reform in in as a bit of practical legislation. For the other than agr with the recommendation | China than competent modern observers → moment, our report yesterday indicates that of the Medical Officer of Health," and we seem inclined to ito. In this connection we it was too much even for the Sanitary rust that the present failure will suggest may direct special attention to the article on Board; but we would like some asurance
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page 5 of this issu, headed The Reform that there is to be a stopping place for the time a fertile imagination hits up son costly: Movement in China." The Censorate of enthusiasm of our too enthusiastic sanitary way of scotching part of an evil, to trop - Chinn is one example of an excellent ideal, experts. Because "rats are very frequently everything and follow the setching grusude, but it is notorious how it works in practice. found in these eating houses," and because. We must consi'er ultimate results, look, It kills that independence of competent some rats have been known to carry plague ahead along every path that sens to open | officials for which the correspondent pleads germs, the Medical Officer of Health would out, and, in shoot, we ought to be satisfied towards the clo-e of his able article, and it deprive a caterer of his tivelihood nud the ¡ that “the game is worth the candle," This! fits in with all kinds of typical intrigue and public of a convenience, unless and until gume wasn't, and we hope to be given a rest ¦ corruption. the said caterer remove from his premises from similar in cleap prò; osa's for a time at ¦ an important part of the property that least
bolours to his landlord, And some of the members talked about "compensation," as if any monetary allowance could compensate the public for having foisted upon them for all time a precedent of professional folly and professional Ayranny. All honour to Mr. TAU CHU-PAR for talking of its hard- ship and absurdity, Either plain words must be used now, or we will be bothered again. Just consider the futility of such a performance, transcending in usele suess all other futilities for which we previously may have had to thank the expert advisers of our sanitary authorities. Suppose all the ceilings in Hougkeng were done away with, would there be no more rats N1 even the Melcil Officer of Health dare tell us that. But even if the auswer be are there no other carriers of plague germs? What step will the Medical Officer of Health props to keep out cockroaches and fes? That
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(Daily Press, Sth March.)
do no harm, and it may do good. The inere The newly constituted. China Society can
names of its sponsors promise much
The Chinese Minister in London, Wang Ta-Sieh, and Sir Robert Douziss, Professor of Chiness at King's Colleg, and Keeper of Oris ental Books and Manus rip's at the British Museum, are the presidents of the society; and amongst its vice-presidents are the American and Japanese Ambassad ora in Londor, Sir Clands Macdonald, his Majesty's Ambissidor Lat Tokyo, SirJohn Jordan, lus Majesty's Minis- ter at Peking, Lord Stratheons, Admiral of the Fleet Sir Edward Seymour, Sir Alfred L all, Sircil Clementi Smith, Sir John McLeavy Brown, Mr. R. S. Gundig, chairman of the Chia Asssociation Mr George Jamieson, formerly Bri-ish Consul-General at Shan ·hai, is chairman of ecuncil, with Sir Walter Hillier as vice-chairman, whilst Mr. Ivan Chên Secre tary of the line-o Legation, and Mr. Byron Brenen, late of the British Co sular service in China, have undertaken to act as honorary secre taries. Mr. A. M. Townsend, manager of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, 3', Lombard- street, P.C., is honorary treasurer
we should abolish houses altogether, and live in tenis or on rafts ? Cockroaches and flies carry plague, we are told, and the only persou we can think of as safe from their trespasses is the corpse in his new coffin. Ras may be
蛋白 very frequently found in these eating houses"; it
is where we should expect to find them, we suppose Mr. HOOPER'S jaculation of curious Was ironical. But they do not live between the ceiling and the floor above, though they seem to prefer that locality for ก nocturnal gymnasium. Any Ole who knows anything of ordinary building, of the average domicile, knows that the rat would be none the less suug if deprived of his coiling parade. Mr., LAU CHU-PAK reminds us that, it the rats wouldte no worse off the poor human bipe wou'd infallibly be so. He remarked:
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In a business of this kind evilings are most necessary, as they make the shop attractive and prevent dust and dirt from falling on the food on a lower floor from #n
apper floor. Chinese floors, before the existing Public Health and Building Ordicauce was runc mil, were so peculiarly e nstructed that it would, be impossible to keep dust and dirt from falling through without e-lings
The Medical Officer of Health, if perusic. ted to continue as he has begun, would soon change the public eating-house beyond all recognition. Dust, as be well knows, is pregnant with germs; the Lancet says so, even to the point of warning us against a day-old blotting pad. What will be pro-; pose, therefore, when the public "chow" is found to be largely seasonel with dust? The logical conclusion of his own method
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A meoting of the Sanitary Board was held on March 5th at the Board Room. The Hou, Dr. J. M. Atkinson (president) presided, and there were also present Dr F. Clark, Medical Officer of Health, Hou. Mr. A. W. Erwin (Registrar General), Hon. Mr. F. J. Badeley (Captain-Superintendent of Police), Dr. H MacFarlane, zssistant Medical Ofcer RA.M.C., Mr. H. umphreys, Mr. Sheltou of Health, Lieut. Colonel Reid.
Hooper, Mr. I au Chu-pak, Mr. Fung Wa chun and Mr. G. A. Woodcock (secretary),
NEW MARKET FÅR KOWLOON POINT, The RegistRAR-GENERAL laid before the Board a minate which read: I find that in October 1900, the Government promised to prepare a scheme for providing a market at Kowloon Point for the sale of Europe in food. The non-Chinese population of the Kowloon peninsula was then 895; it is now 2,245. In 1961 th European population was 668; it is now 1,467. I should like these facts brought fo the untica of the Board.
The PRESIDENT—This was brought up be. fore the Board at last meeting, when consider- ation was postponed. It originated in a minute from the Registrar-General.
The CAPTAIN SUPERINTENDENT of POLICE seconded, and the motion was »gr-ed to.
PROPOSED PUKINESK CEMETERY.
Correspon ence was again laid before mem. bees regarding the proposed cemetery for Fu. kinese at Kowloon City.
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The REGISTRAR-GENERAL moved that the attention of the Government be drawn to the malter, and that it he asked to make provision in But there s a tendency in some of the | next year's estimates for a market Kowloon Home papers to attach to it more importance | Point. than it perhaps deserves. One dreilits the Japan Sariety with dispelling errone us conceptions" - it has perpetuateil song- and with "preparing the public mind for the great change that has taken place in the relations of Japan with the The PR SIDENT-lhe pap ra have been Western world " This was done, and well circulated and members will recollect that two done, by s me of the numerous writers aud sites were proposed, one consisting of 48 of anaere jurnalist, wie “adopted” Japa i, and men and the other of „97 of an acre. The Surveyor like Togo and iтo é mpeted ther work. min utes that these places are to the north-west Still, it will not be the fault of the new
of the rifl、 range, the first, which is almost being the hillside China Society if the foreigu piible dues and terac-d.
thought both K.เอส ust leave as a nch of China's Listory and suitable for the purposes but suzgests that the literature as the Chat Association bas 'smallse should be word for a Fakiness o matery tought of her polities and trade The good mastus have ig ́tentive students, however, One je monal, after a lui ting that ** whe is Keraliy kuwa anong us abou: China faloes not amount na very much." per cvek to Hupress its readers, on the strength of the Chinese Minister's inaugural lecture with, the antiquer of China's · democratic constitutiona-ism.” It xems to think it matters that the most skrided ethnologist | probably would not pretend to state with certainty who the ancestors of the Bish were three thousand years ago, thereby ignoring a fact actually pointed out t the same meeting of the China Society, that Chinese ethnologists are in similar doubt.'
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Fukinese are but a small munity. The Medical Officer of Health agree with the suggestion, and I move that the Board recommend the Governor-in-Council to allocate
this it as a must-ry.
Mr. Hoop Mr. LẦU CHU-PAK seconded,
If members read my minute they will see I am quite in agreement with the motion, providing the land is handed over to the Government And the cemetery subject to Sanitary oard regulations.
The PRESIDENT—It will be conducted in ac ordance with the Ordinance.
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haud it over to the Government?
The REGISTEAR-General-Do they need to
Mr. HOOPER-I think they should. The Commission is reporting on cemeteries in
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