Fund-Raising Drive
President C. K. Moy of the New York Consolidated Benevolent Association announced collection of more than $4,000 to aid Chinese refugees in Hongkong.
The amount was contributed by organizations and individuals of the New York Chinese community from early June to mid-July.
The association also has exhibited photographs of the Hongkong exodus at a new Chinese community center.
Youngest Passenger
Pang Chih-hsiung was the youngest passenger aboard a Northwest flight from Taipei in July. Only 18 months old, the boy was traveling alone to join foster parents who had never seen him. Abandoned by his parents soon after birth, he was cared for by the Family Planning Association of China.
Foster parents are Mr. and Mrs. Pang Tseng-lien of New York, who have no children. Pang, who works at the United Nations, wrote the Family Planning Association and the adoption resulted.
Rebuttal to Columnist
Lai Chia-chiu, China's consul-general in Seattle, has written the Post-Intelligencer to tell the true story of overseas Chinese in the United States. He was replying to an article by columnist Westbrook Pegler.
The columnist cited a report of the 1876 California Senate to demonstrate the "poor and backward" quality of the Chinese people, and concluded that "unless there has been important improvement in the quality of the Chinese people since 1876, any important number of refugees from the current famine (on the Chinese mainland) probably would cause a terrible situation in any American area."
Consul General Lai characterized Pegler's contentions as "misleading and biased." He said the columnist had chosen to ignore the many important contributions of Chinese immigrants to the United States as a whole and California in particular.
"A fair-minded avid reader of historic records," he wrote, "would not choose to skip the pages of history dealing with contributions of the Chinese immigrants, in California as well as elsewhere in the U.S., in helping explore the frontier and in introducing the good old Chinese culture to this continent. Perhaps after writing from the 1876 California Senate record, Mr. Pegler should interest himself in going to the Capitol of the U.S. to write from the Congressional record, explaining why there has been no juvenile delinquency in Chinese communities in America.
"The United States today has a vast reservoir of the best Chinese brains which is helping America get stronger day by day. In speaking of Chinese immigration, it is only fair that some credit to the Chinese should be recognized."
Canada
Dean of Dentistry
A Chinese has been named first dean of the school of dentistry at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. He is Dr. Liang Su-hua, born in Kwangtung province and taken to Canada by his parents when a child.
He received his doctorate in biology from the University of Rochester in New York, and taught at the Universities of Pittsburgh and California at Los Angeles.
First for Resettlement
Four refugee families will arrive in Toronto from Hongkong for resettlement in August.
They are the first of 100 families invited to Canada under a program announced by Prime Minister John Diefenbaker. The Canadian immigration department has processed 200 applications, some from those who were not bona fide refugees by Canada's definition.
The Philippines
'Overstaying' Chinese
The issue of the so-called "overstaying Chinese" in the Philippines continues to draw attention. Before a trip to Taipei, Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Tuan Mao-lan urged overseas Chinese to cooperate with the administration of President Diosdado Macapagal in its anticorruption campaign.
At about the same time the Philippines government restricted admission of Chinese temporary visitors in a move to bring about departure of some 2,700 Chinese who allegedly have been overstaying in Manila for the last two years.
In an interview with a foreign correspondent, Ambassador Tuan said the Taipei government "will not defend those overseas Chinese who thrive on illegal practices. The Taipei government has always been concerned over the illegal practices of some Chinese businessmen in the Philippines who used to seek fast fortunes.
"Without fearing that I may offend the past administration, I can say that bribery in the Philippines has been sharply reduced since President Macapagal took over the administration early this year."
Tuan said it is only a "small but articulate" group that is clamoring for deportation of Chinese who went to the Philippines as refugees shortly before and after the fall of the mainland to the Communists in 1949.
In Taipei, Ambassador Tuan reported on the issue to a closed meeting of the Legislative Yuan. Members then issued a statement expressing regret over the insistence of the Philippines government on the deportations. The statement said the Chinese should be given permanent residence.
Visit Suggested
The Fukien Times of Manila suggested that Vice President and Premier Chen Cheng should visit the Philippines to strengthen understanding between the Chinese and the Filipino peoples. The paper also suggested that Vice President Emmanuel Pelaez, who is also foreign secretary, should visit free China, and that President Macapagal should subsequently come to Taiwan. The return visit by Vice President Chen would solve all problems between the two countries, the paper asserted.
Chang Pei-yun, an overseas Chinese in the Philippines, donated NT$50,000 to aid refugees in Hongkong and Macao. He planned to spend the money for the wedding of his son in Taipei, but decided to help the needy compatriots instead.
Korea
New Edition
In Seoul, the Han Hwa Daily News, only Chinese daily in Korea, began to issue a Korean-language edition on July 10. The paper has four pages daily, two in each language. The newspaper is seeking overseas subscribers.
Taipei
Groundbreaking
Ground was broken for construction of a four-story overseas Chinese building on Chinan Road in Taipei. Cheng Yin-fun, minister of justice, officiated. Funds were donated by the Overseas Chinese Association.
Legislator's Tour
Overseas Chinese throughout the world hate the Chinese Communists and look forward to a counteroffensive by the Chinese government troops on Taiwan, a legislator reported after return from a tour of more than 30 countries.
David H. C. Chang attended the United Nations Human Rights Conference before the tour.
"When an invasion to topple the Communist regime on the mainland begins, overseas Chinese will come to the support of their homeland as they did in the war against the Japanese imperialists," he said.
Chang said Chinese in Malaya, Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines, and Indonesia are hoping the Chinese government will increase its quota of overseas students in Taiwan colleges and universities.