Chop suey men in difficulty

Press, Volume CXIII, Issue 33279, 17 July 1973, Page 15

Chop suey men in difficulty

(N.Z.P.A.-Reuter—Copyright) LONDON, July 16. The British Government is being asked to waive immigration rules in the interests of good Chinese cooking: so worried are many Chinese restaurateurs about the dwindling supply of older, experienced chefs, that a delegation from Hong Kong has raised the matter with the Foreign Office.

Sir John Tilney, a Conservative member of the House of Commons, intends to ask the Secretary of Employment (Mr Macmillan) to relax temporarily the regulations that allow into Britain only 200 workers from Hong Kong each year. “I think that the Chinese restaurant-owners have a case, because, after all, Chinese meals are a source of I cheap food for many people, land I would hate to see them I disappear.” Sir John Tinley ; said today. "Some Chinese restaurateurs are even trying to introduce Spanish immigrants into the business, but, apart from other considerations. there is a certain language problem, to put it mildly: when did you last meet a Spanish-speaking Chinese?”

Skvlab again The count-down has begun for America’s second Skylab : mission, due for launching on July 29. Captain Alan Bean, the commander. Dr Owen Garriott, a scientist, and Major Jack Luama. will spend i 56 days in the space station, i doing scientific experiments land attempting to prove that Iman can live in weightlessmess for a long period. — I Cape Kennedy, July 16.