Labels:text | newspaper | black and white | newsprint OCR: Members of the sixth inspection party to Endau photographed with the O.C.A. construction office in the background. Vast Amount Of Work Accomplished At New Syonan BY A SYONAN SHIMBUN STAFF REPORTER A VAST AMOUNT of work has been accomplished in New Syonan, and the visitor to the settlement and its environs can scarcely recognize the dense jungles and swampy paths he traversed about three weeks ago. On Friday, last week an in- | gress, like the call of hundreds of spection party of about 25 persons, organized by the Syonan Nippo, "human wood-peckers." On Sunday night, this party return- left for New Syonan to view cur- ed convinced, among o other things, rent conditions. This party made that New Syonan is a fine place and firmly determined to apply for a plot an extensive tour of the whole of land there and to get as many of settlement throughout which the their friends to migrate to this "Land peculiar ring of axes on century- of Opportunity." old trees punctuated their pro- Four miles from Endau town on the Mersing-Endau highway are the con- Malai First struction offices of the Oversea-Chinese Association-a block of five buildings which include the office proper, a large a store- Giyu-Tai Unit afry kitchen and bathroom, a store- house and labourers' quarters that have been literally hewn out of virgin jungles, Inaugurated This site marks the entrance of one of the two proposed roads to the settlement proper from the main road. SOMEWHERE in Malal, in the Work on this road has started but, in view of the difficulties it presence work has for the moment been con- of Malai, high officials and commu- the f the Nippon Commander Forces in centrated on the second approach road about two miles nearer Endau town. nity leaders, the official ceremony Progress on the latter amazing. A quarter of # road marking the inauguration cf the mile of first unit of the Giyu-Tai (Volun- roadway has already been completed, teer Corps) was observed last and the completed section leads right Saturday into castern terminus of the residen- tial quarters of the settlement. Also present at this historic event SETTLERS' QUARTERS were hundreds of local inhabitants. At the moment, the jungle on both The slogan of the hour "Malal must side of this road is being cleared and be defended by its inhabitants" were given concrete expression with burnt down and the settlers' quarters the will be erected on the cleared areas. formation of the first unit of the Giyu- Tal, the members of which are drawn These settlers' quarters will be residien- from patriotic local youths. tial blocks, cach of which will accom- modate ten familles. Each family will The Commander have for accommodation a hall, two Forces Malal reiterated fundamental objects of the Dai the bedrooms, an open yard hemmed in by Senso, thanking and praising the local Tos a covered way leading to the kitchen and bathroom, and behind this there inhabitants for translating into action will be a backyard including the the watchword of the moment "Malal lavatory. must be defended by its own inhabit- ants." In this connection, Mr. Ching Kce Sun, who conducted inspection Congratulatory messages from Mayor of Syonan, the Chief of the party around, explained that initially It is intended to erect 40 such residen- Military Police, the Senden-bu the Clio tial blocks to house 400 families. Mr. (Chief of the Military Propaganda De- Ching, after consulting those super- partment) and community leaders, intending work on the spot. were read during the ceremony. that the framework of those 40 blocks opined In his message the Senden-bu Cho would be completed in about two said: "This honoured Corps with men- weeks' time. bers from numerous youths who have He emphasized, however, that this voluntarily offered themselves to the did not necessarily mean that the Giyu-Tai, is bound by duty to defend this country. Yours is indeed a noble blocks would then be ready for oc- sacrifice. It is an important cupation. A lot of work would still before the which you have set yourselves to per- duty remain to be finished Further Nippon Forces, blocks could be inhabited. form. The Imperial your beloved parents, relatives and progress would depend on the speed friends, place high hopes in you. As at which the necessary materials could members of the Giyu-Tai, you are ex- arrive. pected to work diligently and to carry LUMBER-JACKS AT WORK out your Important duties successfully Throughout one trek into the in- Throughout and with a sense of loyalty." terior of the Settlement the progress On behalf of the Malal community of the Inspection party was marked by Tuan Onan bin Haji Siraj halled the the quarters. appearance of lumber-jacks' establishment of the first unit of the These Iong Giyu-Tai and presented a keris to the barrack-like attap huts are centres from which unit. The Malal Shimbun Sha through its Chief Editor also conveyed a con- the New Syonan lumber-jacks start their felling operations, and the quar- gratulatory message. ters themselves Into the jungle are moved as the a further area cleared ng. With You,' expands. City folks throughout their lives and for generations before them, many of the inspection party were thrilled io yonan Settlers witness the work of the lumber-jacks. All around them the visitors could hear the "chunk, chunk, chunk," of wished to leave property behind could these human wood-peckers. Suddenly leave in the care of the Estate and Trust the clear jungle air would be split by a shrill call-a warning to keep clear-to ciation. Bureau of the Oversea-Chinese Asso- be followed by the roar of a falling The Kosel-ka Cho mentioned that forest giant and its final crash when it padi cultivation could at the start be hits the ground. done communally where this was desir- Most of these huge trees, one hundred feet and more in height, are centuries ed. He said that it could be arranged old and the work of the 1,000 odd men for the inmates of each residential block to work together under the direction engaged in felling them typifies the and guidance of an experienced farmer. spirit of everyone working for the suc- Calling for the co-operation of every cessful establishment of New Syonan- member of the Chinese community, the determination to overcome all ob- the Kosei-ka Cho declared that with stacles including customs and prejudices no matter how old.
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