The value of roadways in breaking. down narrow colloquialisms in speech fand manners has been too often proved abroad to brook denial. Not only does Mr Chao look for an Imerense In domestic trame, but he Ukewise hopes by advising and encouraging the dissemination of bul-latins on roadways and conditions along them, to stimulate tourist trame throughout the interior. Again, the ramifeations necessary to a complete. success of his plan have not been {mored, Fully awake to the many Deneflelal results to be derived from fereased trae and travel in the Interior, both from the visitor's stand point, and that of the merchant reident in the interior, Mr. Chao stated that he had spoken' with Dr. C. T. Wong on this type of road service in connection with the work of the Goi Roads Association. Tt ts Mr. Chao's hope that existing ofgantzations will Increase their efforts and add to their programmes such items 9s. informa-fon bureaus dealing with emergency road services and similar aids to the Itinerant automobilist, as well as to the regular road-user.
Thus, it ts not at all outside the Fealm of probability that, in line with this Idea of fostering trafic in China. there may be both automobile and bleyele races staged under government auspices on roads within the Shanghai area in the relatively near future." This ts one way by which is expected Interest in travel may be stimulated and the place of the mitomoblle and bicycle in modern Ife may be more graphically presented to the public at large. Meat While, It ts hoped that while existing agencies for the distribution of Information on travel facilities may be used to the utmost, and where required, additional means of service for tolrits may be instituted, there will be a simultaneous effort made to encourage the creation of better hotel facilities in inland China. These, Mr.
10 pointed out, could then be commended to travellers seeking ad-vie on prospective itineraries.
Recommendations to Government While the scheme to mechanize and modernize China and to open up the Interior {o traffic generally, 's on the face of it extremely. practical, tt is paralleled by a set' of reconmendations which Mr. Chao plans to lay before the National Economic Counci! ernment in. devising adequate highway sgns for increasing road. safety. They will also be encouraged to carry lon more extensive and intensive road programmes in order further to encourage trafic on China's growing network of roads.
During his visit to the Internation al Road Congress, which he attended as the official delegate from China. Mr. Chao met more than 200 highway and trae specialists from countries all over the world. The report from China wag read into the records of the Congress, and when the sessions closed, Mr. Chao continued his road Ingpection in Europe, He was most Interested in tracing for himself highways and traffic problems as they had. been developed and solved respectively in Germany, Switzerland, Ttaly, France, England and the United States, Discovering much of interest In the various aspects of highway building and management, Mr. Chao believed that in each there were {deas which, properly adapted, would be serviceable here. He particularly mentioned the autostrada, or super highways in Taly. commenting the engineering feats represented by them in some instances. "Tt ts not Ukely," he said, "that China will have need of such in the immediate future."
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