HRISTMAS did not deter the criminal elements of Shangh: who ran riot in the Internation: dition to one murder one attempted murder, and a shooting affray in which one S: M.P. Chinese detective and' one suspected robber The attempted assascinstion took plzeo at 5 am. on Christmas Day. the Vielim being Wu Tse-kong. a member of the special section of a politic exinfzation in Jeswiekd Road, who Was shot and seriously wounded by ap" unidentified Chinese near the corner of Vu Ya Ching andi Foochow Roads.
The victim was known to have first gone to the Great World Ballroom where he danced til 1 am.. when he took two dance hostesses 10 the Cha Toh Cabaret in Vu Ya Ching Road, where he and his friends remained until 5 tm,_The cabaret closed at {hat hour and Wa and his girl friends were walking in Vu Yo Ching Road when the gunman appeared and fired our shots, two of which pierced the Vielim's abdomen. The assailant then Took to his heels and escaped before the Police got. to the scene.
"The wounded man was taken to the Lester Chinese Hospital where. his condition was pronounced serious. though not critical,
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