Toronto Chinatown gangs, lethal toy pistols and Lisbon’s new man in Macau: headlines from four decades ago
A journey back through time to look at significant news and events reported by the South China Morning Post from this week in history
The serene resort-like residential development Discovery Bay was only starting to take shape 40 years ago this week when the government began to explore the feasibility of building a fixed crossing to Lantau Island. In China, the government had decided to refocus its education on modern styles of teaching to keep pace with academic world trends.
February 26, 1978
● Secret society gangs had moved into Toronto’s Chinatown in recent years and were keeping people in fear of their lives through extortion, robbery and murder, according to a policeman.
Gold to encourage defections, Colombian chocolate robbers and a vanishing Korean actress
● A senior Crown counsel had filed an action against the government in a bid to recover the cost of an operation his wife underwent. John Harte said he had a claim for HK$3,000 against the government to cover the cost of a gallbladder procedure his wife had undergone at a private hospital; this was after Queen Mary Hospital put his wife on a six-month waiting list for an operation.