The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-04-07
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formation Bureau at Singapore,
the Eastern Gateway Of the
Pacific.
That Hawaii Is TO benefit throua h tie
! visit Of Alexander Hume Ford to the
Far East, in being sbH to systeiAat-
licaily place advertising liferatGre to al.
4 vantage at the eaStern gateway Of the
4 Patific,t ~ evidenced from tife follow
ing letter received by me Advertiser
from MT. Ford, dated At singapore On
March 3: tiys ny, 81
sp5nst leaving Singapore tcday, &ftss
havinh gotten the different Interests 70.
Rether 50 that 7 beiioV6 We will have
An, othcidl tourist buteau here Mt the
entfdnee TO, the Pacific which will be
Of grdat service to an of us ia distrib-
Iutin9 our ht6fatnre AT present there
is'po tourisf bureau here, although sew.
leral have Been started BY private IN
1 terestsf ana one that cfhreesf d doiiAr
TO each PERSON asking Questions still
ekes ont an existence. have the
colonial secretary with me, and We have
taken up the matteriwith the president
! OF the chamber Ofscommeree, the ran.
ways and the Malay States, etc, and
the thing will be put through. i am
inelosing you clipping from yesterday 8
Malaya Tribune. y
The dipping was as follows:
Bureau Is Inevitable.
! "Mr. Alexander Hume Ford, editor
tof the 'Mid-Pacifc Magazine and one
/ OF the leaders of the Hands Around.
the Pacific movement, who leaves to.
morrow by the Spanish mail steamer
Alicante for Manila, said that an
Official tonrist baread in Singapore was
inevitable. In fact, all that remains
to secure this is the cooperation OF
the Federated Malay States Rahlways
with the Government and, the conifsers
cial interests Of Singapore. sN
In Hawaii, =, said M. Ford, ffour
Chamber Of Commerce and Merchants
Association each appoint two members
Of the Promotions Committee Of Hawaii,
and they elect the fifth. The Govern.
ment makes an appropriation OF $1,000
ayear gold to this body, the city an
other six thousand, and the people OF
the city about twelve thousand more,
and by judieiously disttibuting our lit.
erature around the Pacific we have
built up Hawaii as great Racife re,
sort. y X " ~ n " 4 10 Z
i Bureaus in AiuptralAsa n Z.
"All throughout, .Austsaiasie similar
official tourist bureaus are operated
with the cooperation Of the Govern.
Ihent, or else tho Government has gone
into the business itself with Wondered
results. I'm Java the railways, the
banks, the steamship companfsS and
the Government each appoint a director
OF the 0fheiai Tourist Bureau, witch Is
Subsidized by each OF these bodies. and
where three or fous years ago the tour.
list bureau sent thousand travelling
through Java, it now sends five tho1s.
and a year. y az
/ ''The cooperation of the r.. M. 8.
Railways with the people Of Sinkapore
and the Government could easily make
the Malay States known throughout the
world as a place worth visiting, biit it
needs the cooperation Of cvefyonS to
induce the tourist to remain in the
place and make extended trips.
| Considers singapore 1nportant.
/ $50 important do we consider Sing.
apore that / believe that if the rail,
ways should refuse to cooperate IN
this movement the offiefal tourist bur.
eaux around the Pacific will probably
contribute the sum necessary to, main.
tain an ofiiciaT tourist bureau IN Sing.
apore so that the lfterature Of the Pacl
lie mUy be distributed on the steamers
entering the great ocean from Europe
by way of Singapore. f,,
|, 1T certainly would be to the ad.
vantage Of the Federated Malay States
/ Railways II they would cooperate in
TINS, and so have every tourist bdreau
about the Pacific distributing its liter
allure and urging tourists TO stbp over
lat Singapore long enough to visit the
Many States. The fact that these
railways construct rest-konsea for the
tourist indicates that they wish him.
have felt the pulse here and know
that il the railways win make the fifst
move, we could have the support, i be.
lfeve, Of the Government and the PEG.
pie Of Singapore. y
Il Makes decentralization Es
/ 'tThete really should be an excellent,
" equipped Office in the city, where all
Information could be given about the
Malay States, Singapore and the rest
Of the Paci6c; for il a Malaya, Oficiai
Tourist Bureau would distribute The
literature Of the rest Of the Pacific,
the rest OF the Pacific would take care
of Singapore and the Malay States, So
far as publicity Is concerned. This IS
an era Of consolidation OF interests,
and trust and believe that as soon as
the work Of the Hands. Around,the-
Pacific movement is understood in the
Malaga; that she win have an ofiicial
tourist bureau here that win work with
the splendidly equipped bodies Of this
kind that the traveller now meets with
entirely around the Pacific.
II would seem a pity. TO have the
other tourist buTeaux supporting their
official bureau iu one part Of Singapore,
the railways with theirs in another,
and other interests with a third, when
they are all working for the same end
and should work together.
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