Prominent Chinese Official

To Visit Solomon Islands

THE official secretary for the Consulate-General of China in Australia, Mr. Djienbien Young, will sail by the Mataram on March 31 on an official visit to the British Solomon Islands, on behalf of the Consul-General, Professor Kwei Chih.

Early last year Mr. Djienbien Young visited the Mandated Territory of New Guinea with Mr. D. Y. Narme, who was representing the former Consul- General of China, Mr. F. T. Sung, to investigate the overseas Chinese affairs there.

The party returned through the British Solomon Islands, and Mr. Djienbien Young, who was then attache to the Consulate-General, was ordered to station himself at Tulagi, and take charge of the Bureau of Overseas Chinese Affairs.

On October 4 he returned to Sydney to report on the conditions there.

Later he was promoted to the secretaryship, which he at present holds.

He has a wide experience of the Pacific Islands affairs, for he has visited all the Islands, with the exception of Fiji. ===