European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 27, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Pago 8 the stars and stripes wednesday. January 27,19bb extravaganza Marks australian Bicentennial Sydney. Australia a Australia threw a 200th birthday extravaganza or tuesday with 2 million people the Hirlo the British throne and shipload or tourists jamming Sydney Harbor As ils Guc is. Aborigines upset thai the celebrations ignore their plight also staged the biggest Black Pratt so March in Australia s history hut failed to Dampen the aussie zest for a Good party. See Rellin photo a re ii spectators camped out overnight to gain Good Vantage Points and celebrated Australia Day with Champagne Beer and is fling barbecues. A si50,000 fireworks spectacular lighted he City Skyline. Walc from households held panics on i hair lawns to observe a grand Parade of sail which included a Fleet of sailing ships dial isl England last May in a re enactment of it first voyage of ships to Australia. Thousands of Small boats and yachts swarmed the Harbor while helicopters hovered and the Roy Jil australian air Force Kaif performed a flyby. A was said Sydney Orcsi Deal Barry Stevens who spent the Day on the Whitcr. The Only Way i can de scribe it is Lile being bumper to bumper in the Rush hour "1 of a Lump in my Throat when the played walking Malilda and the ships were coming said Jon English an australian entertainer. Sydney because it is Australia s birth place was the Centrepiece of the Cylc i Alioth. But elsewhere in Australia towns held Bicentennial "barbies/1 or barbecues and Sci off fireworks displays in the evening. Special Bicentennial event director Stephen Hall said he was very pleased with the reaction to the celebrations. Aborigines Hunting and wining fists March toward Sydney Harbor in protest rial the australian Bacn Lennual Wlton ten. Through Sydney waving banners de manding land rights and shouting shame 1 Here had been fears of a possible while backlash. In his Bice Flennary message prime it s thrilling when it All comes to Goth my i scr Bob Hawlick called on austra a Hall said it demonstrates what. We re australians All i olice said crowds behaved Impe cab have been no reports of Vio Lence no All said a police spokesman. There were also no reports of violence Ai some ii ,000 aborigines marched lians to reflect on the country s heritage and multicultural makeup. Hawk also paid tribute to the first convict Sellers and said that after two centuries austra Lia is one of the most remarkable experiments in Britain s Prince Charles who attended the festivities Wilh his wife Diana also paid Iris Etc to Australia s advances Over 200 years saying the period since euro Pean amounted 10 barely a heartbeat in history. But look at what has happened Here in such a Short Hawie said Australia should not feel collective Guill about past wrongs done to aborigines saying. It would t be sensible. Later in a radio interview. Hawk acknowledged terrible wrongs had been in deference to aboriginal sensitivities. There was no actual re coach Mcnol of the firs Landing by the original 700 British convicts and cant. Arthur Phillip who headed the first Fleet on the 12,000-mile voyage from England in 1788. Aboriginal leaders have declared 1988 a year of mourning and vowed to use the Bicentennial to highlight their grievances aborigines settled Australia some committed in Llie past against the coun 40,000 Arran. Ago. _ they now number try s indigenous aborigines whom he atom try s a. Conceded had Litlie to celebrate. 160.000, or 1 percent of the population. World today foreign tourist Trade Marks increase in China la thing a China continued Lasi year to be a popular spot for foreign tourists who spent 1986. The official Xinhua news Agency reported tuesday. Foreign tourists including a heavy int from Hong Kong and Macao increased by 17.9 percent to 26.9 million while revenues were up 0.3 percent the administration said outside of Hong Kong and Macao. Japan led in visits to China with 370,000. Second was the United Stales with 310.000, followed by Britain with . India Marks anniversary with 5-hour Parade new Delhi. India apr tanks artillery guns regimental bands and schoolchildren paraded through the streets of new Delhi on tues Day to Mark the j8lh anniversary of the coun try s Constitution. But Light Security at inc five hour Republic Day Parade to Ward off possible attacks by Sik separatists robbed the annual event of much of its usual Glamor and enthusiasm. Militant sikhs have killed at least 120 people so tar this year in Punjab according to authorities. Philippine governing pane wants . Bases closed papers report Manila Philippines a a join acc live legislative committee reviewing the .-philippine Mili tary bases agreement would like 10 terminate inc part and close me facilities before their lease a Spires in 1991. Two major newspapers reported Manila chronicle and inc philippine daily inquirer quoted an unidentified source close to the informal committee As saying members believed inc bases infringe on National sovereignly and that . Military officials showed Wanton disregard for filipino rights. Both governments arc to begin a periodic review of inc current agreement in the nil three months. The philippine requires that any exl Ermon o the agreement after 1991 be provided for m a bilateral treaty subject to approval by two i lords of inc 23 member Senate. Bill or government has the Ngallo ice Smalc the agreement before 1991.president Corazon Aquino appointed the committee this month to study the agreement in Advance of inc review tentatively set to begin in , who is a my a bar of the cum Millie. Hat refused to say whether she supports an Extension of the agreement. Others on the commit Lee include foreign Secretary Raul Manglana Senate president to vile so Longo. Louse speaker Ramon Mitra and various legis Lator and presidential staff members in ils reports the two newspapers said the commit tee was considering allowing the bases 10 remain through 1091 in return for a substantial reduction in the nation s j28 billion foreign debt. Rut they said inc prevailing sentiment on the committee was to close the bases. The United states maintains Sis installations including Clark a and the Subie Bay naval base. Match believed cause of subway fire London a a dropped match was the Proba ble cause of the London subway s worst Ever fire which killed 31 people last november the inquiry s chief lawyer said monday. The lighted match May have fallen on an escalator and set Vight to 1-Inch-thics grease and fluftbelo1 and beside the escalator treads and w paint on the ceiling of Floc escalator Shaft said barrister Roger Henderson counsel to the investigation. Henderson told a special meeting of the inquiry to discuss technical details thai Ibert was a remarkable degree of consensus among experts on How the fire started. He said there was no evidence of arson and he did nol cup too Able to i5T1" do Lac Al anyone. The nov. In Blac was on a wooden escalator Ai King s Cross subway station the busiest on the ii4 mile London underground system which carries is million passengers a Day. The fire was the second dead lies calamity on the system Alicr the deals Lolliot 43 in a l975 inn crash. The fire led 10 an ensling smoking ban on trains and platforms being emended to a local ban on smok ing Lithe 173 stations on the system
