THE HONG KONG SOCIETY OF ARCHITECTS
AND THE
THE FESTIVAL OF ARTS
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View of part of the Hong Kong Society of Architects' exhibition at the Visual Arts Section of the Hong Kong Festival of Arts.
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
Grantham inaugurated the Third Hong members in Hong Kong. Space was At a Special General Meeting held Kong Festival of the Arts by opening found for all the panels submitted and on Friday 27th September at the an Exhibition of Visual Arts at the in addition for some models and British Council Library, members of new Star Ferry Building, Hong Kong. perspectives.
the Society discussed and adopted a Originally scheduled to run for two The standard of the exhibits was Code of Professional Conduct and weeks, the public interest was such extremely high and attracted a great Scale of Professional Charges submit- that the exhibition was kept open for deal of attention but, in our opinion, ted for the approval of the meeting a further week. Approximately 45,000 the display would have been much by the Council of the Society.
people paid to see the seven sections of the exhibition, which was put on been made to include additional exhi- more impressive if an attempt had by societies and groups representative bits representing more fully the range short space of seven weeks. of the visual arts in Hong Kong in the
It was strongly urged at the meeting that the Code and Scale, which are to
be binding on members of the Society
of projects which have been and will of all classes, should be widely public- ised among the profession and the The Hong Kong Society of Architects be developed in Hong Kong. public, and should be accompanied by Exhibitions Committee, under the As well as providing the architec- a campaign to inform the public of Chairmanship of Mr. T.S.C. Feltham, tural section the Society also under- the wide scope and great responsibility was responsible for the architectural took, through its representative on the of an architect's work.
section. The Committee decided that Central Committee of the Festival, Mr.
The Code and Scale will be printed as time and space were limited mem- Edwin Wong, to design and oversee in full in a future issue of the 'Hong bers should be asked to make their the layout of the whole exhibition. Kong & Far East Builder'.
own exhibition panels of a standard With the help of some generous local size and format. By thus spreading contractors and of a small group of THIRD HONG KONG FESTIVAL the work involved over the contributors enthusiastic individuals a
gay and OF THE ARTS, 1957 VISUAL themselves it was possible to prepare uniform background to the exhibits quickly an exhibition fairly representa- was created, linking together into one On Saturday, 28th September Lady tive of the current work of the Society's whole the seven separate sections.
ARTS EXHIBITION.
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