4.
the guarantors (all private with B.O.A.C. and the
Tourist Association taking the lion's share) have
been encouraged to commit themselves to underwriting
two further festivals in 1974 and '75, and to retain
Mr. Hunter as impressario.
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There was a 'fringe' of some substance.
Exhibitions included French tapestries, Indian
miniatures, a magnificent collection of Chinese jade
winched by the Chinese University from the safes of
Hong Kong millionaires, and a good if small collection
of modern paintings. For different tastes there
were Eartha Kitt, Dora Bryan, Lulu and The Sweet.
It was a first time, and the organisers
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had concentrated on getting the Festival off the ground,
but many lessons were learned. There were the usual
administrative snags which should be overcome next
year.
There will be adjustments to make in the balance
of programmes. A basic deficiency was that in the
performing arts there was too little of a regional
flavour. Apart from the Royal Classical Javanese
Dancers, the New Japan Philharmonic and Fou Ts'ong the
performers were Western in their origin. It is accepted
that next year more items from the region must be