dance bands of the principal Regiments also do a good deal of public entertaining, giving regular concerts at the China Fleet Club, the Nine Dragons Services Club in Kowloon, and over the radio.
The principal event of the year in Hong Kong's Chinese-owned film studios has undoubtedly been the making of the film "Dawn Must Come" by the South China Film Corporation. The film, which was made for release in 1950, is in some ways a landmark in the development of Cantonese motion pictures, the Corporation's aim being to produce a picture with sufficient artistry and technical skill to qualify it for international distribution. In spite of the almost too clear-cut distinction between heroine and villain, which is a feature of many Chinese films, "Dawn Must Come" shows in a remarkable way how each of its characters is moved to act for good or ill by force of economic circumstance. It portrays clearly the way in which great numbers of the people in China live on the verge of complete poverty in which each must help himself as best he can. Technically a great advance on former Cantonese productions, it has for the foreigner the definite educative value that it gives a faithful account of Chinese daily life in Canton and the villages of South China. The principal scenes were taken in a Kowloon film-studio, and the greater part of the location work was filmed in the New Territories.
The success of the new Kowloon Reel Club can be gauged by the fact that within two months it had a member- ship of over 100. The Club has also been fortunate in having the services of a piper of the King's Own Scottish Borderers. Amongst the more youthful members of the community Highland and Scottish country dancing is acquir- ing such popularity that no dance or party is considered a success until an "Eightsome", "Dashing White Sergeant" or a "Strip the Willow" has been danced.
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