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two rare and valuable Chinese paintings, due to the generosity of a Hongkong art connois-
seur.
connoisseur
dynasty stone carvings found in
Both the Kuan K'ou Sou Shon
the Wu Liang Temple In Shan- Ta and the Eight Views of the tung Province.
Helao-slung Rivers were "done
bings as well.
Sharing Beauty
scenes each.
scenes
measures
23.0 LITE.
One of Kao 1's famous dent paintings taken from the collection Kuan K'ou Son Shan Tu.
The painting is done in a bold masters are known to have done
Two considerations underlie
All the paintings had original- is Mr Lo's present efforts to make Lo reproductions of his art collec- ly been done in black ink on
ton. Firstly, he believes this white silk. In keeping with the dynnsty the beauties of art should be Sung dynasty custom, both artists China. shared,
43 3 though that
and
The 65-year-year-old Mr Yuen-kok. and the repro ductions are of two rare Sung dynasty
(A.D.
tor packets of Ja stand From 20 cents per packet upward An entirely new FOTOL South 960-1279) paintings - the
China Morning Payl 1d Wyndhain Stroet, ingkeng さむ Salisbury Hood. Kowloon.
students enthusiasts of Chinese art abroad
by David T. K. Wong
was
the
Fuller
China Mail Film Critic reviews ANIMAL FARM
T
HIS cartoon version
of George Orwell's best seller is re-
Special Police Complete Training
The Hon. II. D. M. Barton took the saluto at the passing-out parade of 150 members of the Special Con- at the Police stabulary Training School, Aberdeen, this morning, 、
Mr Barton was accompanied
legated to a limited by Mr E. C. van Helden, Acting mid-week screening at
the King's and Princess Theatres. This might
Commissioner of Spedal Con-
tabulary, and S. . Aux, B. Slevin.
seven
Sergeants Inspectors, 23
Sub- and
Corporals and 113 constables,
The parade under the com- seem а pity to the mand of Mr H. E. Alers, ASP,
Inspector and
J. Lapsky. Orwell admirers and included one gazetted officer, followers of serious 10 Inspectors, Cinema, but the plain and simple fact is, the film has neither the strength of the vivid satire of George Orwell, nor the clear cold appeal of the book's theme.
of
I take it you have read the book.
You will recall that with considerable economy of style, Orwell paid the doubtful com Hsiao pitment to
pigs that they are are done ilks men, or rather political
detalled men
Every animal then re- of the presented some class or person landscape
in this world cursed by power seekers.
Time Magazine said the flan is as good as Dishey, which, in my opinion is just the reason why the n is limited in appeal, In trying to gal entertainment Sung dynasty paintings is bat a
The reproduction of the two in the form of Hand scrolls or and dramatic style, with vigor- paintings on this subject, How value, it has lifted several
The fanner is a Caprinted reproductions of plonter effort on the part of Mr "shou chaan.
ous and forceful brush stroken. ever, none of the other paintings Disney's shots right out of the
are re has survived to offer a basis of
long saga et Disneyland, even He hopes in the future to "rol of unusual length, ma- A total of 92 figures
to putting in a ridiculous little Lo reproduce his other paintings suring 1,088 cms. by 40 ans, presented in the painting, in a comparison.
duck who's there to play for The Eight Views of the Heino and his collection of stone rub- white the Eight Views are setting of rocks, trees and water.
laughs. on the other arranged in two scrolls of four of these, 76 are in human or Helang Rivers,
done in of these partly human form, while the hand, are Each
an entirely of lower forms of auferont style. The eight views rest are 88,7 cms. by
nimal life,
are of that stretch of the Heiang, Kao 1, a native of Hupel Pro River in Hunan Province after vince, was born in the 19th its Joining with century shortly after the Sung tributary, and they established in with the delicate, strokes characteristic An
of artist Ch'ong school who had de painting. veloped his The unusualness of the Eight own technique, viowe
Hsiao-Hsiang o the Kao became Rivers lies the fact that it is known in
the sole sthviving work of Northern Wang Hsiung who was active China and between 1131 and 1103. Another opportunity to view the originals famous had added a slight mixture of during the reign of the Second unusual fact is that the com-
ink, and both Emperor, Chinese paintings,hey should green to their
Kao Tsung, he was plete set of eight views has re- ut least be given
chance artists bud Employed the
a light admitted to the Imperial Art mained intact through the long fawn for colouring, However, Academy. to see reproductions,
cinturies. He was particularly famous The two paintings form part Secondly, Mr Lo realises that because of the great age of the
his painting of devils, of My Lo's private collection of many Chinese art masterpieces paintings, the silk has aged to a for
while the monsters and human figures and beert treasuring,
which also I have in the past been lost or theep golden-yellow
was also widely known for his cludes potatings of the Tang destroyed due to accidents and colours can be distinguished only
painting, ability of large-scale asty (A.D. 818-907), the wars. Very often a testimony with great difficulty.
existence is left for foremost collection of stone rub- of their
such walls of temples.
as those done on huge bitists from the Han dynasty future generations suve perhaps (207 B.C.-A.D. 2203 in the a passing reference in Far East, wid a vast collection contemporary book or, at best, the Kuan Kou Sou Shan Tu of ancient books.
on Inadequate verbal descrip- based on a popular legend con- Apart from being an art con- tion,,
eerning the delty Ech Lang noiseur, Mr Lo is also an Consequently, by reproducing Shen, It deplets him and it author and a leading authority is collection, Mr Lo hopes to aides expelling the devils and un Chinese stone rubbings. He leave something more substan- has written several works on tinl for future students to go on Chinese curios and is at present should a similar fate befall b working on a book on the Han own collection,
na y the
Kuan Kou Sou Shan Tu, by Kan I, and the Eight Views of the Hsino-Hsiang Rivers, not have Block • nuw svaliable 3. From South Chin by Wang Isiung,
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What's On Tonight
HOOVER and LIBERTY: "It's Great To be Young." British Technicolour comedy. John Mills and Ceell Parker.
KING'S and PRINCESS: "Animal Farm". A car-. toon version of George Orwell's famous satire. METROPOLE: "Now and Forever". A reissue. STAR: "Three Men In A Bont". A reissue. QUEEN'S and ALHAMBRA: "Fire Down Below." Technicolour. Spontaneous combustion in calypso. land. Rita Hayworth, Robert Mitchum, and Jack Lemmon.
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ROXY and BROADWAY: "Island In The Sun." True love and the other thing under the hot Caribbean sunshine. Joan Fontaine, Harry Belafonte, Dorothy Dandridge, Joan Collins, Michael Rennie, James Mason,
But here the similarity of the two works end, The subject of
infested the monsters which
La mountains at Kuan Sechuan Province so that the
K'ou
work of construclog a There might proceed
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST ZI By Air Malaya, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, 4p.
Hawail. U.9.A., Canada, 6 p.m. Korea, û b
by Burface
4
Entirely Different
Many Lost
What has happened. Is that John Halas and Joy Batchelor have seen how hard it is to get th
theme over, and how dull it is, unless it is spiced up in some way, They have effected a compromise, and that is fatal. Swift and Gulliver will end to this treatment, but: Animal Farm will not.
As a film, the drawings are quite good, the animation is good, the children will love it, although the confession and The style of painting eight views
the of
Islao-Hsiang
execution theme, the best shot in the film, is a trifle grin. Rivers was originated by Sung TI of the Northern
You must see it, because of Sung
Orwell, not so much Halns. dynasty, Sinco then many other Painters have followed his style had it gone the whole hog, and The film could have succeeded His style had attracted many and painted similar eight views. admirers as well as followers Wang Hsiung was one of them, not played about with the pigs. but his works were mostly lost and his style is in fact very during the Sung dynasty and close to that of Sung Ti. How- were seldom recovered after the ever, many of the sets of eight fall of the dynasty.
views have been lost ог According to historical sources, destroyed, including the eight at least three other Sung dynasty views painted by Sung T.
Notices
Malaya, Irudia, Pakistan, Iraq (P. Incila Porcola va Karachi, Babe, via Bombay, F. Gulf · Parceli direct), 5 p.12,
Macao, p.10.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 22
By Alt Fokhy. Shongbak, Hankow, Kun. mina, Hollow, a.m.
Thailand, Malays.. Indunosie, Aus- traila, New Zealand, M
Thailand, Pakistan, Midělo Great Britain de Kurope, '10 a.m.
Japan, 11 *.TE
Philpomes, 1 INZ
Indo-Chinm, France, 1 pam. UBA. 8 p.m.
East.
Malays, Indexes, Ceylon, 8 p.m.
* Ny. AnitaCE China, Peoples, republin, VA EL Japan, Casein, 21 am,
Phoippines, Rabaul, Australia
New Zealand, 11 a.m.
Korea, A., Macad, 1 p.m. Mac, 0 p.m.
PRIDAY, AUGUST 21 By Ale Kares, ... Thaliand, Burma, India, 0 4.m. Cambodia, a.. Germany, 10 num.
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$$300 and S$1,500 a month, plug board and lodging.
The most well-known Hong- kong singer In Singapore today Is Miss Fong Ching-ying who arrived three weeks ago to join the swank Cathay nightclub.
Miss Fong and her employer would not reveal her salary but the singer told United Press "I Lam very happy here."
LUXURIOUS SUITE
with
pay
RADIO Hongkong
OnlyA 1.30 p... "Women Windy Coloure. Compiled by Dartsara Lawrence nod MurSMY
The Band of the Hongkong police under Mr W. B. Foster attended.
An Old Guardsman
Addressing the gathering Me Barton said:
As an old Guardsman, I have always been impressed' by the very high standard of turn-
of our regular. out and drill Police Force.
"I would ke to congratulato have what you you all on achieved in the space of only ten days of training, particular- ly when I knew that you have lind many other things to learn apart from being.chased around the square by Inspector Guyait,
"I would also like to pliment all your instructors in the excellent job they have done it transforming you, who spend most of your time sitting in an office, intu a smart and well- drilled force.
Is It Worth It
com-
"I know that many of you have been put to considerable inconvenience in turning up here for your annual training camp. Often this inconvenience is shared by your boss ur the man at the next dock, who has of your work for you while you are to do a good deal
out of the office. Perhaps you wonder at times whether it is worth the effort.
"All of us who live in Hong- kong are aware of the refugee
problem, and we must also realise that however courage- ously our Government -tackles this problem, it will be many be solved. years before I can The overcrowding ·and the hardship that accompanies the struggle to survive places a tramwendous strain on the Security forces and, in parti- cular, on the Police,
"This was only too well ilus- trated when you, as Special were mobilised Constables, during the riots of Inst October. Those of us who were in Hong- kong at the time have-reason o be thankful that the Specialis and the Reserves were on the job for live days assisting directly the regular Police in restoring law and order.
Leavitt, 0, Time Signal, Programme Summary: 0.02, Lucky Diy-Listeners' Iequests
Margherita; 7. String E-Max
to and hi Orchestra: 130, Time for Jazz with Weather Reporti Rubla Day: 7.50, 0, Timo Signal The News; 09. Commentary: 8.15, Opers and Ballot B48, Wednesday Theatre World Theatro"The Orestala" of Aeschy- 1. Part 2 The Chocphori" or "Tho Libation Bearers': 0.45, Two Piano Recital Phyllis Sellick and Crth Smith; 10, This Week's Comp Brahms; 10.30. Popular Light Orches traz: 10.50, Weather Report; 11, Tume Signal. Radio Nowartel: 11.15, Good-by joining the Specials is not night Mule 1130, Close Down,
3
REDIFFUSION
"So do not think for a moment that the contribution you make
appreciated! It is, not only by the Government and the regular Police Force, but mest important of all by your fellow citizens in Hongkong."
FINED $50
p... Wednesday Сеп handsome
cert "La Valse" Besides "
(Havel), played by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, packet she is being provided under the direction at Paul Paray,
a luxurious suite in the "Symphony No. 9 in C." (Schubart), A fine of $50 was imposed on skyscraper
played by Building.
the NEC Symphony Lee Foo-yau, 27, former sea- Cathay
Orchestra, under the direction of Miss Fong replaced Miss Lee
man, by Mr D. L. P. Edwards Arturo Toscanini: 4, Tea For Ta Sheung-lan who returned to 4.30, Strictly Instrumental; 3, Child at the Marine Court this mom- ren's Corner-Presented by Auglising for illegally boarding the eS Hongkong inst
niter TVLTK
Ray: 8.30, Wednesday Requeria Funing at Buoy B5 yesterday. spending a year here,
Another
manager nightclub said several Hongkong singers Taade their names in Slagapore and returned to Hongkong to Join leading nightclubs there. Among them were Mona Fong, Kong Ling and Chang Loo
Some of the leading nightclubs here are hiring continental floor shows in addlifon to singers as local patrons are beginning to Guam Hawall, U.S.a. ask for more entertainment for Philippines, Australia, Now
their money-United Presa.
Formosa, Japan, Okinawa, ti a.m.
land, à p.m.
„Thailand, India, Pakiston, Middle East, Africa, Great
Parope, & p.TR.
Formos, 6 Dan.
1.8.A., Crada, d. pan.
Britain
By Surface Caloa, People's Republic, ↑ 430 Indonesia, 11 u.m.
North Bordo, II 2.11.
Macso, 1 p..
Tisalland, 3 p.m.
Macao, o più
SATURDAY, AUGUST 14
By Kurtson
&
Maoris On TV
At 9.30 pan tomorrow oven-
the frur
Chofr Maori
of HWNZS Royellst will present a ogramme of traditional New Zealand songs and dances over felevision. Chian, People's Republik, 7 aLOS..
This
Jaz group
already Sidlaye, Aden, Egypt, Neikariatid, Germany, Parcals direct, 11 875. established an international re-
Formor, 11 a.m.
for putation
Itself and hes Maurtulus, L. Farquee, P. DA Atries, S. Africa, Brazil, Argentine, appeared on television and has (N. & hodowla Nyamaniand, books beard on the audio in other Parools via L. Marquen), 11 a.m.
Italy, Fracion, 13 m
PREPppines pm
Cline, People'n komunije, o p.m. 34000, pa
parts of the world.
The disgorm-and-dancers will appear in the colourful iudi- toral castroes associated with Maori, onderbalament.
Presented by Belty: 628, Birthday Mallbag: 6.0, Dick Jurgene Show: 7. Personality Paraca - Mưa Bo Morne: 7.15, Concert Miniature: 7.30. Eddie Fisher with Axel Stordahl's Orchestra; 7.45. The Mystory of onther Report,
• Ligual and Announcements and Interlude; 8.15,
Nurse Lorbeer
the News: 8.00.
Defendant said he was naked by the bosun to go on board to do a cleaning job and that the bosi was ashore at the time.
For failing to renew his sam→
The Tope In Popular mu; 30, pan llence, Lee Wah, 24, who Diamond Mumio show; 9, The Goon
Bhow "The Spectro of Tatage?";
was intercepted
Kowloon
9.30, "The Golden Butterfly By Bay yesterday, was fined $15. Walter Besent and James Rice: Episode
Tair Prisoner; 10.
Edmundo Ros, and his orchestra; 1050, One Night Blend: 11, Jerry
Jumble mix Time-Presented Kai Tak Runway -
Jerry Lewis: 11.30. Prelude to Mid- sight: 12 Midnight, God Save The Queen. Close Downs,
TELEVISION
5 p.m., Children's Hour--Cartoons: 6.15. Puppet Theatre; 5,30, teghe Adventures of Kit Carson,”” starving Frank Wilfar; -6, Close Down.
7.30 Man, Kiki HamuumeN ÎȚI A reoliad of the Dancer of Southern Inidla. Introduced by Italpana Bur- lant: 145," "Newire at World and Colony Events; 1. Canteless. Flin *TONE Shayu, and Wu Walechiler's [[Part 3); 1950, Douglas Talebeski
#Bounce
walign with an Apw''! 0.50, Chiniano Feature Fl
Bright Winne
Azovunommsase Close De
New Benalities, 2/2 Beport 104
Reclamation work for the now runway at Kal Tak airport is more than, two-thirds completed, states the Director of Civil Aviation, "Mr M. J. Musprati- Williams in his latest progrpas report on the airport develop- ment project.
Suspect Detained
A Buspect was detained f01- POLIDO lowing the theft of a
a plater warrant card. from clothed
the policeman inside Kowloon Magistracy yasimrday