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THE CHINA MAIL WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 80, 1957.
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with the Rt. Hon. Sir Norman Birkett talking to a group which includes Miss Liu Cheng Shia (Peking).
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Mr Chow Says
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Sur,-Mr Anthony Fuller, your distinguished movie eritle, seems to have a curious notion regarding the favourite stars of the Hongkong public. Audrey Hupburn, of "War & Peaco" is a top favourite of the local Almgoers (though not of yours truly)
ANTHONY FULLER REVIEWS
The Broken Star
"The Broken Star" United Artists release, opens today at the Star and Metropole.
It is an adventure film, found- ed upon the more lively in- ciden's
that went along with the opening up of the West. This story takes us to Tucson which wis then a collection of Frame and adobe houses. ducers had two objects in mind when making the picture; authencity, and to write " plece of American history.
The pro-
know
You would have to more about the opening up of the West then I do to pro- nounce upon that.
. The action of the film centres around the plight of Howard Duff, a Deputy Marshal who for money. murders a rancher
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- WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30
By Air Malaya, Indonéalo, Australia, New Zealand, p.m.
Hawall, U.S.A.. Canada, & p.m. Formosa, Korea, p.m.
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THURIVAT, OCTOBER 31 by Air Feking Shanghai, Hankow. Kun ing. ethow, a Tliationd, & am
ever sinco "Roman Holiday". So is Glenn Ford, though I thought his per formance in "Teahouse of the August Moon" was ridiculously
by aver-praised
Miss Jane Roberts. Though the publle preferred "Bathing Beauty" to Shakespeare, it didn't mean they rated Red Skelton above Olivier. Exther Williams, not Skelton,
the big draw
zealand, Cayin India, wha during the "Bathing Beauty" period. Olivier's "Carrie", in- ofdentally, was highly favoured by the Almgoers, and I don't Wink Monroe was the sola st- traction of "The Princo And The Showgir)."
The enthusiatic Clulness who ascribes the success of “Atilla”
to the "sweeping of Asian hordes across Europe" must be kidding, for I doubt any Chinese filmgoer would talec this "historical" eple seriously, The amazing success of the unbearably saccharine
"АП Affair To Remember" was in- deed an unsolved mystery-
la Baron is seen as the cousin of the dead rancher, she is a zinger in the type of establish- which Westerns have ment made familiar.
She calls on Bill Williams, and then we are off to the old business.
This takes us to a copper mine for the show down, and also the knock-down fight." The film claime to be daringly different; It is different in that it uses more imagination before the usual show-down Any
chlor watching other people get way, It keeps you out of mis
into it.
even to a Chinese like your Luther Film
truly. As for **Manuela", I belove it flopped for a very simple reneon-it was a bąd picture, not because it was
Eritish.
Yours Lalthfully, N. T. Cuow,
In
Chinese To Be Shown
On Sunday evening there will be the first publle showing of the film Martin Luther with n
POLITICIAN Chinese sound track.
MURDERED
After a certain number of years, a radio station tends to and out-of-date, ito do is to sit himself in
are become the ChineDO 631
assistance and advice are one of the lobbies in initiation
broadcasts in employed in London.
It abreast of Fretich,
Hong needed to bring Apart from going to Bush House. And if he German, Hallan and
Ideas. mxrw technical
Coa the k which were followed in
these Chinese pro- ne Spanish ALAS waits long enough, he is next year by
and grammes alto
to Souhtenst sequently BBC people are often Portuguese. Broadcasts in other Asia, where there are large seconded by the Colonial Office new Berles. "South almost sure to catch
multipiled quickly Chinese
to advise and assist languages
populations, and to Saltbury snatches of his national during the war until today the
broadcasting stations. The Chinese mainland. language coming to him foreign languages
Mr 5. Assistant chrough the babel of and Mandarin. gultural German and CHINA PROVIDENT LOAN Sonorous Thai, of lyrical much
broadcasts as from what is can- excitable tained & MORTGAGE CO., LTD. French
i:1 those broadcasts. Arabic, for Bush House Throughout its history, the BBC has chung steadfastly to certain NOTICE TO HONG KONG is the headquarters for alms and purposes.
the external services of
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NOTICE
AND
and
include two dialéels of Chinese Cantonese
Watrous, E.
the Ilead of the Far But the unique status of the Eastern Service, tells me that an BBC la the world comes not so
far as the BBC knows, the its multi-lingual People's from
Government has not done any deliberate jamming of these programmes.
World-wide
For
English-speaking 辟一 diences in Hongkong, the scope is much wider, There Is the "London Calling Asin" gramme, which runs for 45 This pro- minutes vach day.
wims From the three hyphenated Jacob, K. B. E., C. B., as follows ramme
stimulating
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Sir Iah
The BBC Chinese service variter this year broadcast an important series on the subject Jamily planning. Left to tph C. J. Chen (BBC), Prof. W. C. W. Nixon, Head of the Chistetric Department of University College Hospital, and late of Hongkong University, who rantributed two talks to this series, Dr Yang Ko, from Tientsin who was working with Prof. Nixon and Richard Lui (BBCA telo read the Professor's talks in Cantonese,
million a year,
Mr
Seconded
Ankara, Oct. 29. The situation in Mersin,
an
ibe southeastern coast of Turkey, was reported tense today after a member of a political party
Other
The occasion is to commemor- ate the 440th Anniversary of Reformation Day, October 31st, 1017.
The film will be shown at a rally at the European YMCA at; 7.30 pm.
It was in that capacity that
The film was originally shown in public W. A. Roberts went to
theatres around the had been murdered by an op- world, and has been viewed by Hongkong in 1054 to advise on
ponent.
60 the technical development of Radio Hongkong This year, a number of BBC engineere have also been Colonial
seconded by the Offee and among the colonial territorica that they assisted was Hongkong
Radio Hongkong itself owes to the BBC. Its modern auch to nir-conditioned *tudins and associated control rooms него bullt to BBC specifications, and they are operated on the BBC
with dystem.
the adven! of wired television, Hongkong owes the BBC yet another
The debt. television news which you nee comes from the BBC, which has set up a world-wide television news opency
to operate on a non-profit basis,
Nominal
How does Hongkong repoy the BBC for all these services? Certainly not, in cash, for the fers charged when charged at all are very nominal. Whal Hongkong dors is to help the BBC in the gathering of news.
At present the BBC has only correspondents stalloned
nine
all over the world, and the one responsible for the Far East is blocks ur Buildings Ju the "To state the truth with as friendship nud understanding Strand, broedersts go out all much exactitude and sincerity as between the peoples of Britain normally stationed at Singapore. Obviously nine men eannot over the work 24 hours a day, it is given, to human beings to and Asia and at reflecting the
the world. Therefore, seven days a week, providing achieve; to elucidate objectively best in British life and thought.
should
happen in anything news and entertuinindat 1. 44 the world situation and the
Includes auch popular Hongkong and its own corres languages at a cost of over £5 thoughts and actions of this weekly features as International pondent is not available, the country; and to build u eleger Press Conference and Asian BBC may have Radio Hongkong understanding between peoples Club. by providing interest, informa-
Then ihone is tion, and entertainment, ench in
Service due measure according the Overseas All this started some 25 years needs of the many audiences." deslaved for Britishers ago, in 1932, when the BBC
By adhering to these aims abroad
In this way Hongkong repays, tounded the Empire Service for and
through good peoples in all parts of the Con- in a small measure the services, purposes broadcasthig in English outside times and bad, the BBC has monwealth. At present the pro- it receives from the BBC. the United Kingdom. That was developed itself into an interna- grammes from this service can the forerunner of what is now tional institution of the highest be
be heard 21
day, but
Service.
25 Years Ago
and
cover the event and provide a the Gederal
radio report of Uni event for which is BBC listeners in the United
living Kingdom.
English-speaking
South China sunday year-Heraldine and Landerway to expand
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a world-wide reputation for this But it was not 111 1038 that truthful presentation of news, service
in the near future. the BBC made its first broadcast
4 measure of the esteem Ra broadcasts from
1 round-the-clock
at the request of the govern" "by In, expressing
men who wished to counteract the broadcasts made by Fascist Italy from Bari.
all thesa in a foreign language. In that held for the BBC can be services are mude by Radio your, transmissions in Arable gleaned from the continuous Hongkong
Rediffusion. wero mude to the Middle East food of letters
and including But there is a whole host of trickie" from Hongkong other services which the BBC sp provide for Hongkong which are praise for its less well-known. The "English For You" programmes broad- For the Britisher living cust twice a week, by Radio abroad and for people in all Hongkong und Rediffusion parts of the Cuinmonwealth, the
one of them. BBC providos a most valuable link with the mother country.
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preciation and objectivity.
In Hongkong
Training
. In order to aid those lessons, a Hongkong firm published,
For the Chinese listener in with the collaboration' of the Hongkong, the BBC provides a BBC, a book of thong iyajons A 36313
90-minute programine in gauge of their popularity' can be Mandarin and a 15-minuto pro- soep in the fact that 10,000 30814 training in Cantonese cách day, copies of this book wern sold in 18816 While news form the hard card Hongkong during the pest three
these programmes, there are weeks it want on sale 38820
also press roylowa, parlament-
provided" hr Another acrylce,
of
ury discussions, and talks' on the não in the training: “OR 86827 current affairs, scientiae sub-Mechnical staff for Common-
jocts, etc. For this service, eight woalth radio": stations?
This DDC "Pictur
more than million people. Incidents,
Record-breaking crowds attend- reportedly less serious, occurred at Bileliked wherever it was shown. Now in the northwestern part of it is being released in dozens of the country.
languages
for smaller showing. Also taking part in the rally Reports of these meldents will be the Luthers Sowers' followed news of two peoples | Quartet, recently returned from killed and nine hurt in clashes | o tour of Taiwan. The Rev. clashes between the police and Tennyson Liu of Tsun Wan will a crowd following discontent give a 10-minute talk entitled over the management of last "Luther Today." Sunday's elections at Gezinatep, Turkey. -- Franco -
southern Presso.
Master of ceremonies will be the Rev, James Hu of Tao Fong Shan.
China Mail Entertainment" "Guides
WHAT'S ON TONIGHT
KING'S & PRINCESS: "Operation. Mad Ball”—A comedy starring Jack Lemmon, Ernie Kovacs, Kathryn Grant,
HOOVER & LIBERTY: "The Living Idol"'—Steve Forrest, Liliane Montevecchi and James Robert- son-Justice,
ROXY & BROADWAY: "Hell on Devil's Island". Starring Helmut Dantine and William Tolman.
STAR & METROPOLE: "The Broken Star"——›
Adventure in the West. Starring Bill Williams, Lita Baron and Howard Duff,
QUEEN'S & ALHAMBRA: "The Curse of Franken- atein." The Management asks you "Please Try Not To Faint." Pater Cushing, Christoper Lee, Hazel Court, and Robert Urquhart,
Japan, 10 e.m
Milaya, Iniloñesta, Australia, New Pakistan, Africa, Great Britain & Europe,
P.11.
Philippines, p.m.
Indo-Ching, France, a p.m. U.R.A.. 4 p.
By Burface China. People's Republic, ↑ a.m. Sarawak, North Borneo, Noon. Macao, p.m.
Burma, India, 4 p.. Macao, a p.m.
FRIDAY, NOVEMDER 1 By Air Thailand, Burma, India, 8 Cambodia, Ceylon, 8 km. „Fremoss, "Jagan, Okinawa, Korea, Noon.
Guam, Nawall, USA. 2 p.m. Indo-China, France, 2 put
Philippines, Australia, New Zam land, 3 pan
East Africa. Еигора, 6 рт.
Thaliand, India, Pakistan, Middie Great Britain & Formosa, 6 pm. USA.. Connde, 8 pun. Hawl, & pm
By surface China, People's Republic, 7 a.m. Indo-Chin. Neum.
Macao, 1 p.m. Korop.m. Indonesia, 5 p.tn.
Macho, p.m.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2
By Barface
Chins. People's Republic, Ya.m. Formoon 4.m.
Japan, Ú‚§.A. C. & B. America, Noon.
Macao, 1 p.m.
Australia, New Zealand, 4. pim. Malaya, Ceylon, India, Aden, Mid- dle East, Great Britain & Europe, 4 p.m.
Italy Netherlands & Germany. Fadcole diroat), 4 pm.
China, People's Republic, a p.m. Масло, в р
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1 By Surface
Mac 1 p.m.
MONDAY, NOVEMDEN 4 By Burface: China, People's Republic, 74,000. Japan, Canada. 1a.m. Malaya. Indonesia, 11 a Macao. 1 p.m. Macan, p.m.
TUESDAY, NOVÝMERE S By Surface China, People's Repubiin, 7 am Macao, 1 p.m.
Malaya, Middle Zast VERCO
Italy (Netherlands & Gestnany, Farcels direct), 1 pm. Indo-China, à p.m.
Indonesia, 4 pin Blacko, û p.m.
RADIO Hongkong
5.30 pm. "Women Only" introduced by Wendy Colbourne: 6, Time Signal,
Programme Summary; 0.02, LAICKY Dip-presented by Margherita; Record Round About with 1illy May and Orchestra: 136, The Song in Over-Bans that have alood the test of time: 7.58 Weather
8, Time Signal News; 8.00, tary; .10, Opera and Ballet; 8AS,
ONCE theatre: "A. Sleep of
by Christopt.er FTY, Radio Hongkong's contribution to the Festival of the Arts produced by Tim Brinton. Cast: Pla David King, Bill Dorward; Pte Peter Able, David Coub: Pte Tim Meadows, Jonn Wallace Cpl Joo Adame, Peter Pres- 10: 10.15, Lorie Suite (Urieg] Up.
The Danish State Radio Gym phony Orźzestro: 10:30, Fort and Sommy James; 10.08, Weather Report; 11, Time Signal. Radio Newsreel; 1118, Goodnight Mudo; 1330, Clown Down.
REDIFFUSION
p.m...
Variety Calle 17:0 Tuno; 3. Wodalay Concert- Hallet Daphnis and Clae" (Ravel) played by L'orchestre De La Suisso Remands with Motel Choir et Geneva 4 Tea For Two: 4.30, Strictly Instrumental 8, Children's Corner-Presented by Auntie Ray; 9.30. Wednesday Request-Prevan- tad by Baity; a
5, Melachrino Mus- cale: 025, Birthday Mailbag: 0.30, Dick Jurgen's Show: 1 Personality Parado-Betty Hutton; 7.15, The Shop Fields Show: 7.30. Eddie Visier with Axel Blordehl's Orches tro: 7.45, The Story of Jane Ani- 1480; 4, Neve 309, Weather Report, Announcements and Interlude: 8.15, Tops to Forular Murio, presented by Nick Kendall: 50 Dimond Muald Show; 9. Educating Archie..... With Peter Brough and Arch An- drews: 9.30, To Lot," a metal from The Fonte Baga," by John Gals worthy, Episodo 1, Burring Loo Fiend and Ronald Simpson; 10, The Pigalle Player: 1030 One Night Atand: 12, Date With Dreamland; 11.80, Prelude To Wjdalɛtiti, 12, MIC night, God Save The Queen Close Down
TELEVISION
pm. Children's Hour-Cartoons: 8.10, Puppet Theatroj 0.530," "The" ventures of Hit Carson's. Cibe Downs. 7:30. part.. Fiano Lealta: Michael Boder; 245, Nawernel: Cantoness-Film: "God of Parlune,
TOEWYSK", "with Adolphe 2090(psi): 9, Heland Reckonin 1.80, * Chinese Trature