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Paul Badura-Skoda's concert
Pianist fell short of expectations
By D. E. GRAY
7ET another distinguished pianist, this time. Paul in
the Loke Yew Hall to a large audience. This young planist has become well-known to a large circle of listeners in recent years through his Westminster recordings of chamber music.
SULTAN LEAVES COLONY
Everyore knows him as very charmber music in list and his Beethoven and Schubert Trios are a delight to export.
We were all very kro
tu hear him perform s suluist, in person and I must Confes his performance Just night was onething lesa Caa f had anticipated and hoped for.
The little Minor Fantasy of Mozart, which pact the pro- graimine W3,4 played well enough, althoug 1 prefer Mozart. played with greater attention palu to strict tempo.
The main work In the rst half was Beethoven's "am mercjavier" Sonatu Op. 100. The planist chose to give Bo introductory talk eulogising the of this composition and attempting to make a short analyals of the main features of the Arst, third and fourth movements.
greatness
This, I think is a dangerous innovation in a place like Ilon- kong. Surely muse of this stature needs no fusilfication- fr greatness is self-evident in a 1
And well-played performance. many listeners object to being lectured to end prefer to at-
· land a concert to hear only the zensie.
'Let we add that I am sure the artist meant well, and the
Tuanku Munawir. Sulfan of Negri Sembilan (above) left by Thai Airways international for Bangkok this morning after audience Appreciated his obvious
four-day private visit to Home- kong.
He was accompanied by the State Secretary, Mr Y. M. Raja Azam and state physielan, Dr S. W. Lunking.
. He was sen off at the air- White ADC la port by Mr 1. the Governor, and local banker. Mr David ('how.
Indian minister in HK
Crimes in tudia have nel in-
creased, while in some parts; of the country they have de- j creased, Mr Violet Alva (above) Deputy Minister for Home Affairs in India said on arival this morning.
Mrs Alva grid:
sincerity ht The greit reverence with which he him- sell approached the task of portraying this music to n audience who was by no means unaware of its prefoundness,
However, despite the artist's obvious sincerity, there seemed to be something lacking in his
· porīraya), something which falied 10 move. The per formance เทคน a very efficient and siberre one-hei
one.
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1961.
PICTORIAL PARADE
Cathedral on
ABOVE: Little Beverley Ann Hart, infant daughter of Mr and Mrs H. J. Hast soen in her mother's arms after her christening of St John's Sunday.
KILLED
DOG.
FINED
$240
A man in Shatin who killed!
a dog and kept two cats in metal cages was fined u total of $240 by Mr A. L. Leathlean at Taipo Court yesterday.
Cheung Ming-chow, 37, plead-i ed not guilty to both charges - cruelty to animals und laugh- tering dug for food.
Inspector S. C. Chan, pro- secuting, said the longkong Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animats received several phone calls on January 13.
If he felt the greatness of thy "Hurunterclavier", he di noi make me feel its greatness- naturally one expects a lot from I and the police went to GD5 the Adagio which is one of the sublimest writings in all musie. The second half opened with » Suite by Bartok, this contro- veralal composer wht is graciuai- Is being included mote arad more in standard programmes. I felt that Badura-Skoda's style was particularly well-sulted to this modern composition.
As a result, Inspector Kee Dalon Tean of the SPCA with two more inspectors from SPCA
Fourth-street, Shatin..
In the cockloft they found two blood-stained gunny bags,!
The programme ended with four Schubert Impromptus Op.
en These, played one after the other formed a very well- balenerd group, and I porticu- larly liked is interpretation of Nos. 1, 2 and 3. The ortist seemed to feel every Guner of Setubert's music, and to runke his audience do the same.
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The evening ended with generous gift of four Micores. three of them by Chopin, a com- po-er that will always go down well in Hongkong.
Corruption committee meetings
London, Feb. 1.
Mr Ernest Thorton (Labour)
asited the Colonial Secretary in the House of Commons today how frequently the Governor': special commitee to teal with bribery and corruption in Hong- kong had met ince July 12, 1900.
"According to some experts en jail and jail administration, prisons in la- dia compared very well with those of other countries." Mrs Alva who arrived by Air India Internatiorial 787 Jet, leaves for Wellington 10- Mr Iain Macleod, in a written morrow to represent India at reply, sald: "The committee met
the United Nations seminar olx times between July 12
on the protection of human rights in criminal inw, which la meeting from February O to 20.
and the end of September, 1000,
was "It
then reconstituted and is now known as the ad visory committee on curruption. This reconstituted committee has so far met six times,"
Referring to the rucial standing
of women in modern India, Reuter, Mrs Alva said they had equal rights and that there was in India
one woman governor and one woman ambassador.
"Women are permitted to enter of business," khe any field nald.
Old Believers
a chopper, a frying pan, twe cats in Lwo metal cages, and three bread baskets full of dog fur.
ABOVE: The winners of the Police Dog Trials pos- ing here with their handlers were 1-r) "Texan," handled by PC Lo Ming-hin; "Sotan," handled by PC Siu Wah; and "Blackie," hondled by Cpl Pat Kai-ko. At right, holding the team championship shield is Cpl Lam Hung.
$7
theft
lands jail
man in
Sheaffer's
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AVAILABLE AT ALL Goop storES.
ABOVE: Mr. F. M. do Mello Kamath pictured officiating of the flag-raising ceremony at "Cooper-road, Jardino Lookout, on the occasion
India's National Day.
From the Filos
25
years AGO
February 1936
TTONGKONG listeners
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will be interested to hear that Miss Jeanette Loff, the Hollywood film star who is best known for her wonderful singing in "King of Jazz," has kindly consented to sing from the studio of ZBW tonight.
Mias Loff, accompanied by her husband, is in long- kong un route to French Indo-China where a Holly- wood motion picture party, headed by Mr Tay Garnett, producers of "China Seus" is to make a new film with au Oriental background,
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ABOVE: Mr D. J. S. Crozier, Director of Education, pictured laying the foundation stone of the Tung
Wah Hospital's proposed new collego at Shum Wal-yin, a wash amah A 30-year-old hawker, Fong Lam, who had eight pre-
on the premises, testified that
un January 11, rhe saw accused in the kitchen plucking away at the hair of what appeared to ben dog.
Inspector Kec Dilun Tu testified that
defendant the admitted having killed a dog.
In mitigation, Mr C. P. Laf of Mesiry Peter Mo and Co., sald í that it was a custom for he Chinese to domesticate eats by keeping them in cages,
"What is the cruelty is that the cages are too small,"
ANCIENT
SCROLLS IN EXHIBITION
Ancient scrolls of the Ming and Ching dynasties are among the Chinese works of art at present being shown by Lam Long-kok al BL John's Cathedral Haii.
The
exhibition of Chinese paintings and calligraphy which opened at 19 this morning with be on show to the publle until 6 pm on Saturday.
Landscapes
and charming pastels studies for contrast are part of this comprehensive cross-section of Chinese art on display.
Ones that
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road,
Scholarships
Oxford-
Italian Princess
Lady Southern distributed the certificates to the suCCER- ful candidates at the pradna- tion ceremony of the Nurses Training schoola, held at the Tuny Wah Hospital yesterday afternoon.
The graduating nursea were from three hospitals, the Tung Wah, Kwong Wah and the Tung Wak Eastern end totalled 51 in number.
Lady Southern said the de- velopment and emancipation of the Chinese girl in the ton years she had spent here was amazing, and no better us€ had been made of her freedom than by the taking up of
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APPRECIATION of the
moderation exercised by the Chinese community dur- ing their New Year cele- brations in deference to the mourning for His late Majesty's death, was ex- pressed by H.E. the Gov- ernor Sir Andrew Calde cott, when moving a resolu- tion of loyalty to His
| Majesty King Edward VIII
at yesterday's meeting
the Legislative Council.
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The triumphant Hongkong
Interport football team com-
vious convictions for picking pockets, was sentenced to two and a half years' jail by Judge B. J. Jennings at the Victoria District Court this morning when he admitted picking $7 from the pocket of a woman.
Chief Inspector T. W. Wheeler sald Fong was arrested by
A number of study scholar- police custable on January 14
Princess Gabrielle Paccelli ofprising Messrs Lee Wai-tong, when he was seen being chased ships for undergraduates, post- by
university students Italy, her daughter Ursula, and B. Gesano, N.A. Beltran, B. at the Center-duate a woman
and university graduates front Ms J. R. D. Tata, wife of the Taibet, D. Leonard, Lee Ricok- street market, Kowloon.
Hongkong are being offered by Chairman of Alr Indin Inter-
national passed through Hong-wai, B. 1. Bickford, A. S. Bliss, the Italian Government for the kong this morning by Air India's Wong Mec-shun, Leung Wing- 1001-02 year
monthly Bocing 707 jetliner to Tokyo for shin, C. S. Pile, G. Wain, G. S. allowance for each scholarship a brief holiday visit.
Rodger and M. L. Railton month for is about $600
the Princess Paccelli
her (Manager) returned to End eight to ten months. Applications
to the Hallundaughter plan to remain In Colony aboard the CPS liner should be sent Consulate General, Chartered Hongkong for a few Bank Buliding, before April 30. their return to India,
got away
Under the title of "Those You Hove Missed," Anthony Ful- lor wili review films which have
for escaped the exhibitors of Hongkong.
So
Commencing on page
2 on Saturday, these ToViews will appear when space, and the films in question, ara available.
Saturday's roview will be on "Black Orphous.”
Eight fined
for not
In delightful using zebras
kitten
New ID cards
Dollar bills
Clutched in his hand was a number of dollar bills. Fong could not say how many there were but the woman, Hon Suct- in, sald that she had seven $1 bills in her jacket pocket which disappeared after she had felt somebody touching it.
Inspector Wheeler said the woman saw Fong standing be- side her holding some money. She held him but Fong broke Dway and ran off.
Exhibition of paintings
Mr Michael Bronner, a painter :
who
has lived since 1939 In and who on
Shangha
way to South Amerien, urrived only two months ago in long- kong. He will show many of his paintings at an exhibition to be held at the Club Lusitano, 16 Ice House-street, from Satur- day. February 4, to
Monday, February 0, elusive.
The exhibition promoted by Wednesday, the Polled Mr Ernst Gottschalk, will
open from 10 am to 8 pm. loundhailers to direct
Eight prople, five men and three wom
whn plended guilty to a charge of Juy- walking, were each fined $25 by Mr Derek Cons at Centra Court this morning.
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A total of 205,462 people have received new identity card up used
A group of 72 Russlor re- tugees of the Old Bellevers to January 31, this year. This pedestrians to use the zebra religious
was nanounced by a Govern crossing in Queen's-road West Berlin and Munich and lived 20 loft sect
by CPA Wife of Mr Joachlin Alva, 1 Britannia for Home this morn- ment spokennan this morning. near the Junction of Water-
Member of Parliament, Mrs ing on their way to Brazil for: This Agare includes new street, Alva had been a journalist, resettlement.
comers to the Colony as well as lawyer and in polities before
In spite of this, defendants Also On board
old residents. were
The spokesman she was appointed to her pre-Chinese who are going to Lon- described, the rate of registra- crowd the road without using
tion as "satisfactory."
the pedestrian crossing. sent post in April, 1557.
don un restaurant workers,
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Mr Brenner, who studied in
years in Germany before coming to Shanghal, will show more eighty of his paintings than which aro in all, pastel, water colour and charcoal.
The
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