1956-01-07 — Page 10

THE CHINA ́ ́MAIL, SATURDAY, · JANUARY · 7; 1956:

A cultural evont of first importance was the Festival of the Arts in April.

HONGKONG IN

1955:

IN January, the Fisheries Exhibition provided evidence of the growth of the industry. Sceno is aboard a local trawlor.

THE Hongkong Regiment, in October; had its; First, Mascot Shetland pony named Kui Mo Bao, prosented by Col. J. D. Clague.

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IN August the 11 American airmen released by the Peking authorities returned home via Hongkong. They had been in prison in Communist China since they were shot down in 1953, towards the end of the Korean War.

ALSO in August a major archaeological discovery was made when workmen unearthed a 2,000-year-old Han tomb at the Li Cheng Uk aite. Picture below shows some of the pottery refics found in the tomb.

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HIS Excellency the Governor in February unveiled the Sai Wan Buy War Memorial, which honours over 2,000 war dead without any known grave.

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