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Man wins ONE OF THE

appeal CONVICTION

FOR THEFT QUASHED

Mr Justice A. D. Scholes in the Appeals Court this morning quashed the con- viction of o 25-year-old man, Ng Siu-lam, who had been jailed on two charges of simple farcony, and sot aside sentences of six months' imprisonment and two years' police supervision.

in hy ruling, Mr Jeller Sebeles said that the only evid nve against Ng was a state- inst alleged to have been made by him to the police.

In this case, the trial magic trate did not dogs! the wat prretice of making the pecused if he objected to the admission! in cvidence of the statement,

Mr Justice Scholes said that although Ng was custody at the time of the altered state ment, it was not clear whether he had been cautioned befure he made the statement.

In addition, some of the ex- hibits in the case had not been clearly marked, and one of the exhibits in partlevlar (a watch), had not been marked us an ex- hibit at all according to the case record.

PISTOLS

CONFISCATED

Mr

Derik Cons at Central Court this morning granted an explication for the confiscation of two automatie pistols and 50 zounds cr ammunition which had been left in Hongkong by two Europeans.

Inspector Yip Tal-yait said two Europeans surrendered a "Stey" automatic pistol, a "Bernardell** automatic pistol und 50 rounds of ammunition lo the humigration Office at

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Renowned pianist's description of HK

Mr Paul Badura-Skoda, renowned Viennese pianist, yesterday described. Hongkong as one of the great places of the world. He said that in beauty the harbour surpassed that of Sydney, and was only rivalled by Rio de Janeiro.

At present on his first concert tour of the Far East, Mr Badura- Skoda who is accompanied by his wife, doctor of musile, ackled that this was certainly the most interesting concert tour of many he had made,

Leaving the'r, three children in Vienna, over four months ago, the musical pair have visited New York, San Franciszó. Les Angeles, spent two months In Japan and will return to Europe after concert In India, Pakis- tan and Persist.

NEW CITY HALL

The pianist who will play for the first time to a Hongkong audience ni the Loke Yew Hail this evening at 9 pm, said he had noted with interest that Hongkong was to have a new Cy Hall with its own concert hall.

The problem of insufficient concert halls was world-wide, be sald Tokyo was completing one; there was nol a single one In Rio de Janeiro and not sufficient even in New York. Perhaps Vienna was In the mos fortunate position with its Duncrous concert halls and tivo opera houses.

"Music and culture are £5 sential in the life of everyone. Beauty in art, as well as in sur- roundings, is nourishment for the Boul and only very slowly are city and state authorities taking hils into account,

Mr and Mrs Ladura-Skuda

"The growth of cultural faci- ties is now quite noticeable in]

Paul Badura-Skoda who was until lack of room space limited the United States, not just in individual groups but in whole born in 1927 started to learn the the collection, communities.

jaro when he was six years

Paul Badura-Skoda has been dreide to be- old, but did not

masier teacher at the Edinburgh musician until he was ennie

his studies Festivals, has performed at the 16. Then he tuck

Vienna Festivals Salzburg and and and hes played with every major arches throughout the world.

HUGE DEFICITS

Tak, upon their arrival in the "As a highly-developed art, very seriously, was taught by Colony some time in September musle does not appear fo pay the late Edwin 'Fischer last year. They subsequently se way. Music festivals ingavo his first concert in Vienna left Hongkong without claiming opera liouses throughout then the age of 21.' the wengiobs and ammunition or world sometimes have huge leaving forwarding addresses.

Insp Yip added every effort had been made by the police to trace the owners without success and the application for confisca tion was therefore made.

defcits, but by attracting large Because of the popularity of his numbers of tourists who spend His Westminster recordings, money itberally, loses are more debut in America created than recouped and inprecedent by being completely measurable happiness is given sold out for a first concert: He has since played in more than 1,000 concerts in all continents and has also bad success in con- ducting musical works.

to those learning to love music."

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Hongkong?! on January contains, welcome support for Mr K. A. Watson's latest effort

a source of joy to them boil. They have recent- ly produced a book of Mozart as musical interpretation rather than autobiographical. which has been translated from Ger-

to Eriglish and to. In his one-man crusade ta Japanese.

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SILVERY QUALITY

Research for this work led to a study of carly pianos, Mozart's works sounded thinner end crisper in the instruments of his day which had a silvery quality | compared to the powerful but more muffled 'tones of present-. day planos, the planist bald,

The Badura-Skodas started to collect harpisebord, clavichord and similar types of carly planos

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