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Saturday, July 21, 1973

ARCHITECTS FROM CHINA EXPRESS KEEN INTEREST IN CITY HALL

A party of eight Chinese architects and engineers spent over two

hours in the City Hall today looking with particular interest at the

facilities in the concert hall and theatre.

The eight-man mission had just concluded a one-month tour of

Japan and is on its way back to Peking.

Headed by Professor Yang Ting Pao, Vice-President of the Institute

of Architects of China and Vice-Chancellor of the Nanking Technological

Institute, the group had expressed a desire to see the City Hall after their

arrival in Hong Kong earlier this week.

The visitors were met at the City Hall this morning by the Assistant

Director (Cultural) of the Urban Council and Urban Services Department,

Mr. Darwin Chen.

The group asked many questions, most of them technical, during

their 2-hour tour, and showed particular interest in the acoustics, lighting

and seating arrangements in both the concert hall and theatre.

A spokesman for the group said that whilst in Japan, the mission

visited many building sites, looked at the country's underground railway

system, and other big engineering projects.

Note to Editors:

Copies of a photograph of the visit

are boxed today.

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