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Friday, December 21, 1973

EXCILANGE OF CHILDREN'S PAINTINGS TO PROMOTE WORLD PEACE

Fifty-three water colour paintings by Japanese school children

in Kagoshina have been sent to the Hong Kong Education Department by the

Kagoshima UNESCO Association.

In a letter to the Director of Education, the Association's

representative, Mr. Saburo Kanemaru, said that the object of sending the

paintings was to promote world peace through the cultivation of international

understanding and East-West exchange.

Commenting on the paintings, a spokesman for the Education Department's

Arts Section said: "They are bold in style and are of very high standard.

Twenty paintings by Hong Kong children have been selected and

presented to the Kagoshima UNESCO Association in return, 10

The Japanese children's paintings are on display at the Cultural

Craft Centre of the Education Department in North Point.

The Centre is organising an open exhibition from January 28 to

February 2 next year when the paintings will be displayed together

with selected articles and garments made by Hong Kong secondary school

needlework/dress students.

Note to Editors:

Copies of two photographs

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one showing pupils and their teachers admiring the Japanese children's paintings and the other showing three teachers examining the paintings are distributed in the G.I.S. press boxes this evening.

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