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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1935
ART WORK HAS BEEN HIS 40-YEAR LABOUR OF LOVE
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A MAN WHOSE ART WORK IS SEEN REGULARLY BY MANY IN HONG KONG IS RETIRING NEXT WEEK, AFTER 15 YEARS OF SERVICE AS AN ARTIST AND DESIGNER WITH THE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES.
SIXTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD MAK HO! HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN HIS WORK FOR OVER 40 YEARS, AND HAS LIKED EVERY MOMENT OF IT.
*WHILE 40 YEARS MAY SEEM A LONG TIME TO MOST PEOPLE, IT'S BEEN A LABOUR OF LOVE FOR ME, HE SAID THE OTHER DAY.
COMING TO HONG KONG FROM CHINA IN THE LATE 1940'S, HE BEGAN HIS WORKING CAREER IN BOOK-KEEPING.
+OUT OF NECESSITY, + HE SAID.
BUT SOON AFTERWARDS, HE MOVED INTO THE WORLD OF GRAPHIC ARTS, FOLLOWING A TALENT FOR ILLUSTRATIONS, WHICH HE HAD FREQUENTLY DISPLAYED IN HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO HIS HIGH-SCHOOL NEWSPAPER. TOGETHER WITH THIS FACILITY WITH PEN AND BRUSH, HE HAD ALSO AN INTEREST IN INTERIOR AND DECORATIVE DESIGN, AND HAD USUALLY DONE THIS WORK FOR SCHOOL FUNCTIONS AND OTHER FESTIVE OCCASIONS.
HE REALISED AT THE SAME TIME THAT HE HAD TO HAVE SOME FORMAL TRAINING IN ART, AND SO HE BEGAN TO TAKE COURSES IN A TECHNICAL INSTITUTE.
MEANWHILE, HE DID WORK AS AN ILLUSTRATOR FOR STORY BOOKS, AND FOUND JOBS WITH ADVERTISING AGENCIES AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS. FROM THERE, HE MOVED ON TO A FILM COMPANY, AND IN ADDITION TO GRAPHIC DESIGN, HELPED WITH THE DESIGNING OF PERIOD COSTUMES.
HE JOINED THE GIS IN 1969, AND HAS BEEN MAINLY DOING ILLUSTRATIONS AND OTHER ART WORK SINCE THEN.
WHILE HE ALWAYS APPLIES HIMSELF INTENSELY TO HIS WORK. HE FINDS THAT HIS MOST CREATIVE IDEAS COME TO HIM IN A MORE RELAXED FRAME OF MIND.+
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