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GENERAL-THE ARTS

teachers of Grantham Training College. Interest in dramatics in the schools is seen in the Inter-School Dramatic Competitions in which some 34 schools presented plays. Trophies presented by the Stage Club and the Hong Kong Teachers' Association provided a stimulus to the schools in the English-speaking sections and two local newspapers presented trophies for the Cantonese sections.

The unobtrusive but effective work of the British Council touched many spheres of cultural interest. In addition to the library with its turnover of over 3,000 volumes per month, the Council maintained a film and film strip library, a library of records and a library of prints and pictures, including some of the famous Ganymede prints. The programme of activities included lectures by experts on Art, Literature and Science. Two exhibitions this year attracted much attention. The first was the exhibition of the Law and Sayer Collections of pictures purchased by the Government. The second was of the model of the proposed design of the new City Hall. The model showed a design in contemporary style, but caused considerable interest in the press from groups and associations whose needs in the new civic building had not, apparently, been satisfied.

The Hong Kong Art Club arranged monthly exhibitions and a special Summer Exhibition. A small private gallery, the Cathay Art Gallery, was opened for the display of works of art of contemporary, historical and local styles. Although only recently opened, the gallery has displayed a show of auto- lithographs signed by the artists, (including Henry Moore, Graham Sutherland and Alan Reynolds), examples of English 18th and 19th century engraving, and a special French repro- duction series called "Pochoirs", of Utrillo, Flaminck and other famous French artists.

A selection of children's art from Hong Kong schools occupied a prominent place in the Children's International Art Exhibition held at Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia.

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