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production 'All in the Family'. Hong Kong also gained awards for the best director, best screenplay, and best supporting actress. Partly as a result of World Refugee Year, Hong Kong became a centre of interest for documentary film-makers of many nation- alities. At one period in February three television teams from Canada, the United States and Australia were at work in the Colony simultaneously. British, French, Dutch, German and Italian documentary producers also filmed aspects of Hong Kong's problems and achievements, while the United Nations and other agencies commissioned film sequences on the Colony for inclusion in major productions covering the refugee problem on a worldwide basis. Paramount Pictures completed shooting 'The World of Suzie Wong' starring William Holden and Nancy Kwan, whose home is in Hong Kong. Two other Hollywood companies shot con- siderable 'location' footage for use in television feature films.
Cinemagoing is undoubtedly the most popular pastime in Hong Kong and there are now 66 cinemas with 69,938 seats. Hong Kong Island has 26 cinemas (29,225 seats), Kowloon 28 (32,701) and the New Territories 12 (8,012). English-language pictures, which usually carry Chinese sub-titles, are shown in 14 cinemas, with 18,208 seats. A number of cinemas have recently been extensively renovated to compete with the newer buildings, and most now have air-conditioning and wide screens.
During the year the Panel of Film Censors considered 408 feature films, including 165 from America, 59 from Britain, and 184 from all other countries including France, Germany, Italy, India, Japan, the Philippines, Korea, South America, Taiwan, Russia and China.
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