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exhibitions cover a wide field of interests reflecting the rich and complex cultural background of the people of Hong Kong. The exhibitions held in 1969 ranged from Chinese paintings in the traditional style to 'psychedelic' posters accompanied by pop music.
An exhibition of great local interest was that of the paintings by the local artist Wong Po-yeh. Mr Wong, who died in 1968 at the age of 67, worked for most of his life in Hong Kong and was a sensitive painter of Hong Kong landscapes.
This year also saw the Fifth Exhibition of Children's Art of Hong Kong. The exhibits in this colourful display, consisting of paintings, drawing, prints and three-dimensional craftwork, were selected from thousands of entries from school children of Hong Kong.
An exhibition of Contemporary Art of Hong Kong was shown in December. The best works in both these exhibitions were selected for display in the Hong Kong Pavilion at Expo '70 in Osaka.
A novel exhibition for Hong Kong, entitled 'Design: the Begin- nings' was mounted in the months of August and September. This exhibition consisted of works by the students of the design classes organised by the Chinese University Extra-Mural Department and the students attending the recently established design course at the Hong Kong Technical College. The exhibition demonstrated the various stages of training of the students as well as showing some of the best efforts at creative design produced by the Extra-Mural students at the end of the two-year evening course.
The permanent exhibition of Chinese antiquities in the City Museum was revised and enlarged during the year. The exhibits now include small but representative selections of Chinese bronzes, jades, lacquer and cloisonne, in addition to the main display of pottery.
The City Museum and Art Gallery's collections of historical pictures consist of the Ho Tung, Chater, and Law and Sayer collec- tions. There are more than 700 items including paintings, prints, engravings and photographs which form a unique pictorial record of Sino-British contacts in the 18th and early 19th centuries and provide interesting illustrations of life in Hong Kong, Macau and
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