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Photo album 11-2-1, 1975 - 1975

 File — Box: 211, Folder: 4
Identifier: 0039_PER_Pian_Series_2_Subseries_11_Folder_4
1 album (151 photographs: black and white) ; 32 x 33 cm. Labels on album: 1) Hong Kong. 2) Hong Kong 6. 3) 1975. Photographs with handwritten description listed as follows:

-1st to 2nd photos: Another party given by Chou Fa-kao (June 18) in honor of Cheng Ch'ien

-3rd photo: Authur (leftmost), Helen (2nd from right), Cheng (rightmost) after over 30 yrs.

-4th photo: At the JAL everyone tries to figure out why I have to pay an extra $100.—going Frankfurt-Berlin-Frankfurt.

-5th to 6th photos: The Royal Asiatic Society sponsored my lecture at the H.K. Club.

-7th to 42nd photos: Trip to Macao. June 7

--7th photo: The Hydroplane we took

--8th photo: A faster one goes by

--10th photo: (from left) Louise Ho, Nish and Bell

--12th photo: I had to stay on deck all the way

--13th photo: The Central Hotel

--14th photo: looking out the front window

--15th photo:—The side window

--16th photo: Innocent and wide-eyed—

--17th photo: In front of the casino

--18th to 22nd photos: The floating restaurant where people come to hear Cantonese Opera

---21st photo: Again we were the only ones oedering a regular meal

--23rd to 29th photos: Sightseeing Macao

--30th photo: shrimp shelling

--31st photo: Outside the museum: We had a 7-up and discussed what is scholarship.

--32nd to 33rd photos: At the park an even more lively discussion was going on—the horse race

--35th to 38th photos: It was all a Facade and nothing else.

--39th photo: Back view

--40th photo: Anothe[Another] temple, which has more than a facade to it.

--41st photo: looking down

--42nd photo: Back in Kowloon. Louise wanted to see Frankenstein; Bell also wanted to go. Nish. wanted to see something else, but I wanted to go home. So I left them standing there arguing.

-43rd to 84th photos: June 14. The Dragon Boat Festival

--43rd photo: going to Tai Po

--44th photo: The temporary theatre for Cantonese Opera

--45th photo: Bell is telling a tall one

--46th to 48th photos: Tai Po scenes

--49th photo: Bas-relief. Buddhist temple style

--52nd to 54th photos: you can see better going on a boat

--56th photo: Hakka boat-woman with an elaborate headdress

--57th photo: The cheering section

--58th to 60th photos: styles of rowing

--61st photo: Those who prefer to stay on shore

--62nd to 63rd photos: or on the boats

--64th to 68th photos: The boat race—scroll-painting style

---64th to 65th photos: Ready—set—go!

---66th to 68th photos: The drummer of each boat has his own pattern—which you can still hear at a distance

--69th photo: Other teams getting ready

--71st photo: Some westerners also joining in. Hence the saying “番鬼佬扒龍船:亂晒大龍(籠)”. Actually it is said that because their drum-patterns are too plain and simple, hence the oarsman can not put their energy in their rowing as fully as the Chinese can.

--74th to 77th photos: There they go again

--78th to 83rd photos: The little marmaid of Tai Po

--84th photo: At the end of the race every one rushes in to grab the pennants.

-85th to 90th photos: Party given by Nobuhisa and Amy Tsuji. June 15

--86th photo: looking at the bay from their window

--87th to 88th photos: looking out from the staff quarters, where some small Hakka villages—

--89th photo: Party at Shatin for 蕭南英 June 17

--90th to 91st photos: still exit, and give shelter to some students and faculty members. The railroad on which people go into and out of China every day

--93rd photo: (from left) 邢大夫、金東方

-94th photo: Grace and Mrs. Yung taking me to the dress maker

-95th photo: sniff sniff—yum.

-96th photo: You'll have to let out 2 inches here.

-97th photo: Grace designs a dress on the spot

-98th to 105th photos: The Yungs

--98th photo: (from left) Mrs Yung, Bell, Danny, Mr. Yung

--99th to 102nd photos: at home

---99th photo: relaxed

---100th photo: or tensely

-106th to 109th photos: The Wu's giving a party

-110th photo: The electricity stopped one night when I had to rush a report. So I worked by the light of a small color-slide viewer. f1.4—1 second?

-111th photo: (from left) Mr. Rich, Mrs. Jordan, Tina Mattani and Sister Myra passing by H.K.

-113rd to 121st photos: June 11. Videotaping the rod-puppet show

--113th photo: 3 assistants—the dream of a field worker

--114th photo: My video boy, José Lam

--115th photo: The stage for the rod-puppet show (In a park in Kowloon)

--116th photo: The basket ball game still goes on

--117th photo: "Hurry up with the tripod!"

--118th to 119th photos: Before I went back stage

---118th photo: The musicians and I stumbled over each other to get out of the way of the puppeteers.

---119th photo: He beats a mean drum

--120th to 121st photos: After the show—The Coffee Shop at Kowloon Tong

---120th photo: crepe suzette for me—

---121st photo: and baked Alaska for Nish.

-122nd photo: June 12. After the open air Cantonese Opera which I also videotaped

-123rd to 127th photos: My Last Videotape session in H.K. (of the string-puppet show. June 18)

--123rd photo: My video boy has a new assistant—Nancy Farwell

--124th photo: The Rendezvous at the Station Coffee Shop. (from left) Bell, Tsuyi, José, Nancy Farwell, Josie, Nish.

--126th photo: Even the Harrison Rykers came. It began to pour just after the show, when I finished packing away the camera.

--127th photo: After the videotaping—now rewarding ourselves with a nightcap: at the revolving restaurant in Kowloon

-128th to 133rd photos: Packing and moving day: June 19

--128th photo: Mr. Shun

--129th photo: It took 5 men 2 hrs to finish packing

--130th photo: Total weight: 1050 lbs

--131st photo: Amy Chu

--132nd photo: Last Lunch at the Staff Club. (from left) 馮永傑﹐鄭新文﹐蔣慧民﹐林晶晶﹐“鄭叔”﹐Amy﹐Nancy Farwell

--133rd photo: This was my apt

-134th photo: Moving to the Miramar Hotel

-135th photo: Nishimura invited me to the "Siamese Birds Nest" (The orchid was really from Bell)

-136th photo: Made of 1 carrot

-137th photo: (from left) Tsuji and Amy, Rulan Chao Pian, Nish., Bell

-138th photo: Roaming at the Queen's Landing after dinner

-139th photo: Focusing on the Hari Krishna group

-140th to 144th photos: Luncheon date with Bell at the Furama

--142nd photo: The rotating buffet room—where you could ea—and eat—and eat

--143rd photo: and reminise about the past few months

--144th photo: or just muse upon the world in general

-145th photo: A matter of signs

-146th photo: What do you suppose she likes—in a Korean restaurant?

-147th photo: We even made it a feast at the airport coffee shop

-148th photo: And so good-bye—to a way of life

-149th photo: a photo from José Lam. 照片正面:香港中文大學崇基書院一九七五年度臻社畢業同學留影

-150th photo: Athens

-151st photo: more Greek Islands

Dates

  • 1975 - 1975

Language of Materials

Chiefly in English

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Note 2: Copyright restrictions may apply

Extent

1 volume(s)

General

Barcode (assigned for digitization purpose): 004993536

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the CUHK Library Archival Collections Repository

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Special Collections Reading Room
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The Chinese University of Hong Kong