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He pointed out that many of them had been joint performances,
presented with willing and generous help from such organisations as the
Goethe Institute, British Council, and Alliance Francaise, and various
local groups.
The performances had been attended by about 148,000 people
the vast majority of them students, he added.
and
"The Urban Council will continue to present such programme charging
a mere $1 a ticket for students, and in July and August of this year will
organise a Hong Kong Arts Festival to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of
the City Hall."
Performing Arts
The programme would embrace all branches of the performing arts,
as well as several art and photographic exhibitions and would be aimed
primarily at young people and for this reason, the summer school vacation
period of July and August had been chosen for the Festival, he said.
In addition, the City Museum and Art Gallery had presented ten
exhibitions covering a wide range of subjects including Chinese antiquities,
Chinese paintings and calligraphy, archaeology in Hong Kong, coins and
currency of Kwangtung, Macau and Hong Kong, and children's art.
"These exhibitions were attended by over 175,000 people including
a large number of students in organised school visits, " he said.
The Urban Council's libraries were jammed mainly by teenagers
and the Council believed that additional librarice should now be built.
The department....