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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1975.
+! ALSO THANK THE MANY ORGANISATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE COME FORWARD AS GUARANTORS, AS SPONSORS OF STUDENT SEATS, OR TO HELP IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
+1 SHOULD LIKE TO MENTION JUST TWO NAMES. FIRST OF ALL THAT OF MR. IAN HUNTER. IT IS HE WHO HAS ESTABLISHED THIS FESTIVAL AND PUT IT ON THE INTERNATIONAL MAP. SECONDLY, MR. RUN RUN SHAW AND HIS COMMITTEE. WE OWE THE CONTINUANCE OF THIS FESTIVAL AS A VIABLE PROPOSITION TO THEIR ENERGY, REALISM AND GENEROSITY.
+THIS FESTIVAL HAS MANY PURPOSES TO GIVE PLEASURE, TO SHARPEN OUR APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS AND COMPLEMENT THE ARTISTIC WORK OF THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM TO ACCELERATE HONG KONG'S DEVELOPMENT AS A CENTRE OF ART AND CULTURE AS WELL AS OF INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE.
IN THESE THREE YEARS IT HAS COME A LONG WAY. IT IS ESTABLISHED AS AN INTERNATIONAL ARTISTIC EVENT OF HIGH QUALITY. IT IS GIVING A NEW IMPETUS TO THE ARTS IN HONG KONG AND IN THIS SHORT TIME A PROFESSIONAL ORCHESTRA OF OUR OWN HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED AND AN ARTS CENTRE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, ABOVE ALL, FOR MANY IN HONG KONG AND ABROAD IT HAS SHED A NEW LIGHT ON OUR CITY, ON WHAT SORT OF A PLACE IT IS, ON WHAT WE WHO LIVE IN IT ARE TRYING TO DO, ON WHAT IT MIGHT OFFER TO CITIZENS AND VISITORS ALIKE. IT IS INDEED A DEVELOPMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE AND QUALITY WHICH REFLECTS WELL ON THIS COMMUNITY AND DESERVES ITS FULL SUPPORT, AND ONCE AGAIN I SHOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL, WHETHER ARTISTS, ORGANISERS OR SPONSORS WHO HAVE MADE IT POSSIBLE.
+1 NOW TAKE GREAT PLEASURE IN DECLARING OPEN THE THIRD HONG KONG ARTS FESTIVAL.+
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