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+ IT WAS THUS MADE POSSIBLE FOR THE ENTHUSIASM AND EXPERTISE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE ARTS CENTRE TO BE FULFILLED IN THIS BUILDING.
+ IT IS A WORK-SHOP, A MEETING PLACE, A PLACE OF WORK AND PRACTICE, A PLACE TO WHICH ARTISTS CAN LOOK FOR ADVICE, FOR FACILITIES AND COMPANIONSHIP, AND WHERE THE PUBLIC CAN SEE WHAT THE ARTS HAVE TO OFFER THEM.
+WE CAN NOW EXPECT A FUTURE IN WHICH THE ARTS OF EAST AND WEST PLAY A MAJOR PART IN THE LIFE OF THIS NATURALLY ARTISTIC COMMUNITY. BUT WE LOOK TO THIS CENTRE TO ENSURE THAT THE STANDARD OF THE ARTS IN HONG KONG IS STEADILY RAISED AND THE IR SCOPE WIDENED.
+WE WILL ALWAYS BENEFIT IN THE FUTURE, AS WE HAVE IN THE PAST. FROM THE ART AND ARTISTS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES AND WE ARE DELIGHTED THAT REPRESENTATIVES FROM OVERSEAS SHOULD BE WITH US TODAY.
+BUT WE DO LOOK TO THIS CENTRE TO ENSURE THAT THE PRACTICE OF THE ARTS IN HONG KONG HAS A GROWING AND VIGOROUS LOCAL BASE WITH LOCAL TALENT RECOGNISED, AND LOCAL ASPIRATIONS DEVELOPED AND FULFILLED,
+THIS IS AN EXCITING ASSIGNMENT FOR WHICH THE CENTRE HAS NOW BEEN GIVEN THE TOOLS. I HAVE EVERY CONFIDENCE THAT IN THIS ASSIGNMENT THE CENTRE WILL SUCCEED TO THE GREAT BENEFIT OF THIS CITY.
+ IT IS WITH THIS THOUGHT THAT I TAKE GREAT PLEASURE IN DECLARING OPEN THIS HONG KONG ARTS CENTRE.+
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GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTS FOR JULY
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THE GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTS FOR JULY SHOW A DEFICIT OF $78.6 MILLION, COMPARED WITH A DEFICIT OF $111.7 MILLION IN JULY LAST YEAR.
THIS HAS RESULTED IN AN ACCUMULATED DEFICIT OF $53.8 MILLION FOR THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF THIS FINANCIAL YEAR, COMPARED WITH A DEFICIT OF $165.8 MILLION FOR THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR.
TOTAL EXPENDITURE AT $579.9 MILLION WAS $23.1 MILLION MORE THAN IN JULY, 1976.
TOTAL REVENUE AND RECEIPTS AT $501.3 MILLION WAS $56.1 MILLION MORE THAN FOR THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR.
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