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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1977
THE SUB-COMMITTEE FURTHER FAVOURED A SITE ON THE HUNG HOM RECLAMATION OVER OR ADJACENT TO THE PROPOSED NEW HUNG HOM RAILWAY TERMINAL.
THE GOVERNMENT, HOWEVER, FOR SOME REASON, DECIDED TO PROCEED ONLY WITH THE INDOOR STADIUM.
THE IF THE FULL PACKAGE HAD BEEN ACCEPTED AT THAT TIME, COMMUNITY COULD BY NOW HAVE HAD A MOST USEFUL AND FLOURISHING ASSET, HE SAID.
HE URGED THE GOVERNMENT TO RE-EXAMINE THE MATTER URGENTLY SO THAT +THIS MOST OBVIOUS GAP IN HONG KONG'S TRADE FACILITIES+ COULD BE CLOSED WITH ALL SPEED.
TURNING TO THE ARTS IN WHICH THE GOVERNOR IN HIS ADDRESS NOTED A SURGE OF INTEREST, MR. WU PLEADED FOR EXPERT PLANNING AND CO-ORDINATION, SO THAT FUNDS FOR ACTIVITIES WOULD BE USED TO THE BEST ADVANTAGE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE MAJORITY, REACHING ALL SECTORS OF OUR COMMUNITY.+
IT IS PERHAPS TIME, HE SAID, FOR GOVERNMENT TO ABANDON ITS RATHER UNCHARACTER ISTICALLY LOW PROFILE IN THIS RESPECT AND TO ESTABLISH A POLICY ON SUBSIDIES FOR SUCH ACTIVITIES IN HONG KONG.
PERHAPS IT IS ALSO TIME, HE CONTINUED, TO START THINKING ABOUT A CENTRAL ORGANISATION WHICH WOULD IN A FEW YEARS TIME ACT AS AN OVERALL CO-ORDINATOR OF CULTURAL ACTIVITIES.
SUCH A BODY, HE EXPLAINED, COULD HELP TO PREVENT OVERLAPPING OF EFFORTS AND ESTABLISH OVERALL CULTURAL POLICY GUIDELINES, WHICH WERE SADLY LACKING AT THE PRESENT TIME.
IT WOULD ALSO BE INVALUABLE WHEN THE NEW AUDITORIA BEING PLANNED ARE COMPLETED, HE SAID.
MR. WU ALSO ADVOCATED A FULL-FLEDGED GOVERNMENT-BACKED ACADEMY OF THE ARTS TO EMBRACE ALL THE PERFORMING ARTS, FOR WHICH, HE SAID, WE SHOULD ALREADY BE MAKING PLANS.
HE DOUBTED WHETHER WE WOULD HAVE SUFFICIENT PROFESSIONAL PERFORMERS, TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS AND PLANNERS TO FILL THE NEW CULTURAL VENUES.
+DEDICATED PEOPLE WITH NATURAL APTITUDES SHOULD BE GIVEN OPPORTUNITIES NOW TO PREPARE TO PLAY VITAL ROLES IN A FEW YEARS TIME.
+WE SPEND A GREAT DEAL OF MONEY ON TRAINING TECHNICIANS
WE SHOULD DO THE SAME FOR INDUSTRY AND OTHER FIELDS. FOR OUR FUTURE CULTURAL NEEDS, HE SAID.
/AS AN INTERIM