TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 1980
INTERNATIONAL MUSIC EXCHANGE PROGRAMMES ARE ALSO ORGANISED TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR YOUNG MUSICIANS TO LEARN FROM OTHER OVERSEAS TALENTS. SO FAR NO FEWER THAN 120 MASTER CLASSES AND SIX EXCHANGE PROGRAMMES HAVE BEEN ORGANISED.
THE MUSIC OFFICE ALSO ORGANISES +MUSIC FOR THE MILLIONS+ CONCERTS TO INTRODUCE MUSIC TO NEW AUDIENCES. UP TO NOW, OVER 800 SUCH CONCERTS HAVE BEEN HELD WITH A TOTAL ESTIMATED AUDIENCE OF SOME 650 000.
+IN OTHER WORDS, THE MUSIC OFFICE IS PRODUCING NOT ONLY THE MUSIC LANS OF THE FUTURE, BUT ALSO THE AUDIENCES TO SUPPORT THEM AND OTHER MUSICAL AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES IN HONG KONG,+ MR WIGGHAM SAID.
HE ALSO POINTED OUT THAT SINCE THE TRAINING PROGRAMMES OF THE MUSIC OFFICE AND THE RSS WERE FOR BEGINNERS UPWARDS, THERE MUST BE SOME OPENINGS AT A HIGHER LEVEL TO WHICH THE MORE TALENTED ONES COULD GRADUATE.
TO THIS END, THE JUBILEE SPORTS CENTRE TO BE BUILT AT SHA TIN WILL PROVIDE COACHING AND TRAINING FACILITIES FOR LOCAL SPORTSMEN TO REACH INTERNATIONAL STANDARD.
AT THE SAME TIME, THE ACADEMY OF BALLET RUNS A PROFESSIONAL BALLET COMPANY AND TEACHES BALLET TO A HIGH STANDARD, WHILE THE CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC PROVIDES MUSIC TRAINING AT AN ADVANCED LEVEL, AND THE HONG KONG PHILHARMONIC IS A BODY TO WHICH SOME OF THE YOUNGSTERS NOW UNDER TRAINING BY THE MUSIC OFFICE WILL IN FUTURE ASPIRE.
+I HOPE IT IS CLEAR THAT WE ALL HAVE OUR SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT PARTS TO PLAY, VOLUNTARY AND PROFESSIONAL BODIES PROVIDE TRAINING AND PERFORMING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE TALENTED- THE URBAN COUNCIL, THE ARTS CENTRE AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL AND AMATEUR GROUPS MANAGE" FACILITIES AND PROMOTE SPECTATOR OPPORTUNITIES= WHILST THE GOVERNMENT IS CONCERNED WITH THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE, PROVIDING THE BASIC AND VERY NECESSARY 'GRASS-ROOT' FOUNDATIONS FOR ALL THE ACTIVITIES IN THE FIELDS OF RECREATION AND CULTURE MR WIGGHAM SAID.
NOTING THAT, IN THE FIELD OF THE ARTS IN PARTICULAR, HONG KONG HAS CHANGED ALMOST BEYOND RECOGNITION IN RECENT YEARS, MR WIGGHAM SAID MUCH OF THE CREDIT MUST GO TO THE PEOPLE THEMSELVES: FOR THE DRAMATIC INCREASE IN THE SUPPLY OF A GROWING RANGE OF RECREATIONAL AND CULTURAL OPPORTUNITIES HAS BEEN BROUGHT ABOUT AS MUCH AS ANYTHING BY THE GROWTH IN DEMAND FROM THE POPULATION.+
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