WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1981
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ICAC WELL ALLE TO DEAL WITH CORRUPTION
THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT THERE HAD BEEN AN INCREASE IN CORRUPTION CASES BUT THAT THE INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION WAS WELL ABLE TO DEAL WITH THIS AS ITS PROSECUTION RECORD SHOWED.
SIR MURRAY SAID A BODY SUCH AS THE ICAC WAS ESSENTIAL AND MUST BE KEPT AT FULL STRENGTH AND AT FULL PITCH FOR M. HY YEARS TO COME IF WE WERE TO KEEP THE ENORMOUS GAINS IN PUBLIC HONESTY ACHIEVED SINCE 1972.
THE ATTITUDE TO CORRUPTION OF BOTH PUBLIC SERVICE AND PUBLIC HAD COMPLETELY CHANGED.
NEW ARTS ACADEMY MAY BE SITED IN WAN CHAI
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A SITE NEXT TO THE ARTS CENTRE IN WAN CHAI IS BEING STUDIED FOR THE POSSIBLE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW ACADEMY OF THE PERFORMING ARTS, THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
HE TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THAT IN THE ARTISTIC FIELD DEVELOPMENT OF PERFORMING ARTS HAD FAR OUT-STRIPPED EXISTING CAPACITY FOR PRACTICE, INSTRUCTION, STORAGE AND ADMINISTRATION. THE PROPOSAL OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB TO BUILD A NEW ACADEMY WAS THEREFORE MOST TIMELY.
SIR MURRAY ADDED THAT WITH THE PROSPECT OF THE TSIM SHA TSUI CULTURAL COMPLEX, AND NEW TOWN HALL AT TUEN MUN AND SHA TIN ALL DUE TO BE COMPLETED BY EARLY 1985, AS WELL AS THE TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL AND THE LARGE AIR-CONDITIONED HALLS ALREADY IN USE IN YUEN LONG AND SHEUNG SHUI, LOCAL ARTISTS COULD COUNT ON AMPLE OPPORTUNITY TO PERFORM TO HONG KONG AUDIENCES.
THE ARTS SPORT AND RECREATION, AND THE ORGANISED USE OF LEISURE ALL CONTRIBUTE TO THE BUILDING OF COMPLETE AND COHESIVE COMMUNITIES, THE GOVERNOR SAID,
+THESE HAVE MADE EXTRAORDINARY PROGRESS UNDER THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE UREAN COUNCIL, THE GOVERNMENT, THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB, THE COUNCIL FOR RECREATION AND SPORTS, THE COUNTRY PARKS AUTHCITY, THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE AND THE MUSIC OFFICE, MANY PRIVATE BODIES, AND OF COURSE WITH THE ENTHUSIASTIC SU PORT OF THE PUBLIC FOR WHICH THESE DEVELOPMENTS CLE RLY FILL A LONG-FELT NEED.+
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