MONDAY, AUGUST 19, 1985.
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LOCAL DESIGNER FOR HONG KONG PAVILION AT EXPO '86:
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HONG KONG ARCHITECT DR TAO HO HAS BEEN COMMISSIONED TO DESIGN THE HONG KONG PAVILION AT EXPO '86, TO BE HELD IN VANCOUVER FROM MAY 2 TO OCTOBER 13 NEXT YEAR.
THIS WAS ANNOUNCED TODAY (MONDAY) BY THE DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND INFORMATION, MR ADOLF HSU, WHO CHAIRS THE HONG KONG EXPO '86 CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE.
AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TO PRESENT DR HO'S DESIGN FOR THE PAVILION, MR HSU DESCRIBED THE CONCEPT AS SYMBOLIC OF HONG KONG'S PERPETUAL MOBILITY.
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DR. HO'S APPROACH HAS BEEN TO TAKE THE BASIC MODULE HOUSING THE PAVILION A BOX-SHAPED STRUCTURE IDENTICAL TO THE MAJORITY OF PAVILIONS ON THE EXPO SITE - AND RAISE THE MAIN EXTERIOR WALLS TO ALMOST TWICE THE IR HEIGHT, ENCASING THEM IN A GRID OF BAMBOO SCAFFOLDING.
THE GRID, COVERED WITH LIFE-SIZE MODELS OF SCAFFOLDING WORKERS, WILL SUGGEST A PERMANENT STATE OF RECONSTRUCTION AND REDEVELOPMENT TYPICAL OF HONG KONG'S RESTLESS QUEST FOR IMPROVEMENT.
MR HSU SAID THAT THE HONG KONG PAVILION WOULD DEPEND HEAVILY
·UPON THE HUMAN ELEMENT TO EXPRESS THE ENERGY AND VITALITY OF THE PEOPLE WHO PROVIDED HONG KONG WITH ITS MOST SIGNIFICANT RESOURCE AND THE REASON FOR ITS SUCCESS.
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Live EXPONENTS OF THE ART OF SCAFFOLDING CONSTRUCTION WILL E ALOFT AND AT WORK AMONG THE MANNEQUIN FIGURES, SO AS TO GIVE, E). VISITORS A GLIMPSE OF THE SKILL, SPEED AND DEXTERITY TYPICAL OF THE IR TRADE. AND THEY WILL BE CONSTANTLY ENGAGED IN MINOR MODIFICATIONS TO THE STRUCTURE SO AS TO REINFORCE THE APPEARANCE" OF CHANGE AND, GROWTH.\
INSIDE THE PAVILION, A TEAM OF LIVE ENTERTAINERS WILL PERFO ON STAGE TO SUPPLEMENT AN IMAGINATIVE AUDIO-VISUAL SHOW PROJECTED. ON A SCREEN WHICH WILL STRETCH ALMOST THE FULL LENGTH OF THE BUILDING'S INTERIOR. .
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THE BULK OF THE HONG KONG PRESENTATION AT EXPO '86 WILL TAM THE FORM OF A THEATRICAL EVENT, COMBINING THE TECHNIQUES OF MULTI- SCREEN IMAGERY WITH THE TRADITIONAL MODE OF LIVE PERFORMANCE, IN "KEEPING WITH THE SPIRIT OF CONTRAST PERVADING THE STORY THEY
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TO HELP HIM ACHIEVE THIS DIVERSITY OF TECHNIQUES, OR HO HAS ASSEMBLED A TEAM COMPOSED OF SOME OF HONG KONG'S BEST KNOWN PERSONALITIES IN THE IR VARIOUS ARTISTIC FIELDS. AMONG THEM ARE THEATRICAL IMPRESARIQ LO KING MAN, COMPOSER DOMING LAM AND AUDIO-VISUAL EXPERT FRANK FISCHBECK.
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