SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1985
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TAI PO CENTRE - A FOCAL POINT
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THE NEW TAI PO CIVIC CENTRE WILL PROVIDE A MEETING PLACE FOR RESIDENTS AND ALSO SERVE AS A FOCAL POINT FOR THE PROMOTION OF THE ARTS, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID WHEN OFFICIALLY OPENING THE CENTRE TONIGHT.
SIP DAVID SAID THE CENTRE, WHICH HAS AN 880-SEAT AUDITORIUM, WILL HELP MAINTAIN THE SPIRITUAL AS DISTINCT FROM THE MATER I AL WELL-BEING OF TAI PO RESIDENTS.+
HE NOTED THAT NEXT YEAR, TWO MORE TOWN HALLS WOULD BE COMPLETED IN SHA TIN AND TUEN MUN AND BY THEN, MODERN, WELL- EQUIPPED HALLS WOULD BE ACCESSIBLE TO ALMOST ALL RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT THE REGIONAL COUNCIL AREA.
+DISTRICT ARTS COMMITTEES, DISTRICT BOARDS AND THE REGIONAL COUNCIL WORKING TOGETHER WILL ENSURE THAT LOCAL PEOPLE ARE DEEPLY INVOLVED IN THE MANAGEMENT AND USE OF THESE FACILITIES AND WILL ENSURE THAT THEY ARE WELL USED. THESE CONSCIOUS AND CONCERTED EFFORTS HAVE LED TO GREATER PARTICIPATION IN THE ARTS AND FOR A GROWING DEMAND FOR PUBLIC PERFORMANCES, SIR DAVID ADDED.
EARLIER, IN HIS WELCOMING SPEECH, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PROVISIONAL REGIONAL COUNCIL, MR CHEUNG YAN-LUNG, SAID THE TAI PO CIVIC CENTRE WAS EQUIPPED WITH FACILITIES TO CATER FOR A WIDE RANGE OF ACTIVITIES.
+ THE AUDITORIUM CAN BE USED FOR ALL KINDS OF MUSIC, DANCE AND MATRICAL PERFORMANCES AS WELL AS MEETINGS AND SCHOOL FUNCTIONS WHILE THE REHEARSAL ROOM IS AN IDEAL PLACE FOR DANCE MAN AND OTHER INTEREST GROUP ACTIVITIES, HE SAID.
+SINCE MID-AUGUST, A VARIETY OF COMMISSIONING PROGRAMMES HAVE ALREADY BEEN STAGED HERE AND THESE HAVE BEEN VERY WELL RECEIVED.+
MR CHEUNG SAID THAT A BALANCED PROGRAMME OF THE PERFORMING ARTS PRESENTED BY THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT OR JOINTLY WITH ARTS ORGANISATIONS HAD BEEN PLANNED FOR THE MONTHS TO FOLLOW.
HE STRESSED, HOWEVER, MUCH OF THE INITIATIVE IN CULTURAL ACTIVITIES HAD TO COME FROM THE COMMUNITY ITSELF.
MR CHEUNG APPEALED TO ALL COMMUNITY LEADERS, THE DISTRICT BOARD AND LOCAL ORGANISATIONS TO SUPPORT THEIR OWN CIVIC CENTRE AND USE ITS FACILITIES.
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