SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1986
DUCHESS OPEN HENRY MOORE EXHIBITION
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HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUCHESS OF KENT SAID TODAY (SATURDAY) THAT SHE WAS SURE THE ART OF HENRY MOORE+ EXHIBITION WOULD BE APPRECIATED BY THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG AND WOULD ADD A FRESH DIMENSION TO THE RELATIONS BETWEEN CULTURES IN HONG KONG AND ERITA IN.
THE DUCHESS WAS OPENING THE LARGEST EXHIBITION OF HENRY MOORE'S ART IN HONG KONG.
+HENRY MOORE HAS PRACTISED HIS ART IN ENGLAND THROUGHOUT A LONG LIFETIME, SHE SAID.
+THIS INSPIRATION OF HIS WORK IS PERHAPS PECULIARLY ENGLISH- BUT ITS APPEAL, AS PREVIOUS EXHIBITIONS HAVE AMPLY SHOWN, IS UNIVERSAL.+
SHE WENT ON TO SAY THAT MR MOORE, WHO HAD FOLLOWED THE PREPARATIONS FOR THIS EXHIBITION WITH KEENESS, SPECIALLY APPROVED THE PROPOSAL TO MOUNT THE EXHIBITION HERE, WHERE HIS SCULPTURES COULD BE VIEWED AGAINST THE EVER-MEMORABLE SWEEP OF HONG KONG HARBOUR, AND ITS SKYLINE.
AFTER THE OPENING CEREMONY, SHE WENT TO THE MUSEUM OF ART IN CITY HALL TO SEE SOME OF THE EXHIBITS. ON HAND TO DRIEF HER WAS MR LAWRENCE TAM, CHIEF MUSEUM CURATOR.
SHE THEN PROCEEDED TO THE HONG KONG ARTS CENTRE IN WAN CHAI, WHERE SHE WAS BRIEFED BY MR DAVID MITCHISON, CURATOR OF THE HENRY MOORE FOUNDATION, ON SOME OTHER WORKS OF HENRY MOORE.
IN THE AFTERNOON SHE CONTINUED HER PROGRAMME WITH X VISIT TO THE DUCHESS OF KENT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IN SANDY BAY.
ACCOMPANIED BY LADY YOUDE, SHE TOURED SEVERAL HOSPITAL MARRS AND TALKED TO CHILDREN STAYING THERE.
THE DUCHESS ALSO SAW VARIOUS ACTIVITIES GOING ON IN HE DEPARTMENTS OF PHYSIOTHERAPY, ORTHOPAEDIC APPLIANCE AND OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY, BEFORE SHE UNVEILED A PLAQUE TO MARK THE START OF CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW CHILD ASSESSMENT CENTRE IN THE HOSPITAL.
TOWARDS THE END OF THE VISIT, SHE WAS INVITED TO WATCH A BRIEF PROGRAMME OF SONG AND DANCE PERFORMED BY THE PATIENTS.
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