FRIDAY, MAY 16, 1986
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$16 MILLION IN GRANTS FOR PERFORMING ARTISTS
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LOCAL PERFORMING ARTISTS AND ARTS ORGANISATIONS WILL RECEIVE MORE THAN $16 MILLION IN PUBLIC SUBSIDIES IN THE CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR UNDER THE GRANT APPLICATION SCHEME (GAS) OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS.
THE COUNCIL HAD ADVISED THE GOVERNMENT THAT SOME $15 MILLION BE AWARDED AS GENERAL SUPPORT GRANTS TO ASSIST EIGHT OF HONG KONG'S MOST PROMINENT ORGANISATIONS TO MEET PART OF THEIR RECURRENT COSTS.
A FURTHER $1.2 MILLION HAS BEEN SET ASIDE FOR THE AWARD OF PROJECT GRANTS, CAPITAL GRANTS AND GRANTS TO INDIVIDUALS. THESE GRANTS ARE TO HELP GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS MOUNT SPECIFIC PERFORMANCES AND PROJECTS OR PURCHASE NECESSARY EQUIPMENT.
GROUPS WHICH WILL RECEIVE GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT UNDER THE GAS 1986 INCLUDE THE HONG KONG PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, THE CHUNG YING THEATRE COMPANY, THE SEALS PLAYERS FOUNDATION, THE CITY CONTEMPORARY DANCE COMPANY AND THE HONG KONG BALLET COMPANY.
GENERAL SUPPORT GRANTS WILL ALSO GO TO TWO TRAINING ORGANISATIONS, THE HONG KONG CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC AND THE HONG KONG ACADEMY OF BALLET, WHICH LATER THIS YEAR WILL BECOME PART OF THE HONG KONG ACADEMY FOR PERFORMING ARTS.
THE HONG KONG ARTS FESTIVAL SOCIETY, WHICH ORGANISES HONG KONG'S ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL, WILL ALSO RECEIVE A GENENAL SUPPORT GRANT UNDER THE GAS 1986.
PROJECT GRANT APPLICATIONS FROM 21 LOCAL GROUPS AND PERFORMERS ARE CURRENTLY BEING SCRUTINISED BY THE COUNCIL AND RESULTS WILL BE KNOWN AT THE END OF THIS MONTH.
THE GAS 1986 IS THE COUNCIL'S FIRST FULL-SCALE GRANT-AWARDING EXERCISE. THE LARGELY EXPERIMENTAL GAS 1985 SAW THE SUM OF $255 000 AWARDED AS PROJECT GRANTS TO FIVE PERFORMING ARTS GROUPS AND ONE INDIVIDUAL ONLY.
MAGISTRATES TAKE LOOK AT INDUSTRIAL SAFETY
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TEN MAGISTRATES SPENT THIS (FRIDAY) AFTERNOON VISITING AN INDUSTRIAL BUILDING IN KOWLOON.
THE VISIT WAS PART OF A PROGRAMME ARRANGED BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT TO FAMILIARISE MAGISTRATES WITH INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND HEALTH MATTERS IN FACTORIES AND CONSTRUCTION SITES.
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