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FRIDAY, JULY 29, 1988
$19.1 MILLION IN GRANTS TO FIVE ARTS ORGANISATIONS
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THE COUNCIL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS HAS ADVISED THE
TO AWARD JUST OVER $19.1 MILLION AS GENERAL SUPPORT
ORGANISATIONS TO LOCAL PROFESSIONAL PERFORMING THEIR RECURRENT COSTS FOR THE 1988-89 FINANCIAL YEAR.
THE FIVE ORGANISATIONS
ART'S
GOVERNMENT GRANTS TO FIVE MEET PART OF
ARE:
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THE HONG KONG PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY LIMITED
THE BEING PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
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ITS HONG KONG LEADING WESTERN STYLE
CLASSICAL ORCHESTRA IN HONG KONG;
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THE CHUNG YING THEATRE
A COMPANY,
FULL-TIME
PROFESSIONAL
AND INDEPENDENT DRAMA COMPANY;
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THE CITY
CONTEMPORARY DANCE
COMPANY,
KONG'S HONG
PREMIER
MODERN DANCE COMPANY;
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THE HONG KONG BALLET LIMITED, HONG KONG'S PREMIER DANCE COMPANY; AND
THE HONG KONG ARTS FESTIVAL SOCIETY LIMITED ORGANISES THE HONG KONG ARTS FESTIVAL.
CLASSICAL
WHICH ANNUALLY
THE GRANTS ALLOCATED TO EACH OF THE FIVE ORGANISATIONS ARE:
HONG KONG PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY LIMITED
CHUNG YING THEATRE COMPANY
CITY CONTEMPORARY DANCE COMPANY
HONG KONG BALLET LIMITED
$ 9.932 MILLION
$ 2.941 MILLION
$ 1.553 MILLION
$ 2.799 MILLION
HONG KONG ARTS FESTIVAL SOCIETY LIMITED
TOTAL :
$ 1.940 MILLION
$19.165 MILLION
WITH THESE GRANTS, THE FIVE ORGANISATIONS WILL BE ABLE ON NEW PRODUCTIONS AND STAGE MORE PERFORMANCES FOR THE PUBLIC CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR.
TO PUT IN THE
THE HONG KONG PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY LIMITED WILL STAGE
65 ARE TO OF WHICH
BE TICKETED OF 113 PERFORMANCES,
THERE WILL ALSO BE 14 AND FOUR FREE PUBLIC PERFORMANCES. CONCERTS AS WELL AS 37 CLASSES AND TALKS.
A TOTAL PUBLIC, SCHOOL
/THE CHUNG
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