SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1988
PROMOTION OF ARTS NOW BEARING FRUIT
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BY ACTIVELY SUPPORTING AND PROMOTING THE ARTS IN THE
HAS MANAGED TO TURN HONG KONG THE GOVERNMENT DECADES, "CULTURAL DESERT" INTO AN OASIS WHICH IS NOW BEARING FRUIT.
PAST TWO FROM A
DAVID
SAID FORD,
THIS THE DEPUTY TO THE GOVERNOR, SIR
WHEN OF THE 1988 WORLD MUSIC DAYS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING RECEPTION FESTIVAL AT THE ACADEMY FOR PERFORMING ARTS THIS (SATURDAY) EVENING.
DANCE COMPANIES
OF HUNDREDS
THE YEAR,
PUBLIC FUNDS SUPPORTED TWO ORCHESTRAS, THREE
AND LITERALLY ARTS FESTIVALS TWO THEATRE COMPANIES, PERFORMANCES BY BOTH LOCAL AND VISITING ARTISTS THROUGHOUT SIR DAVID SAID.
"THE INCREASING NUMBER OF PERFORMING ARTS VENUES ALSO HELPS ENCOURAGE CULTURAL LIFE IN HONG KONG," HE ADDED.
TO
A TOTAL OF OVER 3,000 "IN 1987, THREE NEW VENUES PROVIDING
CENTRES, INCLUDING THE HONG KONG SEATS WERE OPENED AND TWO OTHER
WILL BRING CULTURAL CENTRE, WHICH ARE DUE TO OPEN IN THE NEAR FUTURE THE TOTAL TO 23,000 SEATS," HE SAID.
AT THE SAME TIME, THE ACADEMY FOR PERFORMING ARTS WAS HONG KONG'S FUTURE PERFORMING ARTISTS.
"WE ARE PROUD OF OUR ACHIEVEMENTS BUT ARE INTEND TO DO MORE," SIR DAVID REMARKED.
TRAINING
NOT COMPLACENT AND
DAVID SAID THAT MUSIC AND ITS COUNTRIES
SIR FESTIVAL, OF THE 1988 WORLD MUSIC DAYS
INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE OF WHILE IT FOCUSSED ON THE FUTURE, IT WAS A TRULY INTERNATIONAL EVENT IN WHICH SOME 40 PARTICIPATED.
AS AN INTERNATIONAL CITY SHOULD BE THE HOST FOR THIS CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FOR THIS MUSICAL
"IT IS SIGNIFICANT THAT HONG KONG, WHERE EAST AND WEST BLEND IN HARMONY, FIRST OCCASION WHEN THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR AND THE ASIAN COMPOSERS LEAGUE ARE COMING TOGETHER EAST-MEETS-WEST," HE SAID.
IT
WAS
AN
OCCASION
WHICH
THE
HONG KONG
GOVERNMENT
WAS
DELIGHTED TO SUPPORT, SIR DAVID ADDED.
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