MONDAY, MAY 15, 1989
8
"NEVERTHELESS, THEY EACH HAVE A FASCINATING
HISTORY TO TELL,
DESERVING OF A WIDER AUDIENCE AND GREATER INTEREST FROM THE PUBLIC THEY WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE, HE SAID.
TO BRING EVERYTHING INTO PERSPECTIVE. THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMME ΤΟ BE IMPLEMENTED FROM TODAY WOULD ENCOURAGE INTEREST IN HISTORICAL HERITAGE OF HONG KONG, HE ADDED.
THE
TURNING TO PROGRAMME PUBLICITY, MR CHUI SAID: "WITH THE HELP OF THE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES, WHO HAVE IDENTIFIED OUR CULTURAL HERITAGE AS ONE OF 13 MAJOR PUBLICITY CAMPAIGNS THEY WILL BE TACKLING THIS YEAR, WE WILL BE REACHING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY WITH A RANGE OF MATERIALS TO STIMULATE PUBLIC INTEREST IN OUR HISTORICAL SITES.
"THE MAIN TARGET OF THIS EFFORT WILL BE OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, IN WHOM WE WISH TO INSTILL A SENSE OF PRIDE IN HONG KONG WHICH DRAWS AS MUCH FROM PAST ACHIEVEMENT AS FROM FUTURE GOALS.
"TO THIS END, THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WILL TAKE A KEY ROLE IN DISSEMINATING OUR MATERIALS AND IN PERSUADING SCHOOLS TO PUT THEM TO GOOD USE IN THEIR EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES."
OF THE
MR CHUI SAID THE MAIN COMPONENTS WOULD BE A SERIES OF PICTORIAL WALL CHARTS. A DIFFERENT GROUP OF BUILDINGS AND EXPLAINING AND MAIN FEATURES.
HERITAGE PROGRAMME EACH DEALING WITH ILLUSTRATING THEIR
"THE FIRST OF THESE WALL CHARTS CONTRASTS EXAMPLES OF OUR BETTER KNOWN 'OFFICIAL' BUILDINGS ALONG WITH A COUPLE THAT MAY NOT BE SO FAMILIAR TO OUR CITIZENS, BUT WHICH NEVERTHELESS POSSESS UNIQUE FEATURES WORTHY OF PRESERVATION. HE SAID.
"
COPIES OF THIS WALL CHART ARE NOW AVAILABLE TO ALL RECOGNISED BODIES WITH AN INTEREST IN SUCH MATERIAL AND ARE ALSO ON SALE AT $5 PER COPY AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, IN CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL.
A SECOND WALL CHART WILL BE PUBLISHED SOME FINE TEMPLES.
SHORTLY,
ILLUSTRATING
MR CHUI ALSO SAID EIGHT MORE WALL CHARTS IN THE SERIES WOULD BE PRODUCED OVER THE NEXT YEAR. THE PAINTINGS IN THE CHARTS HAD BEEN SPECIALLY COMMISSIONED FROM A WELL-KNOWN HONG KONG ARTIST, MR BRIAN TILBROOK, HE NOTED.
PRODUCED BY FUJI BE AVAILABLE TO
A SERIES OF SHORT EDUCATIONAL FILMS WILL BE FILMS TO COMPLEMENT THE WALL CHART SERIES, AND WILL SCHOOLS OR GROUPS INTERESTED IN MAKING GOOD USE OF THEM,
ALSO TAKING PART IN THE PRESS CONFERENCE BESIDES MR CHUI AND MR HO WERE THE DEPUTY CHIEF INSPECTOR OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, MRS KWONG LI CHI-HO; AND THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (PUBLICITY} OF THE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES, MR PETER MOSS.
19