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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1989
WITH
"THE PANEL SOUGHT TO EVALUATE THE APA'S ABILITY TO ACHIEVE
TRAINING, AND APPROVED OBJECTIVES, ITS OVERALL LEVEL IN PROFESSIONAL
HE OVERSEAS, RELEVANT OTHER ITS COMPARABILITY
ITS
Tt
INSTITUTIONS
EXPLAINED.
THE
SPOKESMAN SAID
DEGREES
IN MOST CUSTOMARY NOW WERE
USA, AND PERFORMING ARTS COURSES IN AUSTRALIA, CANADA, CHINA AND THE
COMMON AS THE APPROPRIATE THAT IN THE UK DEGREES WERE NOW BECOMING AWARD FOR TERTIARY EDUCATION IN PERFORMING, TECHNICAL AND FINE ARTS.
AT
THE APA WOULD HELF RETAIN IN HONG KONG, DEGREE COURSES
SAID. THEY STUDENTS WHO AT PRESENT SOUGHT QUALIFICATION OVERSEAS, HE
PERFORMING WOULD ALSO GO SOME WAY TOWARDS ENHANCING THE STATUS OF THE
IN THE ARTS IN HONG KONG, WHICH WERE BECOMING INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT TERRITORY'S DEVELOPING CULTURAL SCENE.
SURVEY FINDINGS SHOW KWA1 TSING NEEDS CIVIC CENTRE
CONDUCTED CENTRE
CIVIC
MORE THAN 95 PER CENT OF THE RESPONDENTS TO A SURVEY
BOARD DISTRICT
CONSIDERED THAT A BY THE KWAI TSING
IN THE DISTRICT FOR CULTURAL
AND RECREATIONAL
SHOULD BE ACTIVITIES.
BUILT
THE
MAJORITY AGREED
THAT
THE IDEAL
VENUE WOULD BE THE
GOVERNMENT SITE ADJACENT TO THE KWAI FONG MTR STATION.
AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TO
THE CHAIRMAN
OF
THE
ANNOUNCE THE SURVEY RESULTS TODAY
(WEDNESDAY),
BOARD'S DISTRICT
CIVIC CENTRE CONDUCTED IN AUGUST WORKING GROUP, MR SO HOI-PAN, SAID THE POLL WAS AND SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR.
ABOUT 15,000
DISTRIBUTED MUTUAL DISTRICT,
COMMITTEES, AID
VOLUNTARY AGENCIES
WERE QUESTIONNAIRES
RETURNED FROM THE 35,000 AND TO SECONDARY
PRIMARY SCHOOLS, AREA COMMITTEES,
AND RESIDENTS OF
THE
+
THE RESPONSE RATE WAS AROUND 42 PER CENT, MR SO SAID.
FOUR
HE SAID AT PRESENT THE THREE ESTATE COMMUNITY CENTRES AND
THE DISTRICT PROVIDED THE VENUES FOR HOLDING COMMUNITY HALLS IN CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES.
PAST THREE YEARS INDICATED THAT HOWEVER, EXPERIENCE IN THE
OF THEIR THESE CENTRES COULD NOT ATTRACT THE TARGET AUDIENCE BECAUSE
AND POOR ACOUSTICS INCONVENIENT LOCATIONS, UNSATISFACTORY LIGHTING, AND STAGES.
CENTRES ALSO
MR SO SAID THE LIMITED SEATING CAPACITY AT THESE MADE IT NOT COST-EFFECTIVE TO ORGANISE EVENTS THERE, HE SAID.
/THE CIVIC