SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1989
GOVERNOR OFFICIATES AT CULTURAL CENTRE
THE COMPLETION OF THE HONG KONG CULTURAL CENTRE IS A STRIKING SYMBOL OF PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE URBAN COUNCIL AND OF THE COMMITMENT BOTH HAVE TO THE PROMOTION OF
ARTS, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON SAID. TONIGHT (SUNDAY).
SIR DAVID WAS OFFICIATING AT THE HANDING-OVER CEREMONY OF THE CULTURAL CENTRE LOCATED AT 10 SALISBURY ROAD, TSIM SHA TSUI, KOWLOON.
ACCOMPANIED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE URBAN COUNCIL, MR H.M.G. FORSGATE, SIR DAVID LAID A TIME-CAPSULE CONTAINING VARIOUS MEMORABILIA "TO REMIND POSTERITY OF THE HISTORIC OCCASION".
SIR DAVID SAID "THIS CENTRE, WITH ALL ITS SPLENDID MODERN FACILITIES, PRODUCES A NEW LANDMARK ON THE KOWLOON PENINSULA: IT ALSO MARKS A NEW ERA IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PERFORMING ARTS IN HONG KONG.
"HONG KONG IS A STARTLINGLY SUCCESSFUL CITY IN TERMS OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS. TRADE AND FINANCE.
"BUT LIFE HERE WOULD NOT BE COMPLETE IF WE DID NOT ALSO BUILD UP THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR INCREASINGLY WELL-EDUCATED AND PROSPEROUS POPULATION TO ENJOY THE BEST THAT CAN BE OFFERED OF LEISURE AND THE ARTS."
IN TERMS
THE GOVERNOR SAID THAT WITHIN THE NEW CULTURAL CENTRE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG WOULD BE ABLE TO ENJOY EXCELLENCE IN THE ARTS OF BOTH EAST AND WEST.
SIR DAVID SAID: "THIS WILL BE NO SMALL TASK FOR THE URBAN COUNCIL. TO WHOM THIS CENTRE IS BEING FORMALLY HANDED OVER TONIGHT.
"GIVEN THE COUNCIL'S TRADITION OF PROVIDING FIRST-RATE CULTURAL AND MUNICIPAL SERVICES TO THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG, I KNOW THAT THEY WILL MEET THE CHALLENGE WITH VIGOUR AND DETERMINATION.
"FOR YEARS TO COME. 1 AM SURE THIS CENTRE WILL BE AS POPULAR WITH BOTH LOCAL RESIDENTS AND OVERSEAS VISITORS, AS THE SPACE MUSEUM, WHICH WAS THE FIRST PHASE OF THIS MASSIVE PROJECT. ALREADY IS.
PROJECT
"WE ALL LOOK FORWARD TO THE COMPLETION OF THE NEXT PHASE OF THE
THE MUSEUM OF ART.'
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AT THE HANDING-OVER CEREMONY IN THE 2.100-SEAT CONCERT HALL, THE DIRECTOR OF ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES. MR JOSE LEI. PRESENTED THE KEY TO THE CULTURAL CENTRE TO THE GOVERNOR. AND THE GOVERNOR PRESENTED THE KEY TO MR FORSGATE.
MR FORSGATE SAID **THE COMPLETION OF THIS CULTURAL CENTRE OPENS UP A NEW CHAPTER FOR HONG KONG.
"THE SUPERS