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$5.8 MILLION TO HONG KONG ARTS FESTIVAL SOCIETY LTD AND;
* $3.5 MILLION TO EXPLORATION THEATRE.
THE EXPLORATION THEATRE WAS THE FIRST ORGANISATION FOR THE COUNCIL'S SEEDING GRANT IN 1989/90 TO HELP ITS TOWARDS PROFESSIONAL STATUS.
THE COUNCIL HAD REVIEWED THE EXPLORATION THEATRE'S OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS.
ΤΟ QUALIFY DEVELOPMENT
PERFORMANCE
TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE HIGH ARTISTIC STANDARD ACHIEVED BY THE COMPANY, ITS INTEREST IN PRESENTATION OF ORIGINAL SCRIPTS BY LOCAL PLAYWRIGHTS, ITS ACHIEVEMENTS IN AUDIENCE BUILDING AND ITS WELL-ESTABLISHED MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE FOR THE RUNNING OF A FULL-TIME PROFESSIONAL PERFORMING COMPANY, THE COUNCIL HAS DECIDED TO UPGRADE THE STATUS OF THE THEATRE FROM THAT OF A SEEDING GRANT TO A GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT WITH EFFECT FROM 1993/94.
IN ADDITION, THE CFPA HAD APPROVED A SEEDING GRANT OF $1.5 MILLION TO HONG KONG SINFONIETTA TO HELP
DEVELOPMENT TOWARDS PROFESSIONAL STATUS.
ITS
ENCLOSING WALLS AND WATCH TOWERS IN FANLING DECLARED MONUMENTS
THE ENCLOSING WALLS AND CORNER WATCH TOWERS OF KUN LUNG WAI IN LUNG YEUK TAU, FANLING, WERE TODAY (THURSDAY) GAZETTED AS A MONUMENT UNDER THE ANTIQUITIES AND MONUMENTS ORDINANCE.
THE WALLED VILLAGE OF KUN LUNG WAI, MORE POPULARLY KNOWN AS SAN WAI, IS ONE OF THE 11 TANG VILLAGES IN LUNG YEUK TAU, FANLING.
ALTHOUGH THIS VILLAGE WAS REPORTEDLY SETTLED BY MEMBERS OF THE TANG CLAN DURING THE 14TH CENTURY, THE WALLS OF KUN LUNG WAI WERE BUILT PERHAPS IN 1744 AS THE STONE LINTEL ABOVE THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE VILLAGE. IT IS ENGRAVED WITH *KUN LUNG, DATED THIS JIAZI OF THE QIAN-LONG REIGN'.
KUN LUNG WAI WAS ORIGINALLY WITH A WATCH TOWER AT EACH CORNER.
ENCLOSED WITH FOUR BRICK WALLS
FIVE ROWS OF HOUSES WERE LOCATED INSIDE THE WALLS, TOGETHER WITH A VILLAGE TEMPLE AND A GATE HOUSE AT THE AXIS.
LUNG WAI, THE
WITH THE CO-OPERATION OF THE MANAGERS OF KUN GATE HOUSE WAS DECLARED A MONUMENT IN 1988 AND HAS BEEN PROPERLY RESTORED BY GOVERNMENT.
AFTER YEARS OF NEGOTIATION, THE MANAGERS HAVE ALSO AGREED то
THE DECLARATION OF the VILLAGE AS A MONUMENT.
ENCLOSING
WALLS AND CORNER
TOWERS OF THE
/SINCE, THE