WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1993
HOWEVER,
THE DEPARTMENT WILL BE HAPPY
IN
THE ADDRESSING THE WORKING GROUP MENTALLY HANDICAPPED, HE ADDED.
WIDER
TO CONTINUE ASSISTING ISSUES
CONCERNING
THE
WORKING
MR
GROUP
AND
JOHN WOOD, HAS BEEN HIS HAS GIVEN
APPEAR IN A
THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS,
MEETINGS OF THE ATTENDING PROFESSIONAL ADVICE IN HELPING THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED CRIMINAL TRIAL.
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STATUTORY ARTS BODY TO BE SET UP
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THE GOVERNMENT IS CONSIDERING SETTING UP AN INDEPENDENT STATUTORY BODY WITH EXECUTIVE POWERS FOR THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THE ARTS, THE SECRETARY FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE, MR JAMES 80, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) AFTER BRIEFING THE LEGCO PANEL ON RECREATION AND CULTURE.
THE RECREATION AND CULTURE BRANCH HAD URBAN COUNCIL ON SEPTEMBER 21 AND WOULD BRIEF PKRFORMING ARTS AND THE REGIONAL COUNCIL ON RESPECTIVELY.
EARLIER BRIEFED THE COUNCIL FOR SEPTEMBER 29 AND
THE
THE
30
THE
BY MR SO SAID SEVERAL HUNDRED RESPONSES HAD BEEN RECEIVED BRANCH DURING THE PUBLIC CONSULTATION PERIOD ON THE ARTS POLICY REVIEW AND THAT A CONSENSUS HAD EMERGED IN THE COMMUNITY THAT HONG KONG SHOULD HAVE A NEW STATUTORY BODY RESPONSIBLE FOR ARTS
DEVELOPMENT.
НЕ SAID IN LIGHT OF THE
THAT CONSIDERED
THE BODY SHOULD DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL (HKADC).
OPINIONS PUT FORWARD, IT WAS BE CALLED THE HONG KONG ARTS
AS
ACTIVITIES,
ΤΟ COMMITTED
THE
ITS MEMBERS SHOULD INCLUDE PEOPLE FROM THE ARTS COMMUNITY
AND REPRESENTING A BROAD RANGE OF ARTISTIC INTERESTS WELL
LEADERS INTERESTED IN AND PROMOTION OF THE ARTS, HE SAID.
AS COMMUNITY
MR SO ADDED THAT THE MISSION OF THE FUTURE HKADC WOULD BE ΤΟ
PROMOTE PLAN AND
THE BROAD DEVELOPMENT AND
OF APPRECIATION
AND то IMPROVING THE PARTICIPATION IN THE ARTS WITH A VIEW
QUALITY OF
LIFE OF THE
COMMUNITY, PLACING PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON THE PERFORMING, VISUAL AND LITERARY ARTS.
FOR
WHOLE
IT WOULD ALSO AIM TO LIAISE AND WORK CLOSELY WITH EXISTING
KONG ORGANISATIONS, SUCH AS THE MUNICIPAL COUNCILS, THE HONG
ACADEMY THE PERFORMING ARTS, THE HONG KONG ARTS CENTRE AND OTHER INDEPENDENT BODIES IN THE PROMOTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE ARTS IN
THEIR HONG KONG, WHILST RESPECTING AND NOT IMPINGING UPON
AUTONOMOUS
STATUS.
/THE NEW
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