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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1993
THANK
MY
LIKE
ARTS
QUESTION (THROUGH INTERPRETER):
YOU MR GOVERNOR, QUESTION WILL BE SHORT. ACTUALLY I HAVE A PETITION AND I WOULD YOU TO REDRESS THE WRONG DONE TO US. YOU ARE A SUPPORTER OF THE AND YOU HAVE TALKED ABOUT HOW THE ACADEMY OF PERFORMING ARTS ORGANISED CONCERTS AT YOUR HOME. BUT DO YOU KNOW THAT THE ARTISTS ARE LIVING IN A VERY POOR THE ARTISTS ARE VERY POOR THEY HAVE NO STUDIOS AND IF THEY CANNOT SELL THEIR PAINTINGS THEY HAVE NOWHERE TO LIVE. AND IN THE ARTS DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, WE HOPE THAT SOME OF THE ARTISTS CAN GET INTO THIS COUNCIL AND DO SOMETHING FOR THESE ARTISTS. BUT ACCORDING TO THE MEMBERSHIP LIST OF THE ARTS DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL RELEASED TODAY,
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THERE IS NOT ONE FROM THE CIRCLE OF VISUAL ART. SO WHY IS THIS LIKE THIS? OUT OF THE TWELVE MEMBERS, SIX WERE FROM THE ENTERTAINING BUSINESS. SO YOUR MEANING OF ARTS, IS IT EQUIVALENT TO ENTERTAINING BUSINESS? ARE YOU A TRUE SUPPORTER OF ARTS?
GOVERNOR:
IS
THE
WELL, ONE THING I AM A TRUE SUPPORTER OF, I HOPE, NOT JUST THE ARTS BUT THE VISUAL ARTS. THANKS TO THE HELP OF URBAN COUNCIL WE ARE ABLE TO DISPLAY IN THE PUBLIC ROOMS IN GOVERNMENT HOUSE SOME OF THE BEST WORKS OF ART BY TODAY'S HONG KONG ARTISTS YOUNG ARTISTS LIKE WONG HOT AND OLDER ARTISTS LIKE LEWIS CHAN. BUT I CAN PROMISE YOU THAT THE ARTS DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL WHICH WE'VE ESTABLISHED WILL TAKE THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE VISUAL ARTS AS ONE OF ITS MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES. AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL WHOM WE'VE APPOINTED, SIR JOSEPH HOTUNG, IS ONE OF THE MOST GENEROUS PATRONS OF THE VISUAL ARTS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. HE HAS DONE A GREAT DEAL FOR CHINESE ARTS AND HE HAS DONE A GREAT DEAL FOR MUSEUMS.
NOW,
WE'VE HAD QUESTIONS TONIGHT ON EVERYTHING FROM THE MUSIC OFFICE TO THE HEALTH SERVICE TO POLITICS AND WE'VE EVEN TOUCHED ON MY HAIR. NOW,
HOW DO YOU SAY BAGS-UNDER-YOUR-EYES IN CANTONESE? SEE, THEY'VE BEEN VERY CLEVER, THEY'VE WORKED VERY HARD, AND I'D US ALL TO THANK THEM VERY WARMLY FOR MAKING TONIGHT POSSIBLE.
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BUT, ABOVE ALL, THANK YOU FOR COMING, THANK YOU FOR BEING SUCH INTERESTING AND POLITE AUDIENCE AND, IF I DON'T SEE YOU BEFORE, I WILL SEE YOU NEXT YEAR.
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