SOLID FOUNDATION LAID FOR ARTS
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MONDAY, MARCH 28, 1994
THE
PERFORMING ART'S (CFPA) HELD PRESENTATION
ITS
LAST
RECEPTION
THE COUNCIL FOR ANNUAL PRIZE AND COMMEMORATIVE CERTIFICATE TODAY (MONDAY).
THE FROM NEXT MONTH, ITS FUNCTIONS WILL BE TAKEN OVER BY KONG ARTS DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL.
HONG
THE CFPA WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1982 AS THE GOVERNMENT'S ADVISER ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PERFORMING ARTS.
PRINCIPAL
THE
AND
"THE COUNCIL SHOULD REGARD WITH GREAT PRIDE AND SATISFACTION
HAS ESTABLISHED FOR THE SOLID FOUNDATION AND STRUCTURE THAT IT ARTS DURING THE PAST DECADE, THE SECRETARY FOR RECREATION CULTURE, MR JAMES SO, SAID.
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THE
CHAIRMAN OF THE CFPA, PROFESSOR WANG GUNGWU, BRIEFED PARTICIPANTS AT THE RECEPTION ON THE WORK OF THE CFPA DURING THE PAST YEARS, AND EXPRESSED HIS GRATITUDE TO ALL
CFPA AND ITS COMMITTEES FOR THEIR ADVICE AND SUPPORT,
THANKS WERE ALSO
MEMBERS OF
EXPRESSED то THE ASSESSORS WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE REPORT WRITING SCHEME.
ONE OF THE IMPORTANT INITIATIVES UNDERTAKEN BY THE CFPA WAS THE INTRODUCTION OF THE MATCHING GRANT SCHEME IN 1990 TO PROMOTE BUSINESS SPONSORSHIP FOR THE ARTS.
CAN APPLY FOR UNDER THE SCHEME, A PERFORMING ARTS GROUP SAME AMOUNT OF SUBSIDY FROM THE GOVERNMENT FOR EVERY DOLLAR BUSINESS SPONSORSHIP IT CAN SECURE UP TO A MAXIMUM OF $100,000.
J
THE OF
DURING THE PERIOD 1990/91 TO 1993/94 A TOTAL OF 46 MATCHING GRANTS WERE AWARDED ATTRACTING SPONSORSHIP OF $5.7 MILLION.
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AT THE RECEPTION, COMMEMORATIVE CERTIFICATES WERE PRESENTED
HAD GENEROUSLY GIVEN BUSINESS SPONSORS WHO
TO SUPPORT PERFORMING ARTS IN 1993/94.
THEIR
THE
FOR THE FOURTH YEAR RUNNING, THE CFPA HAD ORGANISED AWARDS
WERE OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SCRIPTS WHICH
AIMED AT LOCAL PLAYWRIGHTS FOR THE SAKE OF THE DEVELOPMENT KONG.
FOR
CULTIVATING OF DRAMA
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IN
HONG
NINE WINNING SCRIPTS WERE SELECTED.
IN THE OPEN SECTION "FULL LENGTH PLAY", CHEUNG TAT-MING WON
THE SECOND PRIZE WENT TO NG KA-HAI AND THE THE FIRST PRIZE.
THIRD,
TO PAUL POON.
IN THE OPEN SECTION
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"ONE ACT PLAY/SHORTER WORK" THE WINNERS
KA-HAI, JAMES CHEUNG OF FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD PRIZES WERE NO
AND TING YU RESPECTIVELY. AN AWARD OF MERIT WAS PRESENTED TO PANG KA-WING.
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