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(a) to plan, promote, support and improve the broad development of and to promote, support and improve the participation and education in and the knowledge, practice, appreciation, accessibility and informed criticism of the arts, including the literary, performing and visual arts, with a view to improving the quality of life of the whole community:
The HKADC is not in favour of this amendment because it is too unclear, unwieldy and complicated. The Council would therefore like to propose the following new Clauses 4(a) and 4(b) to replace Clauses 4(a) and 4(d) in the original bill:
(a) to plan, promote and support the broad development of the arts, placing emphasis on the literary, performing and visual arts, with a view to improving the quality of life of the whole community;
(b) to develop and improve the participation and education in and the knowledge, practice, appreciation, accessibility and informed criticism of the
arts;
As a consequence, the council also proposes that Clauses 4(b) and (c) in the original bill be renumbered as 4(c) and 4(d).
Arts criticism
The HKADC's view on this remains the same as stated in its submission to the bills committee on November 7. The council is also aware that the bills committee has been taking into consideration the views submitted by different The council considers that the knowledgeable parties and individuals. amendments it has proposed to Clause 4 above take proper account of arts criticism in the proper context. As pointed out in the council's submission to the bills committee on October 7, the council's arts committees have been and will continue to process grant applications for the promotion of arts criticism within its present committee structure. Arts criticism has never been excluded from the council's purview.
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