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Monday, February 26, 1973
ARTS FESTIVAL ADDING NEW QUALITY AND NEW DIMENSION TO HONG KONG
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The Governor, Sir Murray MacLehose, said tonight that the Hong Kong
Arts Festival "could add a new quality and a new dimension to our city."
He was speaking at the opening of the Arts Festival at 8 p.m. in
the City Hall.
He commended several organisations for their work in planning this
festival, including the Hong Kong Arts Festival Society and the Hong Kong
Tourist Association.
The festival, he said, was the product of their "imagination and
devotion and hard work."
The following is the full text of the Governor's speech:-
"Sir Kenneth Ping-fan Fung, Ladies and Gentlemen:
"It gives me the greatest pleasure to welcome you all, visitors
and residents alike, to this new venture, the Hong Kong Arts Festival.
"It could contribute something quite new to this great city. We
are rightly known for our port and our manufactures, our hotels and restaurants
and the scenic beauty that surround us, but not so far for the arts.
"The Festival is the product of the imagination and devotion and hard
work of many people, but particularly the Hong Kong Arts Festival Society and
its committee under the Chairmanship of Sir Kenneth Ping-fan Fung.
"They have been backed by the far-sighted generosity of the tourist
industry. I mention in particular the Hong Kong Hotels Association, the Hong
Kong Tourist Association and the British Overseas Airways Corporation.
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