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MONDAY, JANUARY 8, 1979

TSUEN WAN ARTS FESTIVAL

ART EXHIBITION OPENED

ALTHOUGH MODERNISATION HAS BROUGHT MANY BENEFITS TO TSUEN WAN, IT ALSO HAS A POTENTIALLY DAMAGING EFFECT ON THE KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE OF TRADITIONAL ARTS LOCALLY, THE TSUEN WAN TOWN MANAGER, MR. JAMES HAYES SAIT TODAY (MONDAY).

THIS HAS MADE CULTURAL ACTIVITIES SUCH AS THE ARTS FESTIVAL NOW BEING STAGED IN VARICUS VENUES IN THE NEW TOWN ALL THE MORE NECESSARY TO GIVE LOCAL RESIDENTS A BETTER TASTE OF ART AND CULTURE.

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE EXHIBITION OF CHINESE AND WESTERN PAINTINGS AND CALLIGRAPHY AT THE PRINCESS ALEXANDRA COMMUNITY CENTRE, MR. HAYES SAID THE EXHIBITION WAS ONE OF THE MAIN CULTURAL ITEMS CONTRIBUTING TO THE SUCCESS OF THE FIRST TSUEN WAN ARTS FESTIVAL.

+BY BRINGING VALUABLE EXHIBITS CLOSER TO OUR LOCAL RESIDENTS, + HE SAID, WE CAN ENRICH THEIR LIVES AND, BY STIMULATING INTEREST

IN THIS TRADITIONAL AND MODERN ARTS AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE, WE CAN BRING WHO KNOWS WHAT SPLENDID FUTURE RESULTS IN OUR LIVELY AND GIFTED COMMUNITY.+

MR. HAYES SAID TRADITIONAL ARTS COULD ONLY BE EXPECTED TO

THRIVE WHERE THERE WAS AN INTEREST.

+ IT IS THEREFORE A VERY IMPORTANT DUTY TO TRANSMIT THE TRADITION SO THAT IT MAY BE FURTHER EXTENDED THROUGH THE BRILLIANCE OF INDIVIDUAL TALENTS IN EACH GENERATION, HE ADDED.

THE FOUR-DAY EXHIBITION, ORGANISED BY THE EXHIBITION SUB-COMMITTEE OF THE TSUEN WAN ARTS FESTIVAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, FEATURES MORE THAN 300 PAINTINGS AND CALLIGRAPHIC WORKS BY LOCAL ARTISTS AND WILL REMAIN OPEN DAILY FROM O A.M. TO 10 P.M. UNTIL THURSDAY.