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FRIDAY, JULY 4, 1980

IN VIEW OF THE FACT THAT HIGH SPEED BOATING MIGHT ENDANGER THE SAFETY OF OTHER PARTICIPANTS OF AQUATIC SPORTS, THE COMMITTEE WILL UNDERTAKE TO PUBLICISE THE SPEED LIMIT ZONES WHEN THEY ARE INTRODUCED.

MR CHAM ALSO SAID THAT AS CAMPING HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY POPULAR, A WORKING PARTY HAS BEEN SET UP BY THE COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER PRODUCING A COMPREHENSIVE BROCHURE ON CAMPING.

+OUR CHILDREN ARE TOPS+ *****

WHAT MAKES HONG KONG CHILDREN BETTER ARTISTS THAN MOST OF THE IR COUNTERPARTS IN OTHER COUNTRIES?

THIS QUESTION WAS RAISED BY MR COLVYN HAYE, ACTING DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, THIS (FRIDAY) AFTERNOON WHEN HE OPENED THE YOUNG ARTISTS OF THE COMMONWEALTH EXHIBITION AT THE HONG KONG ARTS CENTRE.

THE ANSWER, MR HAYE CONTENDED, WAS THAT HONG KONG CHILDREN HAVE THE SPECIAL TALENT OF SEEING THEIR ENVIRONMENT WITH SINGULAR CLARITY AND THE ABILITY TO TRANSLATE THAT VISION IN TERMS WHICH ARE SO VIVID AND MEMORABLE THAT THEY COMPEL ATTENTION.

THE PROOF OF THIS, HE ADDED, CAN BE SEEN FROM THE 31 EXHIBITS FROM HONG KONG COMPARED WITH THOSE OF OTHER COMMONWEALTH ENTRANTS.

MR HAYE SAID THAT ANOTHER ATTRIBUTE TO THE SUCCESS WAS THE LARGE NUMBER OF YOUNG, ENERGETIC AND DEVOTED ART TEACHERS WORKING IN OUR SCHOOLS.

THE EXHIBITION WHICH IS JOINTLY PRESENTED BY THE ART SECTION, CULTURAL CRAFTS CENTRE OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND THE HONG KONG ARTS CENTRE, WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC UNTIL JULY 26 AT THE PAO SU LOONG GALLERIES, FOURTH AND FIFTH FLOORS, HONG KONG ARTS CENTRE.

A TOTAL OF 154 EXHIBITS FROM 19 PARTICIPATING AREAS, INCLUDING THOSE FROM HONG KONG, ARE ON DISPLAY, THE YOUNG ARTISTS RANGE IN AGE FROM SIX TO NINE, 10 TO 13 AND 14 TO 18 IN THREE SEPARATE GROUPS.

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