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IME 29, 1981

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TRAINING: THIS ENCOMPASS THE PROVISION OF PRE-VOCATIONAL TRAINING, AT PRIMARY AND SECONDARY LEVEL, AND VOCATIONAL OR TERTIARY TRAINING FOR THE POTENTIAL PERFORMER OR TEACHER AND

GENERAL SUPPORT: THESE AIMS INCLUDE FURTHER ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR, SUPPORTING THE WORK OF INDIVIDUALS THROUGH THE ORGANISATIONS THEY HAVE HELPED BUILD. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE WILL BE CONSIDERED, CO-OPERATION AND. SHARING OF RESOURCES WILL BE ENCOURAGED AND A LINK WITH LOCAL AND OVERSEAS SOURCES OF EXPERTISE WILL BE PROVIDED.

+THE GOVERNMENT'S ROLE WILL BE FIRMLY SUPPORTIVE, NOT COMPETITIVE, MR WIGGHAM EMPHASISED.

SPECIFYING THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE GOVERNMENT, URBAN COUNCIL AND PRIVATE SECTOR, IN THE PROMOTION OF THE PERFORMING

RTS, MR WIGGHAM SAID FOR THE VERY REASON THAT SO MUCH IS GOING ON, WE HAVE RECENTLY TAKEN A GOOD LOOK AT GOVERNMENT'S OVERALL POLICY IN THIS FIELD.

→THE REVIEW HAS BEEN BACKED-UP BY A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF DETAILED WORK BY PLANNING COMMITTEES CONSISTING OF OFFICIALS AND UNOFFICIALS INTERESTED IN THE PERFORMING ARTS AND ALSO BY GOVERNMENT'S OWN MUSIC CONSULTANT, SAID MR WIGGHAM.

PARTLY AS A RESULT OF THIS REVIEW, IT HAS BEEN DECIDED THAT THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DIVISION WILL BE UPGRADED TO A FULLY-FLEDGED SEPARATE DEPARTMENT.

+WHILE IT CAN BE EXPECTED THAT THE URBAN COUNCIL AND THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT WILL CONTINUE TO IMPLEMENT POLICIES ON PUBLIC CULTURAL VENUES AND PERFORMANCES, THE NEW DEPARTMENT WILL CONCENTRATE ON OTHER AREAS NOT ALREADY PROVIDED FOR.

+THUS THE WORK OF THE GOVERNMENT AND THE URBAN COUNCIL CAN BE SEEN AS COMPLEMENTARY, SINCE THEY EMPHASISE DIFFERENT AREAS, HE WENT ON,

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