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SATURDAY, JULY 25, 1981

SOMETHING TO SHARE WITH OTHERS

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THE EXHIBITION OF ART AND CRAFT BY SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS IS AN IDEAL EXAMPLE DEMONSTRATING THAT EVERYONE, WHETHER HANDICAPPED OR NOT, HAS SOMETHING TO SHARE WITH OTHERS, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR COLVYN HAYE, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

MR HAYE WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE EXHIBITION AT THE PAO SUI LOONG GALLERIES, HONG KONG ARTS CENTRE, ORGANISED BY THE ART SECTION AND SPECIAL EDUCATION SECTION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TO MARK THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF DISABLED PERSONS.

+IN ALL ARTISTIC ACTIVITIES, A GENUINE FEELING FOR BEAUTY IS MOST IMPORTANT AND IT IS WELL WORTH CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT ALTHOUGH A PERSON MAY HAVE A DISABLEMENT OF SIGHT OR OF HEARING OR OF BODILY MOVEMENT, THE ABILITY TO APPRECIATE BEAUTY CAN BE SHARED BY EVERYONE, MR HAYE SAID,

HE NOTED THAT SOME OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST ARTISTS WERE DISABLED BUT IN ALL SUCH CASES, DISABILITY HAD BY NO MEANS IMPAIRED SENSITIVITY INDEED, ARTISTIC ENDEAVOUR HAD BEEN ENHANCED BY AN INTENSE FEELING FOR ALL THINGS BEAUTIFUL.

THE EXHIBITS ON DISPLAY, MR HAYE SAID, SHOW THAT ART IN ONE FORM OR ANOTHER CAN BE PRODUCED BY THOSE LESS FORTUNATE THAN OURSELVES TO BE ENJOYED BY EVERYONE.

+ART IS FOR ALL AND I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THE PARTICIPANTS FOR THEIR EFFORTS AND FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SHARE THE IR INSIGHT AND ARTISTIC VISION, MR HAYE SAID.

THE EXHIBITION WILL BE OPEN DAILY TO THE PUBLIC FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM UNTIL AUGUST 4.

ON DISPLAY ARE 1 000 ART AND CRAFT ITEMS FROM 60 SPECIAL SCHOOLS AND TEN ORDINARY SCHOOLS WITH SPECIAL CLASSES.

THEY INCLUDE PAINTINGS, DRAWINGS, GRAPHIC DESIGNS, THREE- DIMENSIONAL DESIGNS, SCULPTURE, POTTERY, AND BATIK.

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