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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1981

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HONG KONG TO HOST INTERNATIONAL ARTS SYMPOSIUM

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ARTS LEADERS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD WILL ARRIVE IN HONG KONG AT THE END OF FEBRUARY NEXT YEAR TO ATTEND AN INTERNATIONAL ARTS SYMPOSIUM.

JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT, THE HONG KONG ARTS FESTIVAL SOCIETY AND THE INTERNATIONAL MUSIC COUNCIL OF UNESCO, THE THEME OF THE SYMPOSIUM WILL BE EAST/WEST EXCHANGE IN SIC AND THE PERFORMING ARTS.+

OTHER BODIES CONTRIBUTING TO THE ORGANISATION OF THE SYMPOSIUM ARE THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMPARATIVE MUSIC STUDIES AND DOCUMENTATION, THE INTERNATIONAL THEATRE INSTITUTE, THE INTERNATIONAL DANCE COUNCIL, THE UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANISATION, AND THE HONG KONG ARTS CENTRE.

AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY (FRIDAY) ANNOUNCING THE SYMPOSIUM, THE COMMISSIONER FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE, MR BARRIE WIGGHAM, SAID THE HOSTING OF THE SYMPOSIUM WAS AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF HONG KONG'S NATURAL ROLE AS A MEETING PLACE FOR EASTERN AND WESTERN ART FORMS.

ALSO PRESENT AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE WERE THE PRESIDENT OF THE SYMPOSIUM, MR ALEX WU, THE GOVERNMENT'S MUSIC ADVISER, MR DAVID STONE, THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE HONG KONG ARTS FESTIVAL, MR KEITH STATHAM AND THE MUSIC CONSULTANT TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNESCO, MR JACK BORNOFF.

+ THE PURPOSE OF THE SYMPOSIUM WILL BE TO CONSIDER THE ROLE OF FESTIVALS, CULTURAL AND ARTS CENTRES, EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS AND THE MASS MEDIA IN THE INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE OF MUSIC AND THE PERFORMING ARTS,+ MR WIGGHAM SAID.

+THE PRESENCE OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM MANY INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTES WILL BE OF GREAT BENEF IT TO HONG KONG, AS IT WILL ALLOW HONG KONG TO DEMONSTRATE CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT TO AN INTERNATIONAL AUDIENCE.+

MR WIGGHAM SAID THE SYMPOSIUM STARTING ON FEBRUARY 28 HAS BEEN TIMED TO COINCIDE WITH THE TENTH HONG KONG ARTS FESTIVAL WHICH BEGINS ON JANUARY 30.

THE DELEGATES WILL COME FROM FESTIVALS, ARTS CENTRES, MUSIC AND ARTS SCHOOLS, BROADCASTING AUTHORITIES, THE PRESS, MASS MEDIA AND FOLK INSTITUTES IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD.

SOME OF THE ORGANISATIONS EXPECTED TO BE REPRESENTED INCLUDE: THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF MUSIC COMPETITIONS, THE EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION OF MUSIC FESTIVALS, INDIAN OCEAN ARTS FESTIVAL, THE ASIAN CULTURAL COUNCIL (USA)

(USA), THE QUEENSLAND PERFORMING ARTS TRUST, THE SYDNEY FESTIVAL, THE EUROPEAN BROADCASTING UNION AND THE GUL BURK IAN FOUNDATION AND THE LINCOLN ARTS CENTRE.

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