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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1982

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APPOINTMENTS TO PERFORMING ARTS COUNCIL

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APPOINTMENTS TO THE COUNCIL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS HAVE BEEN MADE BY THE GOVERNOR FOR A TWO-YEAR PERIOD.

THE COUNCIL, UNDER THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE HON ALEX WU, WILL ADVISE THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS ON HOW THE GOVERNMENT CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PERFORMING ARTS IN HONG KONG.

MEMBERSHIP IS PUBLISHED IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE TODAY

(FRIDAY).

THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, THE SECRETARY FOR CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION, THE COMMISSIONER FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE AND THE DIRECTOR OF URBAN SERVICES WILL MAKE UP THE OFFICIAL MEMBERSHIP WHILE THE UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS WILL BE THE HON W.C.L. BROWN, THE HON SELINA CHOW, THE CHAIRMAN, URBAN COUNCIL OR HIS REPRESENTATIVE, SIR RUN RUN SHAW MR LEO T.H. LEE, MR MICHAEL STEVENSON, DR P.P. CHIU, MR CHUNG KING-FAI, PROFESSOR DAVID GWILT, DR RICHARD HO AND MRS CHRISTINE LIAO.

THE COMMISSIONER FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE, MR BARRIE WIGGHAM SAID THE COUNCIL WAS SET UP IN VIEW OF THE RAPID GROWTH OF PERFORMING ARTS ACTIVITIES WHICH UNDERLINES THE NEED FOR GOVERNMENT TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE ACTIVITIES OF THE VARIOUS BODIES INVOLVED, IN ORDER TO AVOID DUPLICATION OF EFFORT AND WASTAGE OF RESOURCES.

+ IF WE ARE TO BE EFFECTIVE IN OUR SUPPORT OF THE PERFORMING ARTS, WE SHALL NEED TO BE ADVISED ON NEEDS AND HOW GOVERNMENT CAN HELP MEET THESE NEEDS, HE EXPLAINED. +AT THE SAME TIME, HE SAID, *THE COUNCIL WILL PROVIDE AN EXCELLENT FORUM FOR THE EXCHANGE OF IDEAS AND INFORMATION.+

MR WIGGHAM ALSO POINTED OUT THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS INVOLVED IN THE PROMOTION OF THE PERFORMING ARTS. SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO ENSURE THAT AN OVERALL VIEW IS TAKEN OF ALL GOVERNMENT ACTIVITIES IN THIS FIELD, WHEN FORMULATING PROPOSALS FOR SUPPORT OF THE PERFORMING ARTS.

THE TERMS OF REFERENCE OF THE COUNCIL ARE:

A) TO ADVISE HOW GOVERNMENT'S ACTIVITIES IN SUPPORT

OF THE PERFORMING ARTS CAN BE IMPROVED AND EXPANDED, IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE.

B) TO ENSURE THAT THE USE OF GOVERNMENT RESOURCES ALLOCATED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PERFORMING ARTS IS MAXIMISED AND MEETS THE NEEDS OF THIS DEVELOPMENT.

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