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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1982

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HE SAID THE COMBINATION OF THE FOUR FACILITIES - SCHOOLS OF MUSIC, DANCE, DRAMA AND TECHNICAL ARTS - UNDER ONE ROOF WOULD ENABLE STUDENTS TO DEVELOP AN UNDERSTANDING OF THEATRE ARTS AS A WHOLE.

+THUS, MUSICIANS WILL UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS OF DANCERS, DANCERS WILL UNDERSTAND THE ART OF STAGE AND THEATRE WORK - ALL WILL MIX TOGETHER AND INEVITABLY GATHER THE WISDOM AND TECHNIQUES OF THEIR FELLOW STUDENTS, MR FOOTMAN SAID.

+THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS INTER-DISCIPLINARY EDUCATIONAL CONCEPT IS SOMETHING THAT IS UNRIVALLED IN THE WORLD, AND HAS ENABLED US TO ATTRACT TO HONG KONG AS ADVISERS TO THE ACADEMY WORLD LEADERS.+

THEY INCLUDED, HE CONTINUED, GUILDHALL SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND DRAMA, THE VIENNA HOCHSCHULE, THE LINCOLN CENTRE INSTITUTE, THE AUSTRÁLIAN NATIONAL FILM SCHOOL, THE EAST-WEST CENTRE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWALL AND THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF DANCING.

MR FOOTMAN SAID ONE OF THE ADVISERS, PROFESSOR GOTTFRIED SCHOLZ FROM THE VIENNA HOCHSCHULE WHO IS CURRENTLY HERE HAD PRESENTED TO THE ACADEMY A COPY OF THE 12TH VOLUME OF THE FIRST EDITION OF THE COMPLETE WORKS OF HAYDN, PRINTED BETWEEN 1799 AND 1806 UNDER HAYDN'S PERSONAL SUPERVISION.

+THIS SPLENDID GIFT MARKED THE FOUNDATION OF THE HONG KONG ACADEMY, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY MARKED THE BEGINNING OF A LONG RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TWO INSTITUTIONS, HE ADDED.

STAFF FOR THE TOP ACADEMIC POSTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ADVERTISED LOCALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY AND ARE EXPECTED TO BE FILLED NEXT YEAR.

THIS, MR FOOTMAN SAID, WOULD GIVE ABOUT TWO YEARS TO ATTRACT STUDENTS TO ITS INITIAL COURSES, TO DEVELOP FURTHER INTERNATIONAL LINKS AND TO REFINE ITS EDUCATIONAL POLICY INTO REAL ACHIEVEMENTS.

*THIS IS A TERRIFIC AND EXCITING PROJECT, AND THE SUCCESS OF THE PROJECT WILL DEPEND ON THE GOODWILL OF THE COMMUNITY AND ON THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE APPOINTED AS DIRECTOR, DEANS, AND HEADS OF SCHOOLS, ON THEIR IMAGINATION AND DEDICATION, AND ON THEIR ABILITY TO ENSURE THAT THE ACADEMY WORKS WITH THE COMMUNITY IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF HONG KONG, HE ADDED.

FULL WATER SUPPLY THROUGHOUT WINTER

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FULL WATER SUPPLY WOULD BE MAINTAINED THROUGHOUT THE WINTER MONTHS, THE DIRECTOR OF WATER SUPPLIES, MR TOM TOMLINSON, ANNOUNCED TODAY TUESDAY).

HE SAID THAT THE WATER SITUATION WOULD BE CONTINUOUSLY MONITORED AND A REVIEW WOULD BE CARRIED OUT NEXT SUMMER.

STORAGE IN HONG KONG'S RESERVOIRS AT 9 AM TODAY STOOD AT 81.8 PER CENT OF CAPACITY, OR 472.689 MILLION CUBIC METRES.

THIS COMPARES