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TUESDAY, JULY 17, 1984

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+FLOATING+ SOUND AT COLISEUM

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HONG KONG'S FIRST PLASTIC SOUND REFLECTING SYSTEM WILL BE +FLOATING+ ABOVE THE STAGE OF THE HONG KONG COLISEUM AT THE END OF AUGUST, WHEN THE WORLD-RENOWNED NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC WILL GIVE A CONCERT BEFORE AN AUDIENCE OF 7 000.

THE REFLECTORS, TOGETHER WITH THREE SETS OF PORTABLE SIDE-WALL REFLECTORS, WILL FORM AN ORCHESTRA SHELL TO CREATE AN ACOUSTIC EFFECT SIMILAR TO THAT ACHIEVED IN A CONCERT AUDITORIUM.

THE ARRAY OF OVERHEAD REFLECTORS IS MADE UP OF 51 ACRYLIC PLASTIC UNITS HUNG FROM THE ROOF IN SEVEN ROWS TO COVER THE 225-SQUARE-METRE STAGE. THE FIRST ROW IS ELEVATED TO EIGHT METRES ABOVE THE STAGE AND THE LAST ROW TO FOUR METRES.

AT THIS ANGLE. THE ORCHESTRA SHELL WILL REFLECT THE SOUND TO BOTH THE MEMBERS OF THE ORCHESTRA AND THE AUDIENCE IN A MOST EFFECTIVE MANNER,

MR IAN CAMPBELL, A LOCAL ACOUSTIC CONSULTANT WHO DESIGNED THIS SYSTEM, EXPLAINED, THE ORCHESTRA'S MUSICAL BALANCE IS ONLY PARTLY IN THE HANDS OF THE CONDUCTOR- IT REQUIRES SUITABLY PROPORTIONED REFLECTIVE AND DIFFUSSI VE SERVICES AROUND THE SOUND SOURCE TO STRENGTHEN AND IMPROVE THE BALANCE BETWEEN THE VARIOUS SECTIONS OF THE ORCHESTRA AND INDIVIDUAL MUSICIANS AND SOLOISTS.+

+MAN OF FLOWERS+ WAS AWARDED THE JURY PRIZE AT THE 1983 CHICAGO FILM FESTIVAL AND WAS OFFICIALLY SELECTED FOR CANNES THIS YEAR. NORMAN KAYE IN THIS PRODUCTION WAS CHOSEN THE BEST ACTOR IN THE 1983 AUSTRALIAN FILM INSTITUTE AWARDS.

WEIR

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ANOTHER SIX FILMS - FIVE OF WHICH WILL BE THE WORKS OF PETER

WILL BE SCREENED ON AUGUST 12 (SUNDAY), AGAIN STARTING AT 10.30 AM. THE FILMS, EACH LASTING ABOUT TWO HOURS, WILL BE JOHN HONEY'S +MAN GAN INNÍ E+, WHICH IS A FINE CHILDREN'S FILM OF UNIVERSAL APPEAL. AND PETER WEIR'S ORIGINAL AND UNPREDICTABLE +THE CARS THAT ATE PARIS+ +PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK+ WHICH IS A LANDMARK IN AUSTRALIAN CINEMA, THE LAST WAVE+, +GALLIPOLI+ AND +THE YEAR OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY+.

LINDA HUNT IN THE YEAR OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY+ WAS MADE THE BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN THE 1994 ACADEMY AWARDS.

TICKETS AT $15 ARE NOW AVAILABLE AT THE BOX OFFICES OF THE CITY HALL, QUEEN ELIZABETH STADIUM, HONG KONG COLISEUM AND SPACE MUSEUM,

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