XN000022-1985-02-10 — Page 4

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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1985

HE ALSO SAID THAT ONE OF THE OPENING PERFORMANCES FEATURING CHILDREN'S CHOIRS FROM SEVEN NEW TERRITORIES DISTRICTS ES PARTICULARLY MEANINGFUL AS HONG KONG IS AT THE THRESHOLD OF SETTING UP THE PROVISIONAL REGIONAL COUNCIL.

THE COUNCIL WOULD SEEK TO CULTIVATE AN EVEN CLOSER RELATIONSHIP AMONG NEW TERRITORIES CULTURAL GROUPS AND TO CO-ORDINATE THE PROVISION OF CULTURAL ACTIVITIES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES BETTER, HE ADDED.

HE NOTED THAT THE SUCCESS OF THE FESTIVAL REFLECTS, TO SOME EXTENT, THE IMPORTANCE OF PROPER HALLS AS FOCAL POINTS FOR THE PROMOTION OF ARTS AND CULTURE IN A NEW TOWN.

IN ADDITION TO EXISTING VENUES IN TSUEN WAN, YUEN LONG AND THE NORTH DISTRICT, NEW FACILITIES WILL BE OPENED IN TAI PO LATER THIS YEAR. TWO TOWN HALLS, TO BE SITED IN SHA TIN AND TUEN MUN, SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY MID-1986.

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TSUEN WAN ARTS FESTIVAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, MR HO TUNG-CHING, SAID AT THE OPENING THAT AN ORGANISATION LIKE THE HONG KONG ARTS FESTIVAL SOCIETY SHOULD BE SET UP IF THE TSUEN WAN ARTS FESTIVAL WERE TO HAVE MORE CONTINUITY IN PROMOTIONAL WORK AND MORE FINANCIAL AUTONOMY,

THE 33-DAY FESTIVAL, TO BE HELD UNTIL MARCH 14, FEATURES 66 PERFORMANCES FOR PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT INTERESTS AND AGE GROUPS.

THERE WILL BE 46 PERFORMANCES IN THE TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL AND 20 IN VARIOUS OUTDOOR VENUES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE TWO GUZHENG-KOTO-KAYAGUM RECITALS,

A NIGHT OF VIENNA MUSIC BY THE VIENNA CHAMBER ENSEMBLE

AN INVITATION TO THE BALLET, AND MIMES BY THE TRESTLE THEATRE COMPANY AND NOLA RAE.

TICKETS FOR MOST OF THE PERFORMANCES ARE PRICED BETWEEN $10 AND $30. THEY ARE ON SALE AT THE TOWN HALL'S BOX OFFICE.

THE FESTIVAL IS PRESENTED JOINTLY BY THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD, THE CULTURAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT (NEW TERRITORIES DIVISION) AND THE TSUEN WAN CULTURE AND RECREATION CO-ORDINATING ASSOCIATION,

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