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FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 1987

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GRANTS AWARDED TO ARTISTE, PERFORMING ARTS GROUPS

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THERE HAS BEEN ENTHUSIASTIC RESPONSE TO THE GRANT APPLICATION SCHEME (GAS) 1986-87 PROJECT (AND OTHER) GRANTS THE SECOND ROUND EXERCISE OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS (CFPA) - WITH 34 PERFORMING ARTISTES AND ARTS ORGANISATIONS SUBMITTING A TOTAL OF 43 APPLICATIONS FOR GRANTS.

APPLICANTS REPRESENT A BROAD CROSS-SECTION OF THE LOCAL PERFORMING ARTS MILIEU, WITH A FAIR SPREAD OF APPLICATIONS FROM EXPONENTS OF BOTH WESTERN AND TRADITIONAL CHINESE ART FORMS.

FIFTEEN LOCAL PERFORMING ARTS GROUPS AND A PERFORMING ARTISTE HAVE RECEIVED GRANTS TOTALLING $466 000 THIS TIME, THE MAJORITY OF THE GRANTS WILL HELP COVER COSTS OF PERFORMANCES, MOST OF WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE LATER THIS FINANCIAL YEAR.

RECIPIENTS INCLUDE THE HAN HSIAO DANCE COMPANY, THE GAYSTEPPERS DANCE TROUPE AND HONG KONG DANCE FEDERATION AND FOUR DRAMA ORGANISATIONS SHA TIN THEATRE COMPANY, AMITY DRAMA CLUB, THE MUSICAL COMPANY AND BESTREBEN DRAMA ASSOCIATION.

RECEIVING PROJECT GRANTS IN THE MUSIC FIELD ARE THE HONG KONG SILVER JUBILEE SINGERS, PAN ASIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, THE LEARNERS' CHORUS, DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC, UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, HONG KONG CAMERATA AND HONG KONG ORATORIO SOCIETY.

AN INDIVIDUAL GRANT HAS BEEN AWARDED TO WILLY TSAO TO ENABLE HIM TO PRESENT THREE DANCE PRODUCTIONS OF AN EXPERIMENTAL NATURE. A CAPITAL GRANT HAS BEEN AWARDED TO THE CITY CONTEMPORARY DANCE COMPANY FOR THE PURCHASE OF LIGHTING EQUIPMENT FOR THE CITY CONTEMPORARY THEATRE, WHILE THE HONG KONG FESTIVAL FRINGE LIMITED HAS RECEIVED ANOTHER GRANT TO ASSIST IT IN MOUNTING THE FESTIVAL FRINGE '87.

FURTHER APPLICATIONS FOR PROJECT GRANTS, INDIVIDUAL GRANTS AND CAPITAL GRANTS (THE LATTER INTENDED TO ASSIST IN THE PURCHASE OF EQUIPMENT ESSENTIAL TO PERFORMANCE) UNDER THE GAS 1986-87 ARE STILL BEING INVITED BY THE CFPA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING MARCH 31, 1987.

FURTHER INFORMATION REGARDING THE GAS, AS WELL AS GRANT APPLICATION FORMS, MAY BE OBTAINED BY CALLING THE CFPA SECRETARIAT ON 5-735878 AND 5-735425 OR FROM THE COUNCIL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, 10TH FLOOR, HARBOUR CENTRE, 25 HARBOUR ROAD, WAN CHAI.

AS REGARDS RESPONSE TO THE INVITATION FOR GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT APPLICATIONS UNDER THE COUNCIL'S GAS 1987-88 FOR WHICH THE CLOSING DATE WAS SEPTEMBER 30, 1986, A TOTAL OF EIGHT APPLICATIONS WERE RECEIVED AND ARE CURRENTLY BEING SCRUTINISED BY THE CFPA. RESULTS OF THESE APPLICATIONS WILL BE KNOWN EARLY IN THE NEXT FINANCIAL YEAR.

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