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MONDAY, JANUARY 19, 1987

ACTING GOVERNOR TO VISIT LONDON

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THE ACTING GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, WILL VISIT LONDON FROM FEBRUARY 2-4, THIS VISIT WILL BE ANOTHER IN THE SERIES OF REGULAR CONSULTATIONS WITH MINISTERS AND SENIOR OFFICIALS ON MATTER OF CURRENT INTEREST. SIR EDWARD YOUDE LAST VISITED LONDON IN NOVEMBER 1986.

ARTS COUNCIL HOLDING LOGO COMPETITION

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THE COUNCIL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS (CFPA) IS ORGANISING A LOGO COMPETITION IN ITS QUEST FOR A WELL-DESIGNED LOGO WHICH WILL BE REPRESENTATIVE OF ITS FUNCTIONS.

THIS WAS ANNOUNCED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CFPA'S LOGO COMPETITION ORGANISING COMMITTEE, MR LEO T.H. LEE, AT A PRESS CONFERENCE HELD TODAY (MONDAY).

MR LEE SAID IN ORGANISING THE COMPETITION THE CFPA RECOGNISED THE NEED FOR ITS EXISTENCE AND FUNCTIONS TO BE MORE WIDELY PUBLICISED. THIS WOULD HELP IT TO MAKE MORE POSITIVE CONTRIBUTIONS IN FOSTERING DEVELOPMENT OF THE PERFORMING ARTS.

+ IN THIS CONNECTION, IT HAS DECIDED THAT, AS A START, THE ACQUISITION OF A WELL-DESIGNED LOGO WOULD PROVIDE AN EASY IDENTIFICATION AND WILL ALSO ASSIST IN FUTURE PUBLICITY.

+ IT IS ALSO HOPED THAT THROUGH A LOGO COMPETITION, THE CFPA COULD BE BROUGHT CLOSER TO THE PUBLIC, AND THAT THE COMPETITION COULD STIMULATE INTEREST IN BOTH THE CFPA AND IN THE FIELD OF THE PERFORMING ARTS, HE POINTED OUT.

MR LEE SAID THE CFPA HAD RECEIVED GENEROUS SUPPORT FROM A BUSINESS CORPORATION IN HOLDING THE COMPETITION. THIS IS IN KEEPING WITH THE COUNCIL'S AIM OF PROMOTING THE SPONSORSHIP OF THE ARTS IN HONG KONG AND IT REFLECTS A HEALTHY INTEREST IN THE ARTS AMONGST OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES, HE EXPLAINED,

HE SAID HE HOPED THIS WOULD ALSO DEMONSTRATE TO PERFORMING ARTS ORGANISATIONS NOT ONLY THE BENEFITS OF SPONSORSHIP, BUT ALSO THE CONSIDERABLE POTENTIAL FOR SPONSORSHIP WHICH COULD BE TAPPED WITHIN THE COMMERCIAL SECTOR.

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