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THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1987

THE ORGANISATIONS WHICH WILL RECEIVE GENERAL SUPPORT GRANTS ARE THE HONG KONG PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, HONG KONG'S LEADING CLASSICAL ORCHESTRA THE CHUNG YIN THEATRE COMPANY, HONG KONG'S ONLY FULL-TIME PROFESSIONAL INDEPENDENT DRAMA COMPANY THE CITY CONTEMPORARY DANCE COMPANY AS WELL AS THE HONG KONG BALLET LIMITED, HONG KONG'S PREMIER MODERN AND CLASSICAL DANCE COMPANIES AND THE HONG KONG ARTS FESTIVAL SOCIETY WHICH ORGANISES HONG KONG'S ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL.

A FURTHER $1.5 MILLION HAS BEEN SET ASIDE FOR THE AWARD OF PROJECT (AND OTHER) GRANTS WHICH ARE DESIGNED TO HELP OTHER PERFORMING ARTS GROUPS IN MOUNTING SPECIFIC PERFORMANCES AND PROJECTS.

STARTING THIS YEAR, APPLICATIONS FOR THESE GRANTS WILL BE ACCEPTED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. APPLICATION FORMS ARE NOW AVAILABLE FROM THE COUNCIL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS (CFPA), 10TH FLOOR, HARBOUR CENTRE, 25 HARBOUR ROAD, WAN CHAI, HONG KONG,

FURTHER DETAILS MAY BE OBTAINED BY CALLING THE CFPA SECRETARIAT ON 5-735878, 5-735425 OR 5-735569.

NEW MARKET COMPLEX FOR TSUEN WAN *****

A $39 MILLION CONTRACT FOR BUILDING A MARKET COMPLEX AT TSUEN MAN HAS BEEN AWARDED BY THE ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

THE MARKET WILL OCCUPY A 3 500-SQUARE-METRE SITE AT THE JUNCTION OF YEUNG UK ROAD AND CHUEN LUNG STREET,

THE LOWER THREE FLOORS OF THE SIX-STOREY BUILDING WILL PROVIDE SPACE FOR 332 MARKET STALLS. OFFICES OF THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, AN INDOOR GAMES HALL, FOUR SQUASH COURTS, A PHYSICAL TRAINING ROOM, STOREROOM, CHANGING ROOMS AND TOILETS WILL BE ON THE REMAINING FLOORS.

WORK ON THE COMPLEX STARTED THIS WEEK AND IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN TWO YEARS.

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