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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1988

THE

"IT IS CLEAR THEN THAT THERE WILL BE SIGNIFICANT GROWTH IN

ΤΟ AVAILABLE

THE ARTS SCENE IN RESOURCES MADE

THE YEAR AHEAD, HE SAID. PROVIDED OF COURSE THE ECONOMY REMAINS SOUND,

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IN REFUTING CRITICISM CONCERNING THE GOVERNMENT'S DILETTANTE DECISION MAKING, MR OXLEY POINTED OUT THAT THE

"SO-CALLED" GOVERNMENT,

AS IN MANY AREAS OF PUBLIC LIFE, DID NOT HAVE A MONOPOLY ON EXPERTISE.

THAT

SYTEM THE HE SAID THAT IT WAS TO THIS END BOARDS HAD BEEN FOUND TO BE SO USEFUL TO THE GOVERNMENT.

ARTS, WHOSE

OF

ADVISORY

MEMBERS HAVE ON

THE COUNCIL FOR THE PERFORMING CONSIDERABLE AND VARIED ARTISTIC EXPERTISE, ADVISES THE GOVERNMENT ALL MATTERS RELATING TO THE PERFORMING ARTS INCLUDING OF FUNDS.

THE ALLOCATION

RELIES HEAVILY IN PUBLIC THAT ADVICE HAS NOT BEEN

"THE GOVERNMENT, WHICH IS IN EFFECT MY BRANCH, ON THE ADVICE OF THE COUNCIL AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THE NUMBER OF OCCASIONS ON WHICH THE COUNCIL'S ACCEPTED IS VERY FEW INDEED.

"IN FACT, DURING MY TERM OF OFFICE, I DO NOT INSTANCE," MR OXLEY POINTED OUT.

RECALL EVEN ONE

"THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT THEREFORE TAKE ARBITRARY DECISIONS AN ARTISTIC VACUUM, HE STRESSED.

BY

THRIVING

ΤΟ

IN

MR OXLEY SAID THAT HE WAS WELL AWARE OF THE

ARTISTIC

KONG IN HONG ACTIVITY

INFORMATION PROVIDED

THE COUNCIL REPORT CONCERNING LOCAL ARTISTIC PERFORMANCES THROUGH THE COUNCIL'S

PUT WRITING SCHEME, AND ALSO BY THE DETAILED EXAMINATION OF PROPOSALS

SUB-COMMITTEES OF THE FORWARD BY THESE ART GROUPS TO THE SPECIALIST CFPA.

"THIS

YEAR

HAVE I

WHEREBY

THE SYSTEM INTRODUCED A

GROUPS ARE GIVEN AN ADMINISTRATORS AND ARTISTIC DIRECTORS OF LOCAL

NEEDS WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THEIR PLANS AND THEIR FUNDING RELEVANT COUNCIL SUB-COMMITTEE (THAT IS THE DANCE, MUSIC OR DRAMA SUB- COMMITTEES).

COUNCIL

OF UNDERSTANDING HAS "A VERY POSITIVE INTERFLOW OF IDEAS AND

THEIR Ι FOLLOWED AND

GENERAL MANAGERS TAKE KNOW THAT

HE SAID. SUB-COMMITTEES VERY SERIOUSLY INDEED,

HOWEVER, MR OXLEY

GREAT

AND DYNAMISM HE WAS OPTIMISTIC IN BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND ARTS OF

FELT THAT THERE WAS INITIATIVE IN THE ARTS SCENE IN HONG KONG AND BELIEVING THAT PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE ORGANISATIONS WAS A REAL POSSIBILITY GIVEN A MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING THE CONSTRAINTS OF EACH.

"SO LET US BE

CONSTRUCTIVE IN

OUR

WHERE PRAISE IS DUE, AND LET US BE SUPPORTIVE OF TALENT OF OUR PERFORMING ARTISTS.

"FOR WITH THAT

TALENT,

AND

CRITICISM GIVING

PRAISE

THE DEDICATION AND

SOUND

AND THE ARTS

GIVEN GOODWILL, DIVERSIFIED FUNDING AND GOOD ADMINISTRATION, I AM CONFIDENT WILL FLOURISH HERE, HE ADDED.

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