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SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 1989

SUPPORT FOR ARTS SHOULD COME FROM ALL SECTORS: GOVERNOR

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IT IS ONLY RIGHT THAT A PROSPEROUS COMMUNITY SUCH AS HONG KONG'S SHOULD USE A PART OF [TS WEALTH TO SUPPORT THE ARTS, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON. SAID TONIGHT (SATURDAY).

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"BUT THIS IS NOT A ROLE FOR THE PUBLIC SECTOR ALONE, HE ADDED.

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE 1989 HONG KONG ARTS FESTIVAL AT THE CITY HALL, SIR DAVID SAID THE ARTS FESTIVAL SOCIETY HAD ALWAYS WORKED ENERGETICALLY AND EFFECTIVELY то GENERATE CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP FOR ITS ACTIVITIES,

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IN THANKING PATRONS AND SPONSORS WHOSE GENEROSITY HAD HELPED TO MAKE THE FESTIVAL POSSIBLE, THE GOVERNOR ALSO ENCOURAGED OTHERS FOLLOW SUIT.

"SPONSORSHIP OF THE ARTS BENEFITS NOT ONLY THE ARTISTS, BUT THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AND OCCASIONALLY OF COURSE THE SPONSOR TOO," SIR DAVID SAID.

"SINCE ITS ESTABLISHMENT IN 1973, THE FESTIVAL HAS PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN OPENING THE EYES OF HONG KONG PEOPLE TO THE PLEASURES AND DELIGHTS OF THE PERFORMING ARTS. IT HAS ALSO HELPED ΤΟ BUILD UP AN AUDIENCE FOR OUR HOME GROWN ARTISTS, HE SAID.

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"MANY OF THEM. INCLUDING THE ORCHESTRA THAT

ARE ABOUT ΤΟ HEAR TONIGHT, NOW TAKE THEIR RIGHTFUL PLACE IN THE FESTIVAL'S PROGRAMME," HE ADDED.

SIR DAVID NOTED THAT WHILE A GREAT DEAL OF HARD WORK WENT INTO ORGANISING A FESTIVAL SUCH AS THIS, THE COMMUNITY WAS FORTUNATE THAT SO MANY PEOPLE WERE WILLING TO CONTRIBUTE SO MUCH TIME AND EFFORT TO THE ARTS FESTIVAL SOCIETY ON A VOLUNTARY BASIS.

THE GOVERNOR PAID PARTICULAR TRIBUTE TO THE OUTGOING CHAIRMAN OF THE SOCIETY, SIR RUN RUN SHAW.

"AS ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE HONG KONG ARTS FESTIVAL SOCIETY AND CHAIRMAN SINCE 1975, YOUR UNFAILING SUPPORT AND POSITIVE APPROACH HAVE DONE AN IMMENSE AMOUNT TO ESTABLISH THE FESTIVAL AS A VERY SPECIAL PART OF OUR CULTURAL LIFE IN HONG KONG," SIR DAVID SAID.

"THE SEEDS THAT YOU HAVE SOWN AND NURTURED WILL, I CONTINUE TO BLOSSOM FOR MANY YEARS TO COME, HE ADDED.

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KNOW,

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