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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1989

NEW KWAI TSING DB MEMBER ELECTED

A CANDIDATE

FOR

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THE KWAI

TSING

DISTRICT

TSING YI BOARD'S

TO THE SOUTH CONSTITUENCY BY-ELECTION, MR TSE WAI-MING, WAS ELECTED

TODAY (THURSDAY). MR TSE. 36 YEARS DISTRICT BOARD WITH 1.108 VOTES OLD IS A SALES EXECUTIVE.

THE OTHER CANDIDATE, MR CHAN KIU-ON, OBTAINED 400 VOTES.

ELECTORS IN THE WITH 1,524 OUT OF A TOTAL OF 9.343 REGISTERED

THEIR VOTES, THE TURNOUT RATE TSING YI SOUTH CONSTITUENCY CASTING REPRESENTED ABOUT 16.3 PER CENT.

CFPA APPROVES GRANTS TO LOCAL ARTS GROUPS

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THE COUNCIL FOR THE

PERFORMING ARTS (CFPA) HAS THE $500,000 TO

EXPLORATION ASSIST ITS DEVELOPMENT TOWARDS PROFESSIONAL STATUS.

"SEEDING GRANT" OF ABOUT

APPROVED A THEATRE TO

DEVELOPING FORMED IN 1982 WITH THE AIM OF

INTEREST IN DRAMA PROMOTING ORIGINAL SCRIPT-WRITING. ACTIVITIES AMONG YOUTHS AND

THE WHO ARE MOSTLY

THEATRE HAS A CORE OF PROFESSIONALLY TRAINED MEMBERS GRADUATES OF THE HONG KONG ACADEMY FOR PERFORMING ARTS.

LADY" "THE STORY OF MR

X",

ITS PRODUCTIONS INCLUDE "PINK "MAGIC POWER", "HARD CHAMBER" AND "BUFFET".

PERFORMANCES, THE COURSES AND WORKSHOPS

APART FROM STAGING ORIGINAL PRODUCTIONS AND THEATRE ALSO ORGANISES SCHOOL TOURS, TRAINING ON PERFORMANCE SKILLS AND SCRIPT-WRITING.

EARLIER THIS YEAR. ITS SUMMER STUDENT THEATRE PROJECT, VARIOUS PUBLIC VENUES, COMPRISING 52 PERFORMANCES IN SCHOOLS AND AT HAD ATTRACTED AN AUDIENCE OF NEARLY 20,000 PEOPLE.

ALSO APPROVED

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OVER THE PAST THREE MONTHS, THE COUNCIL HAS PROJECT GRANTS TOTALLING $300,000 TO 12 PERFORMING ARTS ORGANISATIONS.

HONG

KONG COMPOSERS'

GUILD.

THE HONG

KONG AND THE

THEY ARE THE ORATORIO SOCIETY AND THE LEARNERS CHORUS IN THE MUSIC FIELD: MANY-LEVELS IN PERFORMANCE AND ZUNI ICOSAHEDRON IN THE DANCE FIELD.

SCHOOL DRAMA PROJECT, THE CANTONESE OPERA TROUPE, THE HONG

RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES,

YOUTH THEATRE AND

IN THE DRAMA FIELD, THERE ARE THE HOK YAU CLUB, THE CHINESE REFORM KONG CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CULTURAL EXPLORATION THEATRE, THE HONG KONG CHRISTIAN SAND AND BRICKS.

THE

THE

/APPLICATIONS FOR