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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1989

WITH

"THE PANEL SOUGHT TO EVALUATE THE APA'S ABILITY TO ACHIEVE

TRAINING, AND APPROVED OBJECTIVES, ITS OVERALL LEVEL IN PROFESSIONAL

HE OVERSEAS, RELEVANT OTHER ITS COMPARABILITY

ITS

Tt

INSTITUTIONS

EXPLAINED.

THE

SPOKESMAN SAID

DEGREES

IN MOST CUSTOMARY NOW WERE

USA, AND PERFORMING ARTS COURSES IN AUSTRALIA, CANADA, CHINA AND THE

COMMON AS THE APPROPRIATE THAT IN THE UK DEGREES WERE NOW BECOMING AWARD FOR TERTIARY EDUCATION IN PERFORMING, TECHNICAL AND FINE ARTS.

AT

THE APA WOULD HELF RETAIN IN HONG KONG, DEGREE COURSES

SAID. THEY STUDENTS WHO AT PRESENT SOUGHT QUALIFICATION OVERSEAS, HE

PERFORMING WOULD ALSO GO SOME WAY TOWARDS ENHANCING THE STATUS OF THE

IN THE ARTS IN HONG KONG, WHICH WERE BECOMING INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT TERRITORY'S DEVELOPING CULTURAL SCENE.

SURVEY FINDINGS SHOW KWA1 TSING NEEDS CIVIC CENTRE

CONDUCTED CENTRE

CIVIC

MORE THAN 95 PER CENT OF THE RESPONDENTS TO A SURVEY

BOARD DISTRICT

CONSIDERED THAT A BY THE KWAI TSING

IN THE DISTRICT FOR CULTURAL

AND RECREATIONAL

SHOULD BE ACTIVITIES.

BUILT

THE

MAJORITY AGREED

THAT

THE IDEAL

VENUE WOULD BE THE

GOVERNMENT SITE ADJACENT TO THE KWAI FONG MTR STATION.

AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TO

THE CHAIRMAN

OF

THE

ANNOUNCE THE SURVEY RESULTS TODAY

(WEDNESDAY),

BOARD'S DISTRICT

CIVIC CENTRE CONDUCTED IN AUGUST WORKING GROUP, MR SO HOI-PAN, SAID THE POLL WAS AND SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR.

ABOUT 15,000

DISTRIBUTED MUTUAL DISTRICT,

COMMITTEES, AID

VOLUNTARY AGENCIES

WERE QUESTIONNAIRES

RETURNED FROM THE 35,000 AND TO SECONDARY

PRIMARY SCHOOLS, AREA COMMITTEES,

AND RESIDENTS OF

THE

+

THE RESPONSE RATE WAS AROUND 42 PER CENT, MR SO SAID.

FOUR

HE SAID AT PRESENT THE THREE ESTATE COMMUNITY CENTRES AND

THE DISTRICT PROVIDED THE VENUES FOR HOLDING COMMUNITY HALLS IN CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES.

PAST THREE YEARS INDICATED THAT HOWEVER, EXPERIENCE IN THE

OF THEIR THESE CENTRES COULD NOT ATTRACT THE TARGET AUDIENCE BECAUSE

AND POOR ACOUSTICS INCONVENIENT LOCATIONS, UNSATISFACTORY LIGHTING, AND STAGES.

CENTRES ALSO

MR SO SAID THE LIMITED SEATING CAPACITY AT THESE MADE IT NOT COST-EFFECTIVE TO ORGANISE EVENTS THERE, HE SAID.

/THE CIVIC