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SATURDAY, APRIL 21. 1990

SIX LOCAL ARTS GROUPS TO RECEIVE $29M IN GRANTS

THE COUNCIL FOR THE PERFORMING GOVERNMENT TO AWARD GENERAL SUPPORT GRANTS OF

FIVE LOCAL

PERFORMING PROFESSIONAL FINANCIAL YEAR (1990-91).

ARTS

ARTS (CFPA) HAS ADVISED

ABOUT $28 MILLION TO FOR THIS ORGANISATIONS

THE

KONG

DANCE

OF THE GRANTS, $11.03 MILLION WILL BE AWARDED TO THE HONG ACADEMY OF BALLET LTD, $5.348 MILLION TO THE CITY CONTEMPORARY COMPANY, $5.992 MILLION TO THE CHUNG YING THEATRE COMPANY, $5.279 REMAINING MILLION TO THE HONG KONG ARTS FESTIVAL SOCIETY LTD, AND THE $368,000 TO THE HONG KONG FESTIVAL FRINGE LTD.

APPROVED A SEEDING IN ADDITION, THE CFPA HAS ALSO $1.164 MILLION TO THE EXPLORATION THEATRE FOR THIS FINANCIAL ASSIST ITS DEVELOPMENT TOWARDS PROFESSIONAL STATUS.

GRANT

YEAR TO

OF

NEW PRODUCTIONS

AND

STAGE

THE SIX ORGANISATIONS WILL PUT ON MORE PERFORMANCES THIS YEAR WITH THE GRANTS RECEIVED.

THE HONG

KONG ACADEMY OF BALLET LIMITED WILL PRESENT

то BALLETS AND PLANS

STAGE 46 PUBLIC TICKETED PUBLIC FREE PERFORMANCES AND 176 SCHOOL PERFORMANCES.

PERFORMANCES,

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SIX

PRODUCTIONS

TWO PUBLIC FREE

THE CITY CONTEMPORARY DANCE COMPANY WILL PUT ON 10 AND PLANS TO STAGE 35 PUBLIC TICKETED PERFORMANCES, PERFORMANCES, 113 SCHOOL PERFORMANCES AND 42 WORKSHOPS.

PRODUCTIONS

THE CHUNG YING THEATRE COMPANY IS PLANNING SIX NEW AND THREE RE-RUNS, THERE WILL ALSO BE 50 PUBLIC TICKETED PERFORMANCES, 120 SCHOOL PERFORMANCES AS WELL AS 42 WORKSHOPS.

ORGANISE THE THE HONG KONG ARTS FESTIVAL SOCIETY LIMITED WILL

125 1991 HONG KONG ARTS FESTIVAL WHICH WILL PRESENT

PERFORMANCES BY

RENOWNED LOCAL AND

ARTISTS FROM VARIOUS PERFORMING ARTS DISCIPLINES.

OVERSEAS

THE MAJOR ATTRACTIONS FROM OVERSEAS WILL INCLUDE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA AND, A FOREIGN LANGUAGE THEATRE.

AN OPERA, A

THE HONG KONG FESTIVAL FRINGE LIMITED (HKFFL) WJLL CONTINUE

FRINGE AND ORGANISE THE ANNUAL FESTIVAL

то

RUN THE

FRINGE

CLUB

FOR

ARTISTS TO PERFORM OR EXHIBIT THEIR WORK.

YEAR

WILL

190

HELD BY THE THE ACTIVITIES TO BE

HKFFL

THE IN

INCLUDE EIGHT

162 PUBLIC TICKETED PERFORMANCES, PUBLIC FREE PERFORMANCES AND 10 SCHOOL PERFORMANCES.

PRODUCTIONS,

IN ADDITION, THE HKFFL WILL ALSO ORGANISE 150 EXHIBITIONS, WORKSHOPS, 14 LARGE SCALE EVENTS AND 255 OUTREACH SHOWS.

170

MEANWHILE, THE

PRODUCTIONS, PERFORMANCES,

28 PUBLIC

EXPLORATION

TICKETED

THEATRE WILL PRESENT SIX PERFORMANCES AND 75 SCHOOL

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