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MONDAY, MRCH 25, 1991

NOTING THAT THE TRIPARTITE EFFORTS WENT A LONG WAY TO PROMOTE SOUND LABOUR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS, MR CHEN SAID THE LABOUR RELATIONS SCENE IN HONG KONG REMAINED HARMONIOUS LAST YEAR.

"WITH A TOTAL WORKING POPULATION OF MORE THAN 2.5 MILLION, WE ONLY HAD 15 WORK STOPPAGES RESULTING IN THE LOSS OF 3,496 WORKING DAYS, MR CHEN SAID, ADDING THAT THIS WAS AMONG THE LOWEST IN THE WORLD.

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CFPA CHAMPIONS ARTS DEVELOPMENT

FROM

THE COUNCIL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS (CFPA) HAD PROGRESSED

GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES, BEING AN ADVISORY BODY MAINLY RESPONDING TO

THE ARTS IN HONG TO AN ORGANISATION CHAMPIONING THE DEVELOPMENT OF KONG, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CFPA, DR WANG GUNGWU, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).

ΤΟ CONFERENCE

ANNOUNCE THE

DR WANG WAS SPEAKING AT A PRESS COUNCIL'S FIRST REPORT WHICH SUMMARISED ITS WORK FROM 1989 TO 1991.

THE

BROADEN THE

DR WANG SAID THE COUNCIL'S MAIN OBJECTIVES WERE TO HELP IN DEVELOPMENT OF ALL ASPECTS OF THE PERFORMING ARTS AND TO APPEAL OF THE ARTS, ESPECIALLY TO YOUNG PEOPLE.

SCHEME,

WRITERS

HE SAID A RECENT INITIATIVE BY THE COUNCIL WAS THE ORIGINAL SCRIPT WRITING

WHICH AWARDS SELECTED FROM PRIZE OUTSTANDING YOUNG COMPETITIONS.

OUTSTANDING

UNDER

WERE MADE WINNERS OF

TO RECENT

THE RESPONSE WAS MOST

ENCOURAGING, HE

IS

SAID, THANKS ΤΟ THE SUPPORT OF OTHER COMPETITION ORGANISERS. HE ADDED THAT THE COUNCIL CONSIDERING MAKING THIS SCHEME A REGULAR EVENT.

PROMOTE

ARTISTIC

DEVELOPMENT

THE

IS THE COUNCIL

то MEASURE A SECOND SETTING UP OF A SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON CHINESE OPERA UNDER NEXT MONTH.

FOLLOWING

HERE WILL

"THIS TRADITIONAL ART FORM HAS A CONSIDERABLE AND HAS GREAT POTENTIAL IF GIVEN THE RIGHT SUPPORT. THE COUNCIL

CAUSE AND STANDARDS OF CHINESE BE PLAYING ITS PART TO ADVANCE THE OPERA IN HONG KONG, DR WANG ADDED.

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AUDIENCE WITH

DEVELOPMENT

HE SAID THE THIRD INITIATIVE TAKEN

MAJOR SURVEY OF THE POPULATION TO IN MIND WAS THE LAUNCHING OF A DETERMINE HOW PEOPLE'S PREFERENCES FOR THE ARTS WERE FORMED.

BE USED ΤΟ HELF THE "THE RESULTS WILL

COUNCIL AND OTHER RATIONAL INTERESTED GROUPS TO PLAN AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT MEASURES ON A BASIS," HE SAID.

"THE ARTS