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FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1991

HONG KONG IS FAST BECOMING A CULTURAL CENTRE: ACTING GOVERNOR

THE

HONG KONG IS FAST BUILDING UP A REPUTATION AS A CULTURAL CENTRE WHERE EAST MEETS WEST AND IT HAS NOW BECOME AN IMPORTANT POINT IN INTERNATIONAL ARTS CIRCUIT, THE ACTING GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID FORD, TONIGHT (FRIDAY).

SAID

FESTIVAL 2000, SIR SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE

INTERNATIONAL A

CRY FROM FAR

HONG KONG'S THIS WAS SAID DAVID REPUTATION AS SOMETHING OF A CULTURAL DESERT ONLY A DECADE OR SO AGO.

"IN ALL THIS DEVELOPMENT OF THE ARTS SCENE, THE HONG KONG

HE SAID. CENTRE HAS PLAYED A LEADING ROLE,

ARTS

SIR DAVID POINTED LOCAL TALENT OF HONG

KONG'S

AFTER A FEW SOMEWHAT UNCERTAIN EARLY YEARS

OUT

THAT IT WAS NOW FIRMLY ESTABLISHED AS A CENTRE FOR

MANY OF ENCOURAGEMENT AND A FOCUS FOR SUPPORT AND ARTISTS.

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"I AM DELIGHTED WITH ITS SUCCESS," HE NOTED.

NUMBER OF ART'S FESTIVALS, HONG KONG NOW PLAYED HOST TO A INCLUDING THE HONG KONG ARTS FESTIVAL, THE FESTIVAL OF ASIAN ARTS, AND THE INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S ARTS FESTIVAL.

THE ARTISTIC DAVID

THESE S1R

SAID

OF THE INTERNATIONAL OF

KONG TO THE HONG ACHIEVEMENTS COMMUNITY, AS HAD OVERSEAS TOURS BY LOCAL PERFORMING GROUPS.

BROUGHT HAD FESTIVALS

ATTENTION

THAT RECOGNISING WELLE

BY WORLD

STANDARDS

ARTS PERFORMING

WERE STILL YOUNG, SIR DAVID SAID THE PLENTY OF TALENT AND CREATIVITY.

HONG KONG'S TERRITORY HAD

HAD

FOR

THE

HE ADDED THAT THE TRAINING OF HONG KONG'S TALENTED YOUNG PEOPLE

OF THE ACADEMY BY ENHANCED

THE ESTABLISHMENT BEEN PERFORMING ARTS IN 1984.

"WE

A NOW HAVE TWO PROFESSIONAL ORCHESTRAS, SIX FULL-TIME

AND MANY AMATEUR GROUPS WITH COMPANIES, AND THEATRE

INTERESTS," HE NOTED.

VARIETY

DANCE OF

THESE PERFORMING GROUPS AND COMPANIES HAD

FROM MANY PEOPLE AND DIFFERENT ORGANISATIONS.

BLOSSOMED THROUGH

SUPPORT

"I HOPE THAT TONIGHT WE ARE SEEING THE BIRTH OF ANOTHER

HE SAID. ARTS FESTIVAL FOR HONG KONG,

SIR

ANNUAL

ARTS PROMOTION HONG KONG NINE OF HONG

DAVID SAID THE FESTIVAL 2000 WAS A UNIQUE WHICH HAD BROUGHT TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME THE PROJECT

THE COUNCIL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS AND ARTS CENTRE, KONG'S MOST TALENTED DANCE AND DRAMA GROUPS.

"THE

PERFORMANCES

INCLUDE WHICH

FESTIVAL WILL BE ENRICHED BY ARTISTS WHO HAVE THREE OVERSEAS COUNTRIES AND AS AN ADDED EXCITEMENT IT WILL BRING

THE LATEST 'MULTI-MEDIA'

COME FROM US ART FORM

TECHNIQUES.

HE

CONGRATULATED THE ORGANISERS FOR BRINGING FESTIVAL 2000

TO

FRUITION.

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