SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1992
ARTS FESTIVAL CONTRIBUTES TO GROWTH OF LOCAL TALENT: GOVERNOR
THE GROWTH OF LOCAL DIMENSION IN THE PERFORMING ARTS SCENE OWES A GREAT DEAL TO THE ARTS FESTIVAL, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
OFFICIATING AT THE 1992 HONG KONG ARTS FESTIVAL OPENING HAD THE GOVERNOR SAID FOR 20 YEARS THE ANNUAL FESTIVALS PERFORMANCE, SERVED TO INSPIRE YOUNG HONG KONG PERFORMERS AND TO ENCOURAGE A INTEREST IN THE PERFORMING ARTS.
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"WE NOW HAVE A RICH POOL OF TALENT AND A LARGE DEDICATED SUPPORTERS OF THE ARTS," HE SAID.
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OF
SIR DAVID POINTED OUT THAT WHEN THE FIRST ARTS FESTIVAL WAS
IN 1973, LAUNCHED
IT OFFERED 15 MAJOR
ITEMS, PROGRAMME
ALL FROM TIMES OVERSEAS AND THIS YEAR THE 20TH ARTS FESTIVAL HAD NEARLY THREE AS MANY EVENTS.
THESE COVERED A VERY WIDE RANGE, FROM TOSCA TO JAZZ; FROM BERLIN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA TO AFRICA OYE; AND FROM CLASSICAL BALLET MODERN MIME.
SIR
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DAVID SAID SIGNIFICANTLY, FOUR OF THIS YEAR'S EVENTS FEATURED LOCAL TALENT. THEY WERE THE HONG KONG PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA; THE HONG KONG CHINESE ORCHESTRA; THE HONG KONG REPERTORY THEATRE; AND THE CHUNG YING THEATRE COMPANY.
SIR DAVID SAID FOR THE FIRST TIME, A HONG KONG PERFORMING DAY HAD BEEN QRGANISED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE ARTS FESTIVAL.
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AN EXAMPLE OF HOW FAR HONG KONG HAD COME WAS THE PLANNING
HONG KONG 1992 TO BE HELD IN CANADA FESTIVAL
THIS
DAVID SAID.
AUTUMN,
FOR SIR
"FOR
WILL
TAKE
THE FIRST TIME, A NUMBER OF HONG KONG PERFORMING PART TOGETHER IN A PROGRAMME OVERSEAS AS
AMBASSADORS
GROUPS FOR
HONG KONG.
"IT WILL BE OUR TURN TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE INTERNATIONAL
EXCHANGE OF TALENT WHICH HAS DONE SO MUCH TO ENRICH THE ARTS FESTIVALS IN THE PAST TWENTY YEARS.
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"HONG KONG IS COMING OF AGE ARTISTICALLY, THE GOVERNOR SAID.
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