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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1993

HOWEVER,

THE DEPARTMENT WILL BE HAPPY

IN

THE ADDRESSING THE WORKING GROUP MENTALLY HANDICAPPED, HE ADDED.

WIDER

TO CONTINUE ASSISTING ISSUES

CONCERNING

THE

WORKING

MR

GROUP

AND

JOHN WOOD, HAS BEEN HIS HAS GIVEN

APPEAR IN A

THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS,

MEETINGS OF THE ATTENDING PROFESSIONAL ADVICE IN HELPING THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED CRIMINAL TRIAL.

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STATUTORY ARTS BODY TO BE SET UP

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THE GOVERNMENT IS CONSIDERING SETTING UP AN INDEPENDENT STATUTORY BODY WITH EXECUTIVE POWERS FOR THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THE ARTS, THE SECRETARY FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE, MR JAMES 80, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) AFTER BRIEFING THE LEGCO PANEL ON RECREATION AND CULTURE.

THE RECREATION AND CULTURE BRANCH HAD URBAN COUNCIL ON SEPTEMBER 21 AND WOULD BRIEF PKRFORMING ARTS AND THE REGIONAL COUNCIL ON RESPECTIVELY.

EARLIER BRIEFED THE COUNCIL FOR SEPTEMBER 29 AND

THE

THE

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THE

BY MR SO SAID SEVERAL HUNDRED RESPONSES HAD BEEN RECEIVED BRANCH DURING THE PUBLIC CONSULTATION PERIOD ON THE ARTS POLICY REVIEW AND THAT A CONSENSUS HAD EMERGED IN THE COMMUNITY THAT HONG KONG SHOULD HAVE A NEW STATUTORY BODY RESPONSIBLE FOR ARTS

DEVELOPMENT.

НЕ SAID IN LIGHT OF THE

THAT CONSIDERED

THE BODY SHOULD DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL (HKADC).

OPINIONS PUT FORWARD, IT WAS BE CALLED THE HONG KONG ARTS

AS

ACTIVITIES,

ΤΟ COMMITTED

THE

ITS MEMBERS SHOULD INCLUDE PEOPLE FROM THE ARTS COMMUNITY

AND REPRESENTING A BROAD RANGE OF ARTISTIC INTERESTS WELL

LEADERS INTERESTED IN AND PROMOTION OF THE ARTS, HE SAID.

AS COMMUNITY

MR SO ADDED THAT THE MISSION OF THE FUTURE HKADC WOULD BE ΤΟ

PROMOTE PLAN AND

THE BROAD DEVELOPMENT AND

OF APPRECIATION

AND то IMPROVING THE PARTICIPATION IN THE ARTS WITH A VIEW

QUALITY OF

LIFE OF THE

COMMUNITY, PLACING PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON THE PERFORMING, VISUAL AND LITERARY ARTS.

FOR

WHOLE

IT WOULD ALSO AIM TO LIAISE AND WORK CLOSELY WITH EXISTING

KONG ORGANISATIONS, SUCH AS THE MUNICIPAL COUNCILS, THE HONG

ACADEMY THE PERFORMING ARTS, THE HONG KONG ARTS CENTRE AND OTHER INDEPENDENT BODIES IN THE PROMOTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE ARTS IN

THEIR HONG KONG, WHILST RESPECTING AND NOT IMPINGING UPON

AUTONOMOUS

STATUS.

/THE NEW

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