7
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1993
CURTAIN GOES UP FOR HK FILM FESTIVAL
START
THE HONG KONG FILM FESTIVAL IN PARIS GOT OFF TO A HECTIC LAST NIGHT (WEDNESDAY) WITH MOVIE-GOERS ANXIOUS TO MEET POPULAR HONG KONG FILM STARS JACKIE CHAN, MAGGIE CHEUNG AND JOEY WANG.
THE STARS HAD FLOWN SPECIALLY TO PARIS TO TAKE PART IN THE OPENING CEREMONY PERFORMED BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY-DESIGNATE, MRS ANSON CHAN, AND THE DIRECTOR OF CINEMATHEQUE FRANCAISE, MR DOMINIQUE PAINI.
JACKIE CHAN, IN PARTICULAR, WHO HAS A STRONG FOLLOWING IN PARIS HAS ALREADY FEATURED IN LE MONDE NEWSPAPER AND ON FRENCH TELEVISION, WHICH HAS RAISED THE PROFILE OF THE FESTIVAL A MAJOR COMPONENT OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT'S EUROPE PROMOTION.
-
DURING THE OPENING CEREMONY, MR CHAN PRESENTED A COSTUME TO CINEMATHEQUE FRANCAISE AS PART OF ITS MUSEUM COLLECTION, WHILE A COPY OF THE FILM "MASTER OF ZEN" WAS ALSO HANDED OVER TO CINEMATHEQUE.
CHAN,
SAID
IN HER SPEECH, THE CHIEF SECRETARY-DESIGNATE, MRS HONG KONG HAD BECOME THE WORLD'S MOST SIGNIFICANT PRODUCTION CENTRE FOR CHINESE-LANGUAGE FILMS WITH MORE THAN 200 FILMS BEING PRODUCED.
SHE SAID IT WAS FITTING THAT THE FESTIVAL STARTED WITH A JACKIE CHAN FILM "CRIME STORY" AND SHE PRAISED HIM FOR BEING "A TIRELESS AMBASSADOR FOR HONG KONG CINEMA"
THE FESTIVAL HAS BEEN JOINTLY ORGANISED WITH THE HONG KONG MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION AND LA CINEMATHEQUE, A WORLD RENOWNED FILM LIBRARY.
IT FEATURES 20 FILMS MADE BETWEEN THE EARLY 1980'S AND 1993 AND REPRESENTS THE WORK OF FAMOUS HONG KONG MOVIE DIRECTORS. IT WILL RUN FOR THREE WEEKS.
SUPPORT EQUALITY OF SEXES: SHA URGES
AND
PEOPLE SHOULD RAISE THEIR CONCERN ON SEXUAL DISCRIMINATION SUPPORT THE PRINCIPLE OF EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES BEFORE SUCH DISCRIMINATION CAN BE ELIMINATED.
+
THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS MR MICHAEL SUEN, THIS (THURSDAY) EVENING.
ADDRESSING THE 43RD ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF ST JAMES SETTLEMENT, HE SAID THE GOVERNMENT SUBSCRIBED TO THE PRINCIPLE OF EQUALITY BETWEEN THE SEXES.
/AND, IN
+ -
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.