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SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, 1994

5.

FORUMS ON ARTS DEVELOPMENT

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ORGANISED BY THE GROUP WAS HELD TODAY

THE THIRD OF A SERIES OF FIVE PUBLIC FORUMS HONG KONG ARTS DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL WORKING (SATURDAY) IN THE URBAN COUNCIL CHAMBER.

THE PURPOSES OF THIS SERIES OF PUBLIC FORUMS ARE TO EXPLAIN THE PROGRESS BEING MADE BY THE WORKING GROUP SINCE IT WAS APPOINTED IN OCTOBER LAST YEAR AND TO GATHER OPINIONS FROM BOTH THE ARTS COMMUNITY AND THE PUBLIC ON HOW THE ARTS SHOULD BE DEVELOPED

IN THE 1990'S AND BEYOND.

THE FORUM HELD TODAY AND THE NEXT TWO FORUMS ARE EACH FOCUSSED ON A PARTICULAR ART FORM.

THE PURPOSE OF THE FORUM HELD TODAY WAS MAINLY ΤΟ GATHER OPINIONS AND FORWARD-LOOKING IDEAS FROM BOTH THE ARTS COMMUNITY AND THE PUBLIC ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF LITERARY ARTS.

CHOW, WHO IS A

AFTER THE MODERATOR OF THE FORUM, MR VINCENT MEMBER OF THE WORKING GROUP, HAD INTRODUCED THE SPEAKERS, THE FOLLOWING SPEAKERS THEN GAVE THEIR VIEWS ON VARIOUS TOPICS RELATING TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND PROMOTION OF LITERARY ARTS.

NAME OF SPEAKER

TOPIC

(A) DR LEUNG PING-KWAN

(B) MR LIU YI-CHANG

(C) MS FLORA WONG

(D) MS LO WAI-LUEN

PROMOTION OF LITERATURE IN HONG KONG

PROMOTION OF HONG KONG LITERATURE

THE NEEDS OF LITERARY ARTISTS

LITERATURE,

(E) MR JOSEPH CHAN

YUEK-SUT

(F) MR TING YIN-WAH

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EDUCATION AND RESEARCH

URBAN COUNCIL AND THE PROMOTION OF LITERATURE IN HONG KONG

REGIONAL COUNCIL AND THE PROMOTION OF LITERATURE IN HONG KONG

PROMOTION OF LITERATURE IN SCHOOLS

(G) MISS SUSANNA

CHEUNG

(H) MRS SIN CHOW DICK-YEE

PROMOTION OF LITERATURE IN SCHOOLS

THE MODERATOR OF THE FORUM THEN INVITED QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE FOR THE PANEL WHICH INCLUDED ALL OF THE SPEAKERS.

THE NEXT TWO FORUMS WILL BE HELD ON FEBRUARY 5 AND 19, BOTH BEING SATURDAYS, FROM 9 AM UNTIL NOON IN THE URBAN COUNCIL CHAMBER AT 3 EDINBURGH PLACE.

THE COMING FORUM WILL COVER THE PERFORMING ARTS AND THE FINAL ONE WILL COVER FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION, REPRESENTATION OF THE ARTS COMMUNITY ON THE ARTS DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL AND ANY OTHER BUSINESS.

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