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SOLID FOUNDATION LAID FOR ARTS

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MONDAY, MARCH 28, 1994

THE

PERFORMING ART'S (CFPA) HELD PRESENTATION

ITS

LAST

RECEPTION

THE COUNCIL FOR ANNUAL PRIZE AND COMMEMORATIVE CERTIFICATE TODAY (MONDAY).

THE FROM NEXT MONTH, ITS FUNCTIONS WILL BE TAKEN OVER BY KONG ARTS DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL.

HONG

THE CFPA WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1982 AS THE GOVERNMENT'S ADVISER ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PERFORMING ARTS.

PRINCIPAL

THE

AND

"THE COUNCIL SHOULD REGARD WITH GREAT PRIDE AND SATISFACTION

HAS ESTABLISHED FOR THE SOLID FOUNDATION AND STRUCTURE THAT IT ARTS DURING THE PAST DECADE, THE SECRETARY FOR RECREATION CULTURE, MR JAMES SO, SAID.

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THE

CHAIRMAN OF THE CFPA, PROFESSOR WANG GUNGWU, BRIEFED PARTICIPANTS AT THE RECEPTION ON THE WORK OF THE CFPA DURING THE PAST YEARS, AND EXPRESSED HIS GRATITUDE TO ALL

CFPA AND ITS COMMITTEES FOR THEIR ADVICE AND SUPPORT,

THANKS WERE ALSO

MEMBERS OF

EXPRESSED то THE ASSESSORS WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE REPORT WRITING SCHEME.

ONE OF THE IMPORTANT INITIATIVES UNDERTAKEN BY THE CFPA WAS THE INTRODUCTION OF THE MATCHING GRANT SCHEME IN 1990 TO PROMOTE BUSINESS SPONSORSHIP FOR THE ARTS.

CAN APPLY FOR UNDER THE SCHEME, A PERFORMING ARTS GROUP SAME AMOUNT OF SUBSIDY FROM THE GOVERNMENT FOR EVERY DOLLAR BUSINESS SPONSORSHIP IT CAN SECURE UP TO A MAXIMUM OF $100,000.

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THE OF

DURING THE PERIOD 1990/91 TO 1993/94 A TOTAL OF 46 MATCHING GRANTS WERE AWARDED ATTRACTING SPONSORSHIP OF $5.7 MILLION.

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AT THE RECEPTION, COMMEMORATIVE CERTIFICATES WERE PRESENTED

HAD GENEROUSLY GIVEN BUSINESS SPONSORS WHO

TO SUPPORT PERFORMING ARTS IN 1993/94.

THEIR

THE

FOR THE FOURTH YEAR RUNNING, THE CFPA HAD ORGANISED AWARDS

WERE OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SCRIPTS WHICH

AIMED AT LOCAL PLAYWRIGHTS FOR THE SAKE OF THE DEVELOPMENT KONG.

FOR

CULTIVATING OF DRAMA

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IN

HONG

NINE WINNING SCRIPTS WERE SELECTED.

IN THE OPEN SECTION "FULL LENGTH PLAY", CHEUNG TAT-MING WON

THE SECOND PRIZE WENT TO NG KA-HAI AND THE THE FIRST PRIZE.

THIRD,

TO PAUL POON.

IN THE OPEN SECTION

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"ONE ACT PLAY/SHORTER WORK" THE WINNERS

KA-HAI, JAMES CHEUNG OF FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD PRIZES WERE NO

AND TING YU RESPECTIVELY. AN AWARD OF MERIT WAS PRESENTED TO PANG KA-WING.

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