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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1994
ENTITLED "EVOLUTIONS: COMING OF AGE IN THE HONG KONG CINEMA"
SEEN THE FILM EXHIBITION AIMS AT PROVIDING A PORTRAIT OF HONG KONG AS THROUGH ITS CINEMA, AND ESPECIALLY AS FRAMED IN STORIES OF GROWING OR COMING OF AGE.
UP
THE SERIES OF 11 FILMS TRACES AN EVOLUTION ON THEMES AND GENRES THROUGH THE WORK OF SELECTED DIRECTORS, MARKING THE GROWTH OF THE HONG
THAT ESPECIALLY THROUGH A NUMBER OF KONG
FILMS
HAVE NOT CINEMA, PREVIOUSLY BEEN SCREENED IN THE U.S.
THE EXHIBITION IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT PICTURE INDUSTRY AND NEW TERRITORIES MOTION HONG KONG, KOWLOON ASSOCIATION (MPIA).
AND
MUSEUM OF OF
BE HELD DURING OCTOBER AT THE PRESTIGIOUS IT WILL MODERN ART IN NEW YORK, THE FILM CENTRE IN CHICAGO AND HIGH MUSEUM ART IN ATLANTA.
TWO HONG KONG STARS, MISS MICHELLE YEOH AND MR ANTHONY WONG, THE HAVE ACCEPTED THE INVITATION TO SERVE AS CULTURAL AMBASSADORS TO AUDIENCES OF THE THREE CITIES.
WILL
IN HONOUR OF THEIR PERSONAL APPEARANCES, EACH INSTITUTION PRESENT A SPECIAL GALA SCREENING OF THE HEROIC TRIO IN WHICH THEY BOTH STAR.
DETAILS OF THE FILM EXHIBITION WERE ANNOUNCED IN A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY (THURSDAY). SPEAKING AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE WERE THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (OVERSEAS PUBLIC RELATIONS), GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES, MR GEORGE YUEN; CHAIRMAN OF MPIA MR CRUCINDO MICHELLE YEOH CHOO-KHENG AND MR ANTHONY WONG CHAU-SANG.
INFORMATION
HUNG;
SERVICES,
MISS
OF ALSO PRESENT WERE THE DIRECTOR IRENE YAU; AND TWO MPIA VICE-CHAIRMEN, MR MA FUNG-KWOK AND MR LEE.
MRS ALBERT
BRITISH MILITARY HOSPITAL TO CLOSE
THE BRITISH MILITARY HOSPITAL IS TO CLOSE IN 1995, HEADQUARTERS BRITISH FORCES HONG KONG ANNOUNCED TODAY (THURSDAY ),
THE CLOSURE IS PART OF A NEW PACKAGE OF MEDICAL SERVICES BEING
FOR MEMBERS OF THE BRITISH GARRISON INTRODUCED
AND THEIR FAMILIES THE FINAL TWO YEARS OF ACCOMPANIED SERVICE. THE CHANGES DURING BEEN GENERATED BY THE REDUCED SIZE OF THE GARRISON.
HAVE
THE HOSPITAL'S MATERNITY WARD WILL CLOSE IN DECEMBER, WITH THE REMAINDER OF THE HOSPITAL FOLLOWING IN MID-1995.
THE
PARK,
KOWLOON.
PROVIDES SECONDARY
KING'S HOSPITAL, AT MEDICAL CARE FOR MEMBERS OF THE BRITISH GARRISON AND THEIR FAMILIES.
THE DECISION HAS BEEN TAKEN SOLELY ON MEDICAL GROUNDS.
/THE REDUCED
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