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Arts Development Council representative organisations

The Governor has specified a list of organisations or groups of organisations to be representatives of their respective arts interests for the purpose of each nominating a person for membership of the Hong Kong Arts Development Council (HKADC).

The specified group for each arts interest may each nominate one person experienced in that arts interest to be considered by the Governor for appointment as a Member of the HKADC with effect from January 1, 1996.

Under the Hong Kong Arts Development Council Ordinance, the 16 non- official Council members may include up to nine persons nominated by the specified organisations or groups of organisations as mentioned above.

A spokesman for the Recreation and Culture Branch said today (Wednesday) the memberships of these specified organisations and groups of organisations were open to all individuals and organisations who were active in their respective arts interest in Hong Kong.

Any suitable persons or organisations wishing to join in should contact directly the respective specified organisations or groups of organisations.

As regards the literary arts category, the spokesman said as currently there was no applicant which could on its own be considered as representative of the entire literary arts category, it was not possible to specify any group in this category at

this time.

"Instead, the Governor will appoint directly a person experienced in the literary arts to be a member for the coming term of office.

"And if in due course a suitable literary arts organisation or group emerges, then it could be specified for the purposes of nominating persons to represent the literary arts in future terms of office of the HKADC," he added.

The spokesman also noted that the original intention had been that traditional performances should be covered within the drama category.

"While the specified group of the Drama category the Joint Conference of Electoral Committee for the Drama Sector of Hong Kong can represent drama, it cannot, as currently constituted, represent traditional performances," he said.

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