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(c) whether additional provision will be allocated for the launching of publicity campaigns to publicise the Museum's activities; and
(d) whether the Museum will establish closer ties with its counterparts in overseas countries, such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and arrange the loan of exhibits from these overseas organisations to add variety to its own exhibits?
Reply:
I am replying on behalf of the Urban Council.
Concerning the first part of the question, the attendance record of the Hong
Kong Museum of Art in the past three years is as follows:-
Year
Attendance
1993
155,000
1994
1995
147,000
143,000
These figures do not include attendance at the Flagstaff House Museum of Teaware in the Hong Kong Park, where part of the Museum's collection of Chinese tea wares and antiquities are on display, or attendance at educational and extension activities organised by the Museum. The attendance record of the Flagstaff House Museum of Teaware and educational and extension activities in the past three years is set out below:-
Attendance
Year
Teaware Museum
Educational & Extension Activities
1993
224,000
16,000
1994
185,000
27,000
1995
173.000
38,000
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