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Cultural activities
Muscular activity is not for everyone or for anyone all the time 9
and the speed with which recreational activities have developed in recent
years has been paralleled by a surge of interest in the arts. Western
and Chinese orchestral music, Chinese dancing, Western ballet are all
improving in quality and attracting progressively larger audiences.
Government and the Urban Council are encouraging and promoting this new
and very healthy trend.
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The major lack is of suitable auditoria. Ones of similar
size to the City Hall will be completed in Tsuen Wan, Tuen Mun and Shatin by 1979, 1980/81 and 1982/83 respectively, and a large concert hall and theatre will be completed in the Tsimshatsui cultural complex by 1981/82.
We all hope that the new Arts Centre which was conceived in the spirit *
of this surge of interest in the arts in Hong Kong, will provide a new
focus and further stimulus to it.
Country Parks
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Another important source of recreation lies in the growing use
of the countryside, and some of you may think that unless we move quickly
soon there will not be much o: it left. However, the Country Parks
Authority is now getting into its stride. Parks have recently been
formally designated at Siling Mun, Kam Shan and Lion Rock, and others
Cazetted at Sai Kung, Tai Tam and the countryside above Aberdeen which
should be designated before the end of the year. The plan is from now on
to designete 4 parks a year, so that in 4 years time there will be about
20 covering virtually all the open countryside each with its own set of
management buildings, and a corresponding increase in management staff.
We must
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