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Congratulatory Speech to be delivered by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department Representative at the Conference jointly presented by Leisure and Cultural Services Department and
RAS 9 December 2000
Dr Waters, Dr Sinn, ladies and gentlemen,
I am greatly honoured to speak at this conference jointly presented by the Royal Asiatic Society, Hong Kong Branch and the Leisure and Cultural Services Department. I am also most delighted to celebrate with you the 40th anniversary of the Society's reconstitution.
In the Analects of Confucius, the master said "At thirty I stood firm; at forty I had no more doubts." Stepping into the age of forty, the Royal Asiatic Society is no doubt a well-established cultural organization. I would like to express my deepest appreciation of the Society's great contribution in the promotion of the public's interest in and appreciation of Hong Kong's culture and heritage in the past few decades.
With its roots dating back to some 150 years, the Royal Asiatic Society is the oldest learned society in Hong Kong enjoying a very high academic status. Since its reconstitution in 1960, the Society has witnessed the remarkable growth of Hong Kong. It has also been playing a leading role in promoting the study of Hong Kong's history and culture through the organization of lectures and field trips as well as publications of high academic standard. It provides a very good channel for the people of Hong Kong, the expatriate community in particular, to acquire a better understanding of the arts, history, culture and customs of the territory. Nowadays, cultural tourism is much talked about all over the world. However, it is in fact nothing new, as the Society has been the prime mover of cultural tourism in Hong Kong since decades ago.
Although the Leisure and Cultural Services Department is a relatively new government department, the Museum of History, Heritage Museum, and the Antiquities and Monuments Office now put under the Department already have a long and close relationship with the
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Congratulatory Speech to be delivered by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department Representative at the Conference jointly presented by Leisure and Cultural Services Department and
RAS 9 December 2000
Dr Waters, Dr Sinn, ladies and gentlemen,
I am greatly honoured to speak at this conference jointly presented by the Royal Asiatic Society, Hong Kong Branch and the Leisure and Cultural Services Department. I am also most delighted to celebrate with you the 40th anniversary of the Society's reconstitution.
In the Analects of Confucius, the master said "At thirty I stood firm; at forty I had no more doubts." Stepping into the age of forty, the Royal Asiatic Society is no doubt a well-established cultural organization. I would like to express my deepest appreciation of the Society's great contribution in the promotion of the public's interest in and appreciation of Hong Kong's culture and heritage in the past few decades.
With its roots dating back to some 150 years, the Royal Asiatic Society is the oldest learned society in Hong Kong enjoying a very high academic status. Since its reconstitution in 1960, the Society has witnessed the remarkable growth of Hong Kong. It has also been play- ing a leading role in promoting the study of Hong Kong's history and culture through the organization of lectures and field trips as well as publications of high academic standard. It provides a very good chan- nel for the people of Hong Kong, the expatriate community in particular, to acquire a better understanding of the arts, history, culture and cus- toms of the territory. Nowadays, cultural tourism is much talked about all over the world. However, it is in fact nothing new, as the Society has been the prime mover of cultural tourism in Hong Kong since de- cades ago.
Although the Leisure and Cultural Services Department is a rela- tively new government department, the Museum of History, Heritage Museum, and the Antiquities and Monuments Office now put under the Department already have a long and close relationship with the
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