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MR. PAO PING-WING (in Cantonese):- Mr. Chairman, Mr. CHUNG has raised a number of related questions. I will do my best to analyze and answer them.
Firstly, Mr. CHUNG said he was disappointed because he felt that we (I myself at least) were not familiar with the specific way of management of the Orchestra. Perhaps I will explain as follows. Firstly, perhaps I used the wrong wording when I gave my reply just now. But I wish to point out that the most important arm of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Society is the Management Committee, because the daily operations and performance schedules are actually handled by it rather than the Board of Directors. Hence, concerning the remark that the Council is not represented on the Board of Directors, I would say that in comparison, it is more important for the Council to be represented on the Management Committee. As far as this is concerned, Mr. CHUNG might not be able to understand me in full.
Secondly, Mr. CHUNG accused me of not being familiar with the specific way of management and process of appointment and dismissal procedures of the Orchestra. I am sure Mr. CHUNG would not be so unreasonable as to expect every Member to be familiar with the practices of each and every organization related with the Council. Nevertheless, as I replied just now, I believe they have their own set of management practices. If Members are interested, we may invite some of their representatives to the Council for a briefing in future. Such an arrangement was already mentioned in my reply.
In the second follow-up question, Mr. CHUNG said he was disappointed with me because I seemed to be implying that contacting the Director was tantamount to interfering with the administrative autonomy of the Orchestra. I wonder if Mr. CHUNG listened clearly and fully to my answer, or maybe he has an electronic mind picking up only those parts he wishes to listen to and assumes that he has got the full answer. As I clearly stated just now, we can invite the Director to the meetings of the relevant Select Committee, but merely for exchange of ideas. There will be no interference with their administrative autonomy. This is exactly what I replied just now, but regrettably, Mr. CHUNG picked up only part of the reply. I must take the opportunity to clarify the reply I gave just now.
As for the question of whether we could use some objective and specific yardsticks to measure the artistic standard of the Orchestra, I am sure we are absolutely able to do so. Although there is no popularity poll, we could, as Mr. CHUNG said, take the box-office records, the number of invitations to overseas performance of a high standard, sales records, etc as the yardsticks. This is absolutely possible. If Members agree, I consider that we may ask them to include the information collected from these yardsticks in their future proposal for financial allocation. We should be able to provide such information. I also promise Mr. CHUNG that when the organizations apply for funds we will ask them to submit the above information.
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MR. PAO PING-WING (in Cantonese):- Mr. Chairman, Mr. CHUNG has raised a number of related questions. I will do my best to analyze and answer them.
Firstly, Mr. CHUNG said he was disappointed because he felt that we (I myself at least) were not familiar with the specific way of management of the Orchestra. Perhaps I will explain as follows. Firstly, perhaps I used the wrong wording when I gave my reply just now. But I wish to point out that the most important arm of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Society is the Management Committee, because the daily operations and performance schedules are actually handled by it rather than the Board of Directors. Hence, concerning the remark that the Council is not represented on the Board of Directors, I would say that in comparison, it is more important for the Council to be represented on the Management Committee. As far as this is concerned, Mr. CHUNG might not be able to understand me in full.
Secondly, Mr. CHUNG accused me of not being familiar with the specific way of management and process of appointment and dismissal procedures of the Orchestra. I am sure Mr. CHUNG would not be so unreasonable as to expect every Member to be familiar with the practices of each and every organization related with the Council. Nevertheless, as I replied just now, I believe they have their own set of management practices. If Members are interested, we may invite some of their representatives to the Council for a briefing in future. Such an arrangement was already mentioned in my reply.
In the second follow-up question, Mr. CHUNG said he was disappointed with me because I seemed to be implying that contacting the Director was tantamount to interfering with the administrative autonomy of the Orchestra. I wonder if Mr. CHUNG listened clearly and fully to my answer, or maybe he has an electronic mind picking up only those parts he wishes to listen to and assumes that he has got the full answer. As I clearly stated just now, we can invite the Director to the meetings of the relevant Select Committee, but merely for exchange of ideas. There will be no interference with their administrative autonomy. This is exactly what I replied just now, but regrettably, Mr. CHUNG picked up only part of the reply. I must take the opportunity to clarify the reply I gave just now.
As for the question of whether we could use some objective and specific yardsticks to measure the artistic standard of the Orchestra, I am sure we are absolutely able to do so. Although there is no popularity poll, we could, as Mr. CHUNG said, take the box-office records, the number of invitations to overseas performance of a high standard, sales records, etc as the yardsticks. This is absolutely possible. If Members agree, I consider that we may ask them to include the information collected from these yardsticks in their future proposal for financial allocation. We should be able to provide such information. I also promise Mr. CHUNG that when the organizations apply for funds we will ask them to submit the above information.
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MR. PAO PING-WING (in Cantonese):-Mr. Chairman, Mr. CHUNG has raised a number of related questions. I will do my best to analyze and answer them.
Firstly, Mr. CHUNG said he was disappointed because he felt that we (I myself at least) were not familiar with the specific way of management of the Orchestra. Perhaps I will explain as follows. Firstly, perhaps I used the wrong wording when I gave my reply just now. But I wish to point out that the most important arm of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Society is the Management Committee, because the daily operations and performance schedules are actually handled by it rather than the Board of Directors. Hence, concerning the remark that the Council is not represented on the Board of Directors, 1 would say that in comparison, it is more important for the Council to be represented on the Management Committee. As far as this is concerned, Mr. CHUNG might not be able to understand me in full.
Secondly, Mr. CHUNG accused me of not being familiar with the specific way of management and process of appointment and dismissal procedures of the Orchestra. I am sure Mr. CHUNG would not be so unreasonable as to expect every Member to be familiar with the practices of each and every organization related with the Council. Nevertheless, as I replied just now, I believe they have their own set of management practices. If Members are interested, we may invite some of their representatives to the Council for a briefing in future. Such an arrangement was already mentioned in my reply.
In the second follow-up question, Mr. CHUNG said he was disappointed with me because I seemed to be implying that contacting the Director was tantamount to interfering with the administrative autonomy of the Orchestra. I wonder if Mr. CHUNG listened clearly and fully to my answer, or maybe he has an electronic mind picking up only those parts he wishes to listen to and assumes that he has got the full answer. As I clearly stated just now, we can invite the Director to the meetings of the relevant Select Committee, but merely for exchange of ideas. There will be no interference with their administrative autonomy. This is exactly what I replied just now, but regrettably, Mr. CHUNG picked up only part of the reply. I must take the opportunity to clarify the reply I gave just now,
As for the question of whether we could use some objective and specific yardsticks to measure the artistic standard of the Orchestra, I am sure we are absolutely able to do so. Although there is no popularity poll, we could, as Mr. CHUNG said, take the box-office records, the number of invitations to overseas performance of a high standard, sales records, etc as the yardsticks. This is absolutely possible. If Members agree, I consider that we may ask them to include the information collected from these yardsticks in their future proposal for financial allocation. We should be able to provide such information. I also promise Mr. CHUNG that when the organizations apply for funds we will ask them to submit the above information.
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