City Hall Centre of Culture
For all its material drive and industry, Hong Kong has time for cultural endeavour. Proof of this is the impressive success of the City Hall, the focal point in the Colony for music and the arts, which, in 1967, celebrated its fifth anniversary with a month-long festival. More than 50,000 people visited the festival exhibitions and 95 per cent of the concert seats were booked.
The Colony's growing appetite for culture is reflected in the fact that, since the City Hall opened, more than three million people have attended concerts, plays and similar functions there and at least five million have flocked to the exhibition galleries.
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The $20 million City Hall complex commands a conspicuous position on the waterfront. In addition to the concert hall and theatre, it includes a public library, museum, art gallery, restaurant, marriage registry and a memorial garden. It is a fitting centre for the cultures of East and West 10 meet-draw- ing together the people of Hong Kong into an integrated com- munity.
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A fine example of Chinese ceramics.
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