376 Recreation, Sport and the Arts
from Pearl River Delta in Contemporary Art Centre in Vilnius. The exhibition is going on in Kunstvereins in Hamburg and Munich.
The Hong Kong Jockey Club Music and Dance Fund
The Hong Kong Jockey Club Music and Dance Fund was set up in 1980 with a donation of $10 million from the Hong Kong Jockey Club for the promotion and development of music and dance. It is a non-statutory trust fund, administered by a board of trustees. In 1994, the Jockey Club injected a further $22 million into the fund to meet increasing demand for support.
The fund awards scholarships to enable young people to pursue an integrated programme of post-diploma/post-graduate studies or professional training in music or dance at leading institutions or undertake less formal studies, projects or creative work outside Hong Kong.
During the year, the fund awarded three scholarships worth about $1.42 million.
Music Office
The main aims of the Music Office are to promote general music education in Hong Kong, especially among young people, develop public interest in music and to foster sharing of music among local young musicians and their counterparts across the world. The Music Office runs 18 youth orchestras, bands and choirs with 1 400 members. In 2007, it organised an instrumental music training scheme for 4 700 trainees, short-term music interest courses for 2 000 participants, and 390 music activities to entertain a total of 175 000 people. Other major events included a music camp, youth music 'interflows', and music exchange programmes for local, Mainland and overseas young musicians.
Cultural Venues
Hong Kong Cultural Centre
Since its inauguration in 1989, the Hong Kong Cultural Centre has established itself as Hong Kong's premier performing arts venue, attracting leading artists from around the world. It has three main performing venues: Concert Hall, with a seating capacity of 2 019, Grand Theatre, seating capacity of 1 734, and Studio Theatre which seats 303 to 496 people. In 2007, more than 850 000 people attended 895 performances at these venues.
Hong Kong City Hall
The Hong Kong City Hall, the first cultural venue of its kind built in Hong Kong in 1962, commands a special place in Hong Kong's cultural development. It is a major multi-purpose complex comprising the Concert Hall, Theatre, Recital Hall, Exhibition Hall and Exhibition Gallery. A total of 651 events were held there during the year, attracting over 415 000 people.
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