China News Service, Hong Kong, May 31st (Reporter Han Xingtong) The 15th Hong Kong Arts Development Awards Presentation Ceremony hosted by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council (ADC) was held in Hong Kong on the evening of May 30, known as "Hong Kong Comedy" The famous film director Xu Guanwen and well-known novelist Ni Yishu (Yishu) of "Taidou" won the Outstanding Artistic Contribution Award.
This year’s Hong Kong Arts Development will present a total of 31 awards in 7 categories to local art workers, groups, schools and institutions, including the Lifetime Achievement Award, Outstanding Artistic Contribution Award, Artist’s Annual Award, Artistic Young Talent Award, etc. Their achievements in art and their contributions in promoting the development of art in Hong Kong.
The winner of the Highest Honor Award for Lifetime Achievement is Lu Jingwen, who has the reputation of "the father of Hong Kong opera"; and the famous film director Xu Guanwen, the well-known novel writer Yi Shu, and the famous theater director, actor and drama educator Deng Shurong also won Awarded the Outstanding Artistic Contribution Award.
The Chairman of the Hong Kong Arts Development Council, Wang Yingwei, said that the Hong Kong Arts Development Awards has entered its fifteenth edition, marking a new milestone for the local cultural and artistic circles.
Even though the haze of the epidemic has not completely dissipated, as the epidemic has eased recently, this awards ceremony has been resumed to a limited extent so that a large number of award winners can return to the stage and receive recognition under the spotlight, which is of special significance.
Wang Yingwei said frankly that although the industry is facing severe challenges under the epidemic, it is gratified that the art workers, art groups, institutions and schools still maintain resilience and creativity, and maintain the connection with society through art, so that the art world Unabated vitality, full of vitality.
On the same day, the Chief Secretary for Administration of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government Zhang Jianzong served as the officiating guest and said in a speech that the cultural and art industry is one of the industries that have been severely impacted under the epidemic, and many performances cannot be held as usual.
The SAR government provided subsidies to the industry under the Epidemic Prevention and Anti-epidemic Fund, benefiting more than 940 art groups and art projects, and 7,400 practitioners, with a total subsidy of more than 200 million Hong Kong dollars.
He hopes that under the premise of preventing and controlling the epidemic, the industry can resume holding live performances one after another.
Zhang Jianzong also said that Hong Kong is a dynamic and cosmopolitan city full of Chinese and Western cultures. It inherits Chinese traditions and integrates overseas diverse cultures to develop a unique cultural and artistic outlook.
He hoped that the ADC will continue to strengthen the promotion of foreign cultural exchanges and cooperation, promote the rich and colorful Hong Kong culture to all parts of the world, give full play to Hong Kong's advantages in the cultural and artistic circles of the Asia-Pacific region, and open up a broader development space for the industry.
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