In other words, the Familee members won't be affected lah!
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->The economic outlook may be bleak but the Government's support of the arts will remain buoyant.
'We are bound to face ups and downs in our economy but the arts is a long-term programme,' said Dr Lee Boon Yang, Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts, at the launch of the $5 million Arts For All Plan at Kallang Community Club yesterday.
'As long as we, as a nation, want to make progress, we will continue to devote the resources that are needed to support the arts,' he said.
The National Arts Council will use the money to introduce more arts in the heartland over the next five years. Coming soon to community centres: free performances and exhibitions by professional arts groups, and workshops and talks by Cultural Medallion and Young Artist Award recipients.
This gave arts practitioners reason to smile amid worries that economic concerns may keep Singaporeans focused on bread and butter issues, and less on the arts.
Ms Jalyn Han, a member of arts collective Plus Zero, said: 'More subsidies will help convince those worried about fees to give arts-related activities a try. It could be an alternative healing session in these times of stress and gloom.'
Debbie Yong
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR>Arts will not suffer amid economic gloom
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->The economic outlook may be bleak but the Government's support of the arts will remain buoyant.
'We are bound to face ups and downs in our economy but the arts is a long-term programme,' said Dr Lee Boon Yang, Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts, at the launch of the $5 million Arts For All Plan at Kallang Community Club yesterday.
'As long as we, as a nation, want to make progress, we will continue to devote the resources that are needed to support the arts,' he said.
The National Arts Council will use the money to introduce more arts in the heartland over the next five years. Coming soon to community centres: free performances and exhibitions by professional arts groups, and workshops and talks by Cultural Medallion and Young Artist Award recipients.
This gave arts practitioners reason to smile amid worries that economic concerns may keep Singaporeans focused on bread and butter issues, and less on the arts.
Ms Jalyn Han, a member of arts collective Plus Zero, said: 'More subsidies will help convince those worried about fees to give arts-related activities a try. It could be an alternative healing session in these times of stress and gloom.'
Debbie Yong
