The Finance Committee of the Legislative Council will tighten social distancing measures again and close arts and cultural venues starting from January 7, 2022 (Friday). The government launched the sixth round of "Anti-epidemic Fund", which includes the "Arts and Culture Sector Subsidy Scheme - Subsidy to Individual Art Practitioners and Freelancers" (hereinafter referred to as the "Scheme"), which provides one-time subsidies (HK$10,000 per person) to individual art practitioners and freelancers. Home Affairs Bureau once again entrusted The Chinese Artists Association of Hong Kong to distribute the above-mentioned subsidies to Cantonese opera practitioners in the industry.
The funding targets of this project are 411* Cantonese opera industry practitioners who have received funding from the "Arts and Culture Sector Subsidy Scheme - Subsidy to Individual Arts Practitioners and Freelancers" through The Chinese Artists Association of Hong Kong between April 2020 and April 2021, but have not received funding from the "Arts and Culture Sector Subsidy Scheme" from the Hong Kong Arts Development Council.
* The Chinese Artists Association of Hong Kong There are originally 786 people on the list of recipients of funding, 371 of whom have received funding from the "Arts and Culture Sector Funding Scheme" from the Hong Kong Arts Development Council, resulting in 411 out of 415 practitioners (the other 4 have been In Memoriam).
(If you want to check whether you are on the list, please call 2384 2929)
411 people on the list (That is, those who successfully received $5,000 from The Chinese Artists Association of Hong Kong in February 2022) Individual notifications from The Chinese Artists Association of Hong Kong will be received. Practitioners who have been notified should bring their original ID cards in person to receive the subsidy check at the following time and location:
Date: March 11-12 (Friday to Saturday) 10:00 am to 6:00 pm
Location: Cantonese Opera Academy of The Chinese Artists Association of Hong Kong (2nd Floor, Fu Heng House, 170 Tung Choi Street, Prince Edward)
Due to the seriousness of the epidemic, if you are under compulsory quarantine/have not completed compulsory testing/are in close contact with a confirmed case, please do not go to collect tickets during the above hours.
If you are unable to collect the check during the above time, please contact our staff on or before March 12 to make other arrangements.
Subsidized practitioners must receive the subsidy check on or before April 15, 2022. Those who fail to collect the subsidy check after the due date will be deemed to have given up the subsidy.
If you have any questions, please call 2384 2929 or email rockychan@hkbarwo.com Query.
This content was translated by AI. In case of any discrepancy, the Chinese version shall prevail.
