THE MINISTRY of Youth and
Sports has always been supportive of any programmes that will hone the skills
of youths in arts and music, said its Minister , Datuk Peter Pang En Yin.
Pang, who is also the Sabah
Musical-Theatre Society Patron said the efforts of the government and its
mission to motivate and inspire youths through music could also bring a similar
change to society.
In a speech at the gala
dinner and premiere concert Broadway musical adapted from Frank Baum's The
Wonderful Wizard of Oz, "Bennny and the Emerald Forest", Pang said
the arts field especially the musical theatre society in Sabah is consistent
with the government's efforts to curb and
prevent social ills among youths.
"The involvement of
youths in this field such as joining musical theatre can be a positive
influence," he said.
He explained that there is a
connection between the performing art
and the National Key Results Area (NKRA) in that all high income nations
support the arts as an integral part of the nation's development.
The support for arts can be
taken as a corporate social irresponsibility (CSR) initiative, Pang added.
At the gala dinner, the 40
who took part in the audition had
undergone an intensive 80-hour
rehearsal stretching 10 days. They
performed well in their rendition of the medleys from the original musical The
Wizard of Oz.
Pang said his ministry would
continue to support the productions made by the Sabah Musical Theatre Society
and look forward to seeing more performances in the future. (Insight Sabah)
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