SOMALIA: NEW NATIONAL THEATRE OPENED IN MOGADISHU

Record ID: 496404

  • Title: SOMALIA: NEW NATIONAL THEATRE OPENED IN MOGADISHU
  • Date: 29th November 1967
  • Summary: 1. LV THEATRE (2 SHOTS) 0.16 2. LV PAN DOWN FRONT OF BUILDING 0.25 3. MV CHINESE AND SOMALIA FLAGS ON TOP OF THEATRE 0.30 4. MV PRESIDENT CUTS TAPE 0.41 5. MV PRESIDENT UPSTAIRS 0.43 6. LV CROWD IN THEATRE 0.51 7. MV PRESIDENT AND PRIME MINISTER SEATED ON STAGE 0.56 8. MV DECORATED BACK CLOTH 1.00 9. LV CROWD 1.04 10. MV CHINESE AMBASSADOR GIVES DOCUMENTS TO MINISTER OF INFORMATION. 1.12 11. MV MINISTER OF INFORMATION SPEAKING 1.18 13. MCV CHINESE AMBASSADOR 1.29 14. LV CROWD 1.32 15. MV PRESIDENT AND OTHERS ON STAGE 1.37 16. MV CROWD 1.40 17. MV CHINESE AMBASSADOR AND SOMALIA MINISTER LOOK AT PLANS 1.47 Initials PBS/VS/BHH/DM Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 14th December 1967 12:00
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  • Location: MOGADISHU, SOMALIA
  • Country: Somalia
  • Reuters ID: LVA6EVDFEU9XF6AE8AMS0ZDZ8YWI
  • Story Text: THE NEW NATIONAL THEATRE OF SOMALIA WAS OPENED IN MOGADISHU ON SUNDAY BY PRESIDENT ABDIRASHID ALI SHERMARKE. THE THEATRE HAS BUILT WITH FOREIGN AID PROVIDED BY THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.

    THE THEATRE IS THE FIRST EVER BUILT IN SOMALIA. FORTY TRADESMEN AND ALL THE MATERIAL FOR THE PROJECT WERE SHIPPED FROM THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA. THE THEATRE WILL SEAT 1,600 PEOPLE.

    THE THEATRE WAS FORMALLY HANDED OVER TO THE PEOPLE OF SOMALIA BY THE CHINESE AMBASSADOR TO MOGADISHU, YANG SHOU-CHENG.

    THE THEATRE IS DESCRIBED AS A LUXURIOUS BUILDING, FITTED WITH SOME OF THE MOST UP-TO-DATE THEATRE EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE. A NEW NATIONAL THEATRE COMPANY IS TO BE FORMED, AND STAGE TECHNICIANS AND PRODUCERS AND DIRECTORS ARE TO BE TRAINED. SOME CRITICISM HAS BEEN REPORTED FROM A NUMBER OF SOMALI PEOPLE WHO CONSIDER THE FOREIGN AID USED FOR THE THEATRE COULD HAVE BEEN PUT TO BETTER USE.

    SOMALIA RECEIVES CONSIDERABLE AID FROM THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, AND A NUMBER OF SOMALI STUDENTS ARE AT PRESENT STUDYING AT CHINESE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES UNDER AN EDUCATIONAL AID SCHEME.

    OTHER FOREIGN AID HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY WEST GERMANY AND THE SOVIET UNION, AND THE UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANISATION (UNESCO).
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