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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1975
AWARDS FOR TOP LANTERN DESIGN
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TWENTY SCHOOLS WILL RECEIVE CERTIFICATES OF MERIT FOR OUTSTANDING LANTERN DESIGN IN A RECENT COMPETITION ON MONDAY (OCTOBER 6) AFTERNOON.
CERTIFICATES OF MERIT AND BOOK COUPONS WORTH $100 EACH WILL BE AWARDED TO INDIVIDUAL WINNERS OF 40 BEST ENTRIES FOR DIVISIONS +A+ AND +B+.
EIGHTY-TWO SCHOOLS SENT IN 1,063 ENTRIES FOR BOTH DIVISIONS - DIVISION +A+ FOR CHILDREN IN THE 13 TO 20 AGE GROUP AND DIVISION +B+ FOR CHILDREN UNDER 12.
ACCORDING TO THE ORGANISERS; THE ENTRIES SUBMITTED WERE OF EXTREMELY HIGH STANDARD AND ACHIEVED THE AIM OF PRESERVING AND PROMOTING CHINESE CULTURE.
THE JUDGES SAID THE CRAFT WORK OF THE WINNING LANTERNS WAS EXCELLENT AND THE STANDARD OF WORK WAS VERY GOOD, COLOURFULL AND FULL OF IMAGINATION'.
THE WINNING LANTERNS ARE NOW ON DISPLAY IN THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICE (EASTERN).
NOTE TO EDITORS:
THE PRESENTATION OF PRIZES TO THE WINNERS WILL TAKE PLACE IN HOTEL PLAZA AT 3 P.M. ON OCTOBER 6 (MONDAY).
THE PRIZES WILL BE DISTRIBUTED BY MR. JOHN WINFIELD, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (CHIEF INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS), MR. K.T. CHAN, CHAIRMAN OF HOTEL PLAZA, AND MR. WILLIAM CHENG, PRINCIPAL OF QUEEN'S COLLEGE.
YOU ARE INVITED TO HAVE THE EVENT COVERED.
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