MONDAY, MAY 15, 1978
EMBLEM AND MURAL DESIGNS FOR
TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL SELECTED
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A GROUP OF ACCOMPLISHED ARTISTS AND DESIGNERS PUT THE IR CREATIVE HEADS TOGETHER TODAY (MONDAY) TO JUDGE ABOUT 600 ENTRIES TO A SERIES OF DESIGN COMPETITIONS LAUNCHED BY THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD IN JANUARY THIS YEAR.
THEY JOINED THREE UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE ADVISORY BOARD AND SENIOR OFFICERS OF THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICE IN JUDGING THE EMBLEM AND MURAL DESIGNS FOR THE NEW $23 MILLION TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL SUBMITTED BY LOCAL ARTISTS AND SCHOOL STUDENTS.
AMONG THE JUDGES WERE MR. M. FARR, HEAD OF HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC'S DESIGN DEPARTMENT- MR. TÁO HO, WELL-KNOWN ARCHITECT AND DESIGNER- MR. LEE FUK-WAH AND MR, VAN LÂU, BOTH RENOWNED SCULPTORS MR. FREDERICK WOO, PWD'S PROJECT ARCHITECT AND
MR. GERARD TSANG, ACTING CURÁTOR OF THE MUSEUM OF ART, CITY HALL.
THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD JUDGES WERE MR. CHAN PO-FONG, MR. CHAN KAI-CHUNG AND MR. LAM KIN-MING, WHO WERE ASSISTED BY THE BOARD SECRETARY MR. BENJAMIN TANG.
AT THEIR JUDGING SESSION, THE BEST DESIGN FOR AN EMBLEM AND THREE MURALS WERE CHOSEN FOR USE IN THE TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL WHICH WILL BE READY LATE NEXT YEAR, PROVIDING A WELL-EQUIPPED AUDITORIUM AND OTHER FACILITIES ALONG THE LINES OF HONG KONG CITY HALL TO MEET THE CULTURAL NEEDS OF THE NEW TOWN.
THERE WERE 180 ENTRIES FROM HONG KONG RESIDENTS TO THE EMBLEM DESIGN COMPETITION, THE THEME OF WHICH IS ON TSUEN WAN.
IN THE MURAL DESIGN COMPETITION, A TOTAL OF 419 ENTRIES WERE RECEIVED, AND THEY WERE SPLIT INTO THREE GROUPS-- GROUND-FLOOR MURAL, FIRST-FLOOR MURAL AND SECOND-FLOOR MURAL.
THE THEME OF THIS COMPETITION IS TSUEN WAN OLD AND NEW+.
THE BOARD SECRETARY, MR. BENJAMIN TANG SAID TODAY THAT IT WAS ENCOURAGING TO WITNESS THE OVERWHELMING RESPONSE TO THE COMPETITIONS-THE FIRST MAJOR COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT PROJECT UNDERTAKEN BY THE BOARD SINCE IT WAS SET UP SIX MONTHS AGO.
+BECAUSE OF THE HIGH STANDARD OF THE ENTRIES, THE PANEL OF JUDGES HAD FOUND IT DIFFICULT TO SELECT THE WINNING DESIGNS,+ HE SAID.
+INITIAL JUDGEMENTS HAD NOW BEEN COMPLETED AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE JUDGES ILL SHORTLY BE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD FOR ENDORSEMENT.
+ IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE RESULTS WILL BE MADE KNOWN LATER THIS MONTH.+
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