THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1980
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MR WILSON SAID SIMILAR TOWN HALLS WERE PLANNED FOR THE OTHER NEW TOWNS OF TUEN MUN AND SHA TIN, BUT FOR THE MOMENT TSUEN WAN LED THE WAY.
AMID APPLAUSE, PRINCESS ALEXANDRA THEN UNVEILED A PLAQUE AND DECLARED THE TOWN HALL OFFICIALLY OPEN.
SHE SAID: +HONG KONG IS WITHOUT DOUBT ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING AND PROGRESSIVE PLACES IN THE WORLD.
+EVERY TIME RETURN, THERE ARE NEW PROJECTS UNDER WAY OR NEW BUILDINGS THAT HAVÉ SPRUNG UP AS IF BY MAGIC.
*THIS TOWN HALL IS A PRIME EXAMPLE. IT IS A NEW BUILDING IN A NEW TOWN TO CONTAIN NEW ACTIVITIES.+
MOVING TO THE AUDITORIUM, THE PRINCESS WAS GREETED BY 1 000 STUDENTS FROM 25 SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN TSUEN WAN.
AFTER THE NATIONAL ANTHEM WAS PLAYED BY THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE BAND, MR CHAN GAVE A SPEECH OF THANKS DURING WHICH HE SAID THIS FINE HALL IS A SYMBOL OF TSUEN WAN'S STEADY PROGRESS.+
HE SAID ITS COMPLETION HAD BEEN EAGERLY AWAITED BY LOCAL PEOPLE.
+OUR LARGE POPULATION INCLUDES MANY TALENTED PERSONS AND OTHERS WITH A KEEN INTEREST IN THE ARTS.
+OUR NEW TOWN HALL WILL ENABLE US TO DEVELOP THE PERFORMING ARTS AND TO EXTEND OUR CULTURAL APPRECIATION TO A HIGHER STANDARD.+
THE PRINCESS WATCHED PERFOMANCES BY THE ASSOCIATION'S TSUEN WAN GIRLS' AND CHILDREN'S CHOIRS AND THE TSUEN WAN DANCE TROUPE. THE CHOIRS, COMPRISING RESPECTIVELY 40 YOUNG WOMEN AGED BETWEEN 17 AND 25 AND 50 CHILDREN AGED BETWEEN SEVEN AND 13, SANG TWO CHINESE FOLK SONGS AND AN INDONESIAN SONG ON YOUTH AND FRIENDSHIP.
THE 30-MEMBER DANCE TROUPE, COMPOSED OF YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN AGED BETWEEN 17 AND 22, PERFORMED LION AND FOLK DANCES WEARING TRADITIONAL CHINESE COSTUMES.
THE PRINCESS THEN WENT TO THE EXHIBITION GALLERY ON THE FIRST FLOOR TO VIEW A DISPLAY TRACING TSUEN WAN'S PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE.
THE DISPLAY, ORGANISED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICE, TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL MANAGEMENT AND THE
INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT, WILL BE MOVED TO THE MAIN FOYER SHORTLY AND BE OPEN TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC UNTIL MARCH 16.
THE PROJECT MANAGER TSUEN WAN, MR EDDY SHORT, AND THE DIRECTOR OF NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES, MR HARNAM GREWAL, WERE PRESENTED TO THE PRINCESS IN THE EXHIBITION GALLERY.
AN EXCITED 13-YEAR-OLD, MISS HUNG CHUI-LAN, ONE OF THE WINNERS OF A MURALS DESIGN COMPETITION, WAS PRESENTED TO THE PRINCESS. CHUI-LAN WAS ONLY 11 WHEN SHE WON THE COMPETITION WHICH ATTRACTED 140 ENTRIES. HER WINNING DESIGN NOW GRACES THE FIRST FLOOR LIFT LOBBY OF THE TOWN HALL.
/OTHER WINNERS ・・・・・