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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1980
BOTH LOCAL AND FOREIGN GROUPS ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE FESTIVAL AND THIS YEAR'S PROGRAMME HAS BEEN EXPANDED FROM LAST YEAR'S 36 EVENTS TO A TOTAL OF 45 INCLUDING OUTDOOR PERFORMANCES, IT HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE BY EXTENDING THE DURATION OF THE FESTIVAL FROM 16 TO 23 DAYS AND BY USING THE NEW TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL AS WELL AS OUTDOOR VENUES,
THE OUTDOOR VENUES WILL INCLUDE PLAYGROUNDS AT KWAI CHUNG ESTATE, KWAI SHING ESTATE, LAI YIU ESTATE, KWAI FONG ESTATE, SHEK LÉI ESTATE, LEI MUK SHUE ESTATE, SHA TSUI ROAD AND TSING YI ISLAND TO GUARANTEE MORE FREE ENTERTAINMENT AND ATTRACT GREATER ATTENDANCE,
APART FROM THE OPENING CONCERT OF CHINESE ART SONGS, PROGRAMMES OF THE FESTIVAL INCLUDE THE NEW ZEALAND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, THE KEFKA MIME TROUPE OF WEST GERMANY, THE LIM KEK HAN CONCERT ORCHESTRA AND A SERIES OF SIX DIFFERENT CANTONESE OPERA PRODUCTIONS STARRING LI PO YING AND LAW KAR YING. OTHER ATTRACTIONS INCLUDE THE HONG KONG CHILDREN'S CHOIR, A CANTONESE DRAMA, FOLK DANCES OF VARIOUS NATIONS AND A DANCE DRAMA CALLED LADY GENERAL LIANG HONG JU.+
LECTURES ON ORIENTAL FOLK DANCES, CHINESE PAINTING AND CALLIGRAPHY, TECHNIQUES AND APPRECIATION OF PHOTOGRAPHY, CHINESE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, LATE CHING IMPERIAL CERAMICS, ORCHESTRAL MUSIC APPRECIATION CANTONESE OPERA APPRECIATION, FLOWER ARRANGEMENT TECHNIQUES AND ORIENTAL FOLK DANCES WILL ALSO BE PRESENTED.
THERE WILL BE FOUR EXHIBITIONS INCLUDING AN ANCIENT CHINESE COINS EXHIBITION, A FLOWER SHOW, A GUANG IMPERIAL PORCELAIN EXHIBITION AND A BOOK EXHIBITION ON FINE ARTS.
GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES SENIOR APPOINTMENTS
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THE GOVERNMENT TODAY (SATURDAY) ANNOUNCED A NUMBER OF SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
MR LI FOOK-KOW WILL BE APPOINTED CHAIRMAN OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION AFTER HE RETIRES FROM THE CIVIL SERVICE IN JUNE THIS YEAR, MR LI WILL BE SUCCEEDING MR IAN LIGHTBODY, WHOSE TERM OF OFFICE AS CHAIRMAN OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION EXPIRES IN SEPTEMBER 1980.
THE POST OF SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS WILL BE FILLED BY MR DENIS BRAY, WHO IS AT PRESENT COMMISSIONER OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE IN LONDON. MR DAVID FORD, NOW SECRETARY FOR INFORMATION, WILL SUCCEED MR BRAY AS COMMISSIONER IN LONDON,
MR ALAN SCOTT, SECRETARY FOR HOUSING, WILL BECOME SECRETARY FOR INFORMATION. MR DONALD LIAO, DIRECTOR OF HOUSING, WILL TAKE OVER AS SECRETARY FOR HOUSING AND MR BERNARD WILLIAMS AS DIRECTOR OF HOUSING.
MR LIGHTBODY