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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1980
WINNERS' PERFORMANCES WILL BE HELD BETWEEN APRIL 30 AND MAY 6 IN THE CITY HALL CONCERT HALL.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND YOUR REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE VARIOUS EVENTS IN THE 16TH SCHOOLS' DANCE FESTIVAL.
1 500 CHILDREN ENJOY LUNAR NEW YEAR PARTY
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THE LUNAR NEW YEAR FESTIVITIES REACHED A CLIMAX FOR ABOUT 1 500 CHILDREN TODAY (SUNDAY) WHEN THEY WERE TREATED TO A DAY OF FUN AND GAMES BY THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
THE ANNUAL FUN FAIR, ORGANISED FOR CHILDREN OF THE WATERWORKS STAFF, WAS HELD AT THE KOWLOON WAH YAN COLLEGE.
THE DAY'S EVENTS INCLUDED SONGS AND DANCES, A MAGIC SHOW, BAND DRILLS AND GAMES STALLS. IN ADDITION, THE CHILDREN WERE ABLE TO SEE +LIVE PERFORMANCES+ BY POPULAR RTV AND RTHK ARTISTES.
THE CANNON BALL EXPRESS+ WHICH TOOK CHILDREN ON TOURS ROUND THE FAIR PROVED TO BE VERY POPULAR.
SIXTEEN GAMES STALLS WERE ORGANISED BY VARIOUS DIVISIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT AND TROPHIES WERE AWARDED TO THE BEST ONES BY MR T.H. TOMLINSON, ACTING DIRECTOR OF WATER SUPPLIES.
ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS WAS A RAFFLE DRAW. THE WINNING NUMBERS WERE DRAWN BY MRS TOMLINSON, WIFE OF THE DIRECTOR OF WATER SUPPLIES- MRS WONG KWOK-LAI, WIFE OF THE GOVERNMENT WATER ENGINEER (SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION) AND MRS LAU TO-HIN, WIFE OF THE GOVERNMENT WATER ENGINEER (DESIGN AND PLANNING).
MR_TOMLINSON ALSO PRESENTED GOLD MEDALS TO TWO STAFF MEMBERS IN RECOGNITION OF THEIR OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE LAST YEAR.
THEY WERE MR CHAN CHI-KWAN AND MR KO TUNG, BOTH FROM THE MECHANICAL DIVISION.
MR CHAN HAS BEEN WITH THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT FOR MORE THAN 10 YEARS AND HAS BEEN ENGAGED IN THE MAINTENANCE OF DIESEL ENGINES AND PUMPS IN KOWLOON.
+HE POSSESSES THE SKILLS OF A FIRST-RATE CRAFTSMAN AND IS COMPETENT IN SUPERVISORY WORK, MR TOMLINSON SAID.
+HE ACCEPTS RESPONSIBILITY READILY AND EXERCISES HIS INITIATIVE TO EXTEND HIS JOB, AS DEMONSTRATED BY HIS DESIGNING OF SPECIAL TOOLS AND FIXTURES, TO FACILITATE MAINTENANCE WORK FROM TIME TO TIME.
/+HE RESPONDS