THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1980
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ABOUT 130 FULL-TIME AND 137 PART-TIME TEACHING AND GENERAL STAFF ARE EMPLOYED BY THE INSTITUTE.
NOTE TO EDITORS.
YOU ARE WELCOME TO SEND YOUR REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE OPEN DAY OF KWUN TONG TECHNICAL INSTITUTE TOMORROW (MARCH 28). THE INSTITUTE IS LOCATED AT 25 HIU MING STREET, KWUN TONG, KOWLOON.
YUEN LONG DISTRICT OFFICER
OPENS CHILDREN'S ARTS EXHIBITION
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YUEN LONG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR FUNG KWOK-KEUNG, TODAY (THURSDAY) URGED YUEN LONG RESIDENTS TO FURTHER EXPAND AND SUPPORT CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES IN THE DISTRICT.
MR FUNG WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF A CHILDREN'S ARTS EXHIBITION, ENTITLED +THEIR JOYFUL MOMENTS+, IN THE YUEN LONG TOWN HALL,
HE PRAISED STUDENTS FROM 20 LOCAL PRIMARY SCHOOLS FOR THEIR EXCELLENT WORK SELECTED FOR DISPLAY.
A TOTAL OF 160 EXHIBITS WERE CHOSEN FROM MORE THAN 2 000 ENTRIES BY PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS THROUGHOUT HONG KONG FOR THE 1979 HONG KONG CHILDREN'S ARTS EXHIBITION, JOINTLY ORGANISED LAST YEAR BY THE URBAN COUNCIL AND THE ASSOCIATION OF HONG KONG CHILDREN'S ARTS EXHIBITIONS.
A FURTHER 60 EXHIBITS WERE SKETCHES BY YOUNG ARTISTS WHO TOOK PART IN A SKETCHING ACTIVITIES PROGRAMME AT THE OCEAN PARK LAST NOVEMBER.
THE 220 EXHIBITS WERE FIRST DISPLAYED AT THE HONG KONG MUSEUM OF ART IN THE CITY HALL IN JANUARY.
MORE THAN 30 000 LOCAL STUDENTS AND RESIDENTS ARE EXPECTED TO ATTEND THE FOUR-DAY EXHIBITION.
TODAY'S OPENING WAS ALSO ATTENDED BY MR NATHAN MA NING-HEI CHARIMAN OF THE ASSOCIATION OF HONG KONG CHILDREN'S ARTS EXHIBITIONS, WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR BRINGING THE EXHIBITION TO YUEN LONG.
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