SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1980
THE WINNER OF THE OPEN DIVISION WILL BE AWARDED $1 000, WHILE WINNERS OF THE OTHER DIVISIONS WILL EACH RECEIVE $100. THERE WILL BE A TOTAL OF 30 PRIZES.
ENTRIES SHOULD BE SENT TO SHEUNG SHUI SOCIAL CENTRE, FANLING ROTARY YOUTH CENTRE, OR SHEUNG SHUI, FANLING, SHA TAU KOK AND TA KWU LING RURAL COMMITTEE OFFICES BY SEPTEMBER 15.
PRIZES WILL BE PRESENTED AT A VARIETY SHOW TO BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 22 - THE EVE OF THE MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL - AT SHEK WU HUI PLAYGROUND, WHERE ALL ENTRIES WILL BE PUT ON DISPLAY.
THE ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS, ORGANISED BY THE LOCAL DISTRICT OFFICE, RURAL COMMITTEES AND CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS, WILL LAST A MONTH.
BESIDES THE LANTERN COMPETITION, THE CELEBRATIONS WILL INCLUDE A CHINESE COUPLET WRITING COMPETITION, A QUIZ CONTEST, A SOCCER TOURNAMENT, A LANTERN PARADE AND VARIETY SHOWS.
NORTH DISTRICT, COVERING THE TOWNS OF SHA TAU KOK, SHEUNG SHUI, SHEK WU HUI AND FANLING AND A LARGE PART OF THE BORDER AREA, WAS FORMERLY WITHIN TAI PO DISTRICT. IT BECAME A SEPARATE DISTRICT LAST OCTOBER AS DEVELOPMENT IN THE NEW TERRITORIES EXTENDED RAPIDLY TO THE NORTH AREA.
WATER CUT ***
WATER SUPPLY TO AN AREA OF YAU MA TEI WILL BE TURNED OFF FROM 10 PM ON TUESDAY (SEPTEMBER 9) TO 7 AM THE FOLLOWING DAY.
THE AREA IS BOUNDED BY CHI WO STREET, CHEONG LOK STREET, MAU LAM STREET AND NATHAN ROAD.