SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1980
MORE THAN 5 000 PEOPLE, INCLUDING GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES, LOCAL DIGNITARIES AND STUDENTS, ATTENDED THE VARIETY SHOW WHICH WAS THE HIGHLIGHT OF A MONTH OF CELEBRATIONS MARKING THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE DISTRICT'S ESTABLISHMENT.
NEARLY 2 000 STUDENTS, EACH HOLDING A LANTERN, TOURED THE CENTRAL AREAS OF THE MAJOR TOWNS IN THE DISTRICT BEFORE GATHERING AT FANLING PLAYGROUND TO WATCH THE VARIETY PERFORMANCES.
THE REGIONAL COMMISSIONER NORTHWESTERN NEW TERRITORIES, MR JIMMY SWEETMAN, AND NORTH DISTRICT OFFICER, MR PETER JOHNSON, DOTTED THE EYES OF A DRAGON BEFORE THE SHOW BEGAN.
PERFORMANCES INCLUDED CHINESE FOLK DANCES BY FUNG KAI SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS, SINGING BY TELEVISION ARTISTES, DRAGON AND LION DANCES AND A MAGIC SHOW,
MR AKERS-JONES SAID THE VARIETY SHOW HAD BEEN +VERY SUCCESSFUL+, WITH A SUBSTANTIAL DEGREE OF LOCAL PARTICIPATION BY BOTH YOUNG AND OLD, AND SUGGESTED THAT A FESTIVAL OF THIS SORT MIGHT BECOME A REGULAR FEATURE OF THE LIFE OF NORTH DISTRICT.
HE CONGRATULATED ALL THOSE WHO HAD BEEN CONCERNED WITH THE ARRANGEMENTS, AND THANKED THE CHAIRMAN OF THE FESTIVAL COMMITTEE, MR LIÚ CHING-LEUNG, AND ALL OTHER MEMBERS FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SUCCESS OF THE EVENT.
THE ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS INCLUDED A QUIZ CONTEST, A SOCCER TOURNAMENT, A LANTERN DESIGN COMPETITION, A LOGO COMPETITION, AND A CHINESE COUPLETS COMPETITION.
NORTH DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD PROVIDED $15 000 FOR THE FESTIVAL, WHICH COST $120 000. THE BALANCE WAS RAISED FROM PRIVATE DONATIONS.
$10 000 DONATION FOR COMMUNITY AND
SPORTS CENTRE IN TUEN MUN *****
TO MARK THE OPENING OF A NEW BRANCH IN TUEN MUN, THE OVERSEAS TRUST BANK TODAY PRESENTED A CHEQUE FOR $10 000 TO THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR BILLY LAM, TOWARDS THE COST OF CONSTRUCTING THE YAN OI TONG COMMUNITY AND SPORTS CENTRE.
THE PRESENTATION WAS MADE BY THE DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER, MR DOMINIC CHEUNG, DURING THE OPENING CEREMONY.
THE CENTRE WILL BE THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, BRINGING UNDER ONE ROOF A RANGE OF FACILITIES INCLUDING A ROLLER SKATING RINK, AN INDOOR SWIMMING POOL, A MULTI-PURPOSE GAMES HALL, A GYMNASIUM, A BOWLING CENTRE, BILLIARDS AND TABLE TENNIS ROOMS, SQUASH COURTS, RESTAURANTS AND SHOPS.
/OTHER FACILITIES