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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1980
THE FESTIVAL IS BEING ORGANISED BY A PREPARATORY COMMITTEE WHOSE PRESIDENT IS MR TING AND WHOSE CHAIRMAN IS MR LAM YAU-KWONG.
MORE THAN 30 ACTIVITIES WILL BE HELD DURING THE TWO-WEEK PERIOD, INCLUDING FOOTBALL MATCHES, TABLE TENNIS GAMES, MARTIAL ARTS, LONG-DISTANCE RUNNING EVENTS AND CANTONESE OPERA PERFORMANCES.
TSUEN WAN DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD HAS PROVIDED $60 000 TOWARDS FESTIVAL COSTS AND ANOTHER $70 000 IS BEING RAISED BY PRIVATE DONATIONS FROM LOCAL BUSINESS ORGANISATIONS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS.
FJECT DESIGN COMPETITION ON FIRE PREVENTION
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JUDGING OF THE INTER-SCHOOL PROJECT DESIGN COMPETITION ON FIRE PREVENTION, HELD BY THE COMMUNITY YOUTH CLUB SECRETARIAT OF THE EDUCATION DÉPARTMENT, TOOK PLACE TODAY AT THE EXHIBITION GALLERY OF THE TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL.
A PANEL OF FOUR JUDGES CHOSE THE WINNING DESIGNS FROM ENTRIES SUBMITTED BY 17 SECONDARY SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT HONG KONG.
ENTRIES WERE IN FOUR SUBJECT GROUPS: HIGH COST OF FACTORY FIRES, FIRE PROTECTION AT HOME, PREVENTION OF HILL FIRES, AND THE FIRE SERVICES IN HONG KONG. THEY WERE ILLUSTRATED BY PICTURES, PHOTOGRAPHS, MODELS, CHARTS AND FEATURE ARTICLES.
THE JUDGES WERE REPRESENTATIVES FROM FIRE SERVICES, INFORMATION SERVICES, AND EDUCATION DEPARTMENTS.
MARKS WERE GIVEN FOR CAREFUL AND RELEVANT RESEARCH, OVERALL EFFECTIVENESS OF THE ENTRY INCLUDING ITS LAYOUT, THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE ENTRY APTLY AND GRAPHICALLY ILLUSTRATED THE CHOSEN THEME, AND THE ARTISTRY, SKILL AND INGENUITY OF PRESENTATION.
THE FIRST THREE WINNERS WILL RECEIVE BOOK AND STATIONERY TOKENS, VALUED AT $1 000, $800, AND 3500. THERE ARE ALSO FIVE MERIT PRIZES OF $300 EACH.
RESULTS OF THE JUDGING WILL BE ANNOUNCED AND THE PRIZES PRESENTED TOMORROW (FRIDAY) AT THE START OF A THREE-DAY EXHIBITION AT TSUEN WAN TOAN HALL WHERE ALL THE ENTRIES WILL BE DISPLAYED.
THE EXHIBITION WILL BE OPENED BY THE DEPUTY CHIEF FIRE OFFICER, MR LAM LOK-BUN, AND THE DEPUTY CHIEF INSPECTOR OF SC-COLS, MRS LOUISE MCK.
IT WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM AND ON SUNDAY FROM 10 AM TO - PM.