WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1981
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+ IT IS MY VERY GREAT PLEASURE TO BE INVITED HERE TONIGHT TO OPEN THE THIRD TSUEN WAN ARTS FESTIVAL. THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT CULTURAL EVENT IN TSUEN WAN DURING THE YEAR, AND ONE THAT IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY RECOGNISED BY PEOPLE OUTSIDE TSUEN WAN.
+AS EACH YEAR GOES BY THERE ARE CHANGES AND IMPROVEMENTS AND CONGRATULATE ALL THE PERSONS AND ORGANISATIONS INVOLVED IN THE FESTIVAL FOR THEIR IMAGINATION, ENTHUSIASM AND SHEER HARD WORK. IT HAS BEEN WELL-REWARDED, BECAUSE THIS YEAR THE FESTIVAL WILL LAST A FULL FOUR WEEKS PERFORMANCES ARE BEING STAGED IN HOUSING ESTATES AND OUTLYING PARTS OF THE DISTRICT- THERE IS A CLOSER INTEGRATION WITH THE CENTRAL HONG KONG ARTS FESTIVAL AND OVERSEAS GROUPS FOR THE FIRST TIME ARE BEING SPECIFICALLY INVITED FROM THE PHILIPPINES AND SOUTH KOREA TO TAKE PART IN THE FESTIVAL.
+UNDOUBTEDLY THE EXISTENCE OF THIS BUILDING, THE TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL, HAS BEEN AN IMPORTANT FACTOR IN THE GROWTH OF THE FESTIVAL, AND I AM DELIGHTED TO LEARN THAT MOST OF THE FACILITIES IN THE TOWN HALL ARE FULLY BOOKED MOST OF THE YEAR. WORK WILL START THIS YEAR ON SIMILAR HALLS IN TUEN MUN AND IN SHA TIN, THIS YEAR TOO, BOTH YUEN LONG AND THE NORTHERN DISTRICT WILL EACH HAVE AN AIR-CONDITIONED AUDITORIUM FOR PUBLIC CONCERTS AND PERFORMANCES. WE CAN THUS LOOK FORWARD WITH CONFIDENCE TO
A CHAIN OF FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY WHICH WILL BRING ENJOYMENT OF THE ARTS CLOSER TO THE PEOPLE.
+ WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO CONGRATULATE THE CHAIRMAN, MR CHAN PO-FONG, AND HIS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FOR THEIR FINE EFFORTS, AND TO EXPRESS MY ADMIRATION FOR THE SUCCESS OF THIS ANNUAL EVENT SINCE IT STARTED IN 1979. MY BEST WISHES TO THE THIRD TSUEN WAN ARTS FESTIVAL, AND TO YOU ALL.
+ IT NOW GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE TO DECLARE OPEN THE THIRD TSUEN WAN ARTS FESTIVAL.+
BUS ZONE ARRANGEMENTS
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TWO LENGTHS OF ROADS IN CAUSEWAY BAY WILL BE RESTRICTED TO FRANCHISED BUSES AND THOSE GIVEN WRITTEN AUTHORITY FROM 10 AM ON FRIDAY (JANUARY 30), A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY.
THEY ARE THE UNNAMED ROAD UNDER CANAL ROAD FLYOVER FROM ITS JUNCTION WITH HENNESSY ROAD TO THE END OF THE LOOP ROAD CONNECTING CANAL ROAD WEST, AND THE OFF-SIDE LANE OF CANAL ROAD EAST BETWEEN SHARP STREET EAST AND LEIGHTON ROAD.
AT THE SAME TIME, THE BUS-ONLY LANE ON THE SOUTH CARRIAGEWAY OF PUBLIC SQUARE STREET BETWEEN RECLAMATION STREET AND SHANGHAI STREET IN YAU MA TEI WILL BE WITHDRAWN.
THE CANCELLATION IS DUE TO THE CLOSURE OF RECLAMATION STREET FOR CONSTRUCTION WORK IN THE AREA.
ALSO FROM FRIDAY, THE MACAU FERRY BUS TERMINUS TO THE NORTH OF MORRISON STREET WILL BE DESIGNATED A 'PROHIBITED ZONE' AND CLOSED TO ALL VEHICLES EXCEPT FRANCHISED BUSES.
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