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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1981
+THIS SCHEME REQUIRES HUGE RESOURCES.
APART FROM LAND AND BUILDING EXPENSES, EXPERIENCED WELFARE VOLUNTARY AGENCIES WITH POTENTIAL ARE NEEDED TO HANDLE DIFFERENT SERVICES.
+ THE EARTH-BREAKING CEREMONY HERE TODAY IS AN EXAMPLE OF
THIS EXPANSION SCHEME,+ MR CHUI SAID.
+ IN THE COMING DECADE OR SO, WE WILL WANT MORE SUCH PROJECTS IN VARIOUS DISTRICTS WE ALSO HOPE THAT SOCIAL SERVICE ORGANISATIONS WILL FURTHER SHOULDER THIS DIFFICULT AND LONG-TERM RESPONSIBILITY OF GREAT IMPORTANCE, HE SAID.
HONG KONG GALA EVENING IN LONDON
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HONG KONG'S ACHIEVEMENTS IN RECENT YEARS WILL BE HIGHLIGHTED AT A +HONG KONG GALA EVENING+ AT THE BARBICAN CENTRE IN LONDON NEXT MONTH.
THE PRESENTATION FOLLOWS LAST YEAR'S HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL HONG KONG FESTIVAL HELD IN BATTERSEA PARK WHICH ATTRACTED MORE THAN HALF A MILLION VISITORS.
THE ANNUAL PROMOTION EVENT IN BRITAIN THIS YEAR WILL BE HELD ON TWO EVENINGS, ON OCTOBER 5 AND 6.
THE 3 000 GUESTS, HEADED BY HRH PRINCESS ALEXANDRA, WILL INCLUDE KEY FIGURES FROM PARLIAMENT, WHITEHALL, AND THE CITY, TOGETHER WITH LEADING PEOPLE FROM COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, THE PRESS AND MEDIA, PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTIONS, ARTS AND CULTURAL ORGANISATIONS, AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG COMMUNITY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.
THE 60-MINUTE PRESENTATION WILL DEMONSTRATE HOW HONG KONG IS PROGRESSING AT WORK AND AT PLAY.
THERE WILL BE THREE PARTS A MULTI-SCREEN AUDIO VISUAL SHOW, PORTRAYING THE STORY OF HONG KONG'S PROGRESS A FASHION SHOW ADAPTED FROM THIS YEAR'S PRET-A-PORTER PRESENTATION IN PARIS- AND A LIVE PERFORMANCE BY A SELECTION OF YOUNG MUSICIANS AND DANCERS FROM HONG KONG, TO DEMONSTRATE HONG KONG'S CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT.
A PHOTOGRAPHIC DISPLAY WILL BE MOUNTED IN THE FOYER OF THE BARBICAN CENTRE, AS A GRAPHIC RECORD OF HONG KONG'S LATEST DEVELOPMENTS.
THE HONG KONG PRESENTATION WILL BE THE FIRST MAJOR EVENT TO BE STAGED AT THE BARBICAN CENTRE, WHICH IS BRITAIN'S NEWEST CULTURAL COMPLEX, CONCEIVED AS THE LONDON COUNTERPART TO THE POMPIDOU CENTRE IN PARIS AND THE LINCOLN CENTRE IN NEW YORK.
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