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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1982
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FINALISTS FOR FIGHT YOUTH CRIME DRAMA COMPETITION SELECTED
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DRAMA TEAMS FROM HO LAP COLLEGE, MU KUANG ENGLISH SCHOOL AND BUDDHIST SIN TAK COLLEGE HAVE BEEN SELECTED TO ENTER THE GRAND FINAL OF THE FIGHT YOUTH CRIME DRAMA COMPETITION TO BE HELD ON MARCH 13, 1982 AT THE CITY HALL THEATRE.
THIS WAS ANNOUNCED TODAY (SATURDAY) AT THE TSUEN WAN PUBLIC HO CHUEN YIU MEMORIAL COLLEGE WHERE THE LAST OF THE THREE SEMI-FINAL SESSIONS WAS HELD.
TWO SEMI-FINALS HAD BEEN HELD AT THE SCHOOL HALLS OF QUEEN'S COLLEGE AND QUEEN ELIZABETH SCHOOL EARLIER THIS MONTH.
THE COMPETITION IS ONE OF THE MAJOR FUNCTIONS ORGANISED BY THE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES FOR THE FIGHT YOUTH CRIME CAMPAIGN 1981/82. IT IS HOPED THAT THROUGH SUCH HEALTHY RECREATIONAL PROGRAMMES, THE FIGHT CRIME+ MESSAGE COULD BE PUT ACROSS EFFECTIVELY TO YOUNGSTERS IN HONG KONG.
+THE STANDARD OF THE 15 TEAMS COMPETING AT THE SEMI-FINALS IS, ON THE AVERAGE, VERY HIGH AND THE STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO SHOW THE IR CREATIVITY AND TEAM SPIRIT IN THEIR STAGE PERFORMANCES,+ SAID MR JAMES MARK, ADVISER AND A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ADJUDICATING PANEL.
*THE PLAYS, THOUGH PRESENTED IN DIFFERENT FORMATS, ARE ABLE TO DEPICT THE YOUTH CRIME PROBLEM AND PUT ACROSS THE +FIGHT CRIME+ MESSAGE TO THE AUDIENCE, HE ADDED.
CASH PRIZES OF $3 000, $2 000 AND $1 000, DONATED BY THE SHELL COMPANY OF HONG KONG LTD., ARE TO BE AWARDED TO WINNERS, AT THE GRAND FINAL OF THE COMPETITION. THE THIRD AND FOURTH RUNNERS-UP WILL EACH RECEIVE A CONSOLATION PRIZE OF $500.
THE GRAND FINAL IS EXPECTED TO ATTRACT AN AUDIENCE OF MORE THAN 400, INCLUDING REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE 52 SECONDARY SCHOOLS WHICH INITIALLY ENTERED THIS DRAMA COMPETITION.
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