FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1982
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CULTURAL COMPLEX FOR SHA TIN NEW TOWN
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A CULTURAL COMPLEX AND A LIBRARY WILL SOON BE BUILT ADJACENT TO THE FUTURE TOWN PARK IN SHA TIN NEW TOWN.
TENDERS FOR THE PROJECT ARE NOW BEING INVITED BY THE ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE OF THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THE COMPLEX, TO BE BUILT ON A TWO-HECTARE SITE BETWEEN THE SHA TIN RAILWAY STATION AND THE SHING MUN RIVER, WOULD CONSIST OF A MULTI- PURPOSE 1 450-SEAT AUDITORIUM SIMILAR IN DESIGN TO THE ONE IN THE TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL, A PUBLIC LIBRARY AND A RESTAURANT.
+THERE WILL ALSO BE A MARRIAGE REGISTRY BENEATH THE RESTAURANT AND OUTDOOR TERRACES EXTENDING TO THE TOWN PARK,✦ HE ADDED.
UPON COMPLETION, THE SPOKESMAN SAID, THE CULTURAL COMPLEX AND LIBRARY WILL FORM PART OF THE TOWN CENTRE DEVELOPMENT TO PROVIDE CULTURAL FACILITIES FOR THE PEOPLE LIVING IN THE NEW TOWN.
WORK ON THE PROJECT WILL START IN OCTOBER AND IS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION IN EARLY 1985.
CHINESE MAESTROS ARRIVE FOR MUSIC CAMP
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FIVE CHINESE MUSICIANS ARRIVED IN HONG KONG THIS AFTERNOON (FRIDAY) TO TAKE PART IN THIS YEAR'S YOUTH MUSIC CAMP ORGANISED BY THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT.
THEY ARE AMONG THE 11 TOP MUSICIANS OF INTERNATIONAL STANDING WHO HAVE BEEN INVITED TO GIVE CLASSES AND TAKE PART IN TRAINING SESSIONS IN THE TWO-WEEK CAMP TO BE HELD IN ST STEPHEN'S COLLEGE, STANLEY,
THE OTHER SIX ARE FROM THE UK, THE UNITED STATES AND AUSTRALIA.
THE CHINESE PARTY WHO ARRIVED TODAY ARE MR QIN PENG-ZHANG OF THE CENTRAL TRADITIONAL ORCHESTRA. MR QIN WILL BE THE CONDUCTOR OF THE CHINESE ORCHESTRA AT THE CAMP.
THE FOUR OTHERS WHO WILL GIVE LESSONS IN CHINESE INSTRUMENTS AND IN PERCUSSIONS ARE MR ZHANG HONG-REN OF THE CHINESE OPERA AND CHOREOGRAPHY THEATRE: MR WANG SHOU-YIN, MISS TAN PEI-LING AND MR HUO WEI - ALL FROM THE CENTRAL DANCING TROUPE.
THE 1982 SUMMER YOUTH MUSIC CAMP WILL BE OFFICIALLY OPENED ON SUNDAY (JULY 25) BY THE ACTING GOVERNOR, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE.
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