SATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 1982
COMPETITION PROMOTES INTEREST IN FOLK DANCES
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THE +SWINGING SUMMER+ TV PROGRAMME JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE GOVERNMENT IMFORMATION SERVICES AND RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG HAS HELPED PROMOTE INTEREST AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE IN TRADITIONAL DANCES, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE ORGANISERS SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
AS A MAJOR PART OF THE TV PROGRAMME, AN INTER-DISTRICT FOLK DANCE COMPETITION IS BEING HELD WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION.
AFTER VETTING BY ITS OWN DISTRICT OFFICE, EACH OF THE 18 DISTRICTS NOMINATED ONE REPRESENTATIVE TEAM TO TAKE PART IN THE CONTEST.
AFTER PRELIMINARY ROUNDS HELD AT RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG, SIX GROUPS OF SEMI-FINALISTS HAVE BEEN SELECTED TO COMPETE IN THE FINAL TO BE HELD AT TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL ON SEPTEMBER 2.
THESE GROUPS REPRESENT TAI PO, YAU MA TEI, KWUN TONG, SHAM SHUT PO, MONG KOK AND SOUTHERN DISTRICT.
*WE ARE VERY PLEASED WITH THE SUPPORT RENDERED BY THE DISTRICTS. BY HOLDING THE COMPETITION IN FRONT OF TV VIEWERS, WE HOPE THAT THE ACTIVITY WILL BE ABLE TO GENERATE MORE PUBLIC
INTEREST IN FOLK DANCES, THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE ORGANISERS SAID.
HE ADDED THAT THREE OF THE SIX GROUPS HAD PERFORMED FOLK DANCES OF THEIR CHOICE AT THE FIRST THREE EPISODES OF THE TV PROGRAMME.
A TEAM FROM SHAM SHUI PO HAS DEMONSTRATED A MIAO TRIBE DANCE AT THE FOURTH EPISODE, WHICH WILL BE SCREENED AT TVB-JADE TOMORROW (SUNDAY) AT NOON.
THS PLANT MORE TREES IN SHA TIN
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STUDENTS IN SHA TIN HAVE PLANTED MORE THAN 2 500 TREES IN THE NEW TOWN DURING RECENT WEEKS.
THE LATEST PARTICIPANTS IN THIS POPULAR SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME IN SHA TIN WERE A GROUP OF STUDENTS FROM LITTLE FLOWER'S SCHOOL, WHO PLANTED EVERGREEN TREES IN THEIR SCHOOL COMPOUND TODAY (SATURDAY).
THE PROGRAMME HAS BEEN ORGANISED BY THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT AS PART OF ITS EFFORT TO ENCOURAGE YOUTHS IN SHA TIN TO IMPROVE ITS ENVIRONMENT.
STUDENTS TAKING PART IN THE PROGRAMME ARE GIVEN LECTURES AND DEMONSTRATIONS ON TREE PLANTING BY THE RECREATION AND AMENITIES STAFF OF THE SHA TIN URBAN SERVICES OFFICE.
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