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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1982
TUEN MUN MUSIC AND DANCE FORTNIGHT
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A MUSIC AND DANCE FORTNIGHT FOR TUEN MUN RESIDENTS WILL BE HELD IN THE NEW TOWN STARTING FROM SATURDAY (OCTOBER 30).
THE EVENT HAS BEEN JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT OFFICE, THE RECREATION AND CULTURE, CULTURAL SERVICES AND SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENTS AND LOCAL ORGANISATIONS, WITH THE DISTRICT BOARD CONTRIBUTING MORE THAN $75 000 TOWARDS THE COST.
A DISTRICT OFFICE SPOKESMAN SAID THE TOWN'S RAPID POPULATION INCREASE HAD MEANT AN INCREASING DEMAND FOR RECREATIONAL AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES.
+THE DISTRICT OFFICE, THE DISTRICT BOARD, AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN ORGANISING MANY SUCH ACTIVITIES FOR THE RESIDENTS,+ HE SAID.
+BUT IT ALSO IS CONSIDERED NECESSARY TO HAVE SOME HIGH STANDARD CULTURAL ACTIVITIES TO PROMOTE PEOPLE'S INTEREST IN SUCH ACTIVITIES.
+THIS WILL ENCOURAGE PEOPLE'S PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES, THUS PROMOTING A SENSE OF BELONGING AND COMMUNITY COHESIVENESS AMONG RESIDENTS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
HE ADDED THAT THE MUSIC AND DANCE FORTNIGHT, WHICH WILL RUN UNTIL NOVEMBER 13 WAS ORGANISED AS A TESTING GROUND FOR FUTURE LARGER-SCALE CULTURAL ACTIVITIES.
THE PROGRAMME FOR THE FORTNIGHT INCLUDES DANCING, SINGING, ORCHESTRAL PERFORMANCES AND CANTONESE OPERA.