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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1982
OTHER GUESTS AT THE OPENING CEREMONY INCLUDED MR WONG TAK-FUN, URBAN SERVICES OFFICER (WAN CHAI), MR FRANCIS S.W. HO, ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER (WAN CHAI) AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS MR CHU WING-KEE, MR LEE KON, MR CHÉNG HOK-YIN, MR HỌ YUK—ING, MR NG SAI-YING, MR HO FOOK-CHU AND MR LO WAI-MAN.
AT THE CEREMONY SOUVENIRS WERE PRESENTED BY MR CHAM SIU-LEUN TO MR CHEONG-LEEN, MR WONG TAK-FUN, REPRESENTATIVES OF THE SIX WAN CHAI DISTRICT AREA COMMITTEES AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HONG KONG FOOD, GROCERY AND VEGETABLE HAWKER WELFARE AND FRATERNITY" ASSOCIATION,
PROGRAMMES OF THE NIGHT INCLUDED SINGING, ACROBATICS, A MAGIC SHOW AND A LUCKY DRAW. THE SHOW ATTRACTED A LARGE AUDIENCE.
SHA TIN ARTS FORTNIGHT OPENS
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THE SHA TIN ARTS FORTNIGHT, TIMED TO COINCIDE WITH THE CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS, OPENED TONIGHT (SATURDAY) AT THE SIR RUN RUN SHAW HALL OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY.
TWENTY-EIGHT SHOWS WILL BE HELD AT 11 VENUES IN SHA TIN, FEATURING PERFORMANCES INCLUDING MUSIC, DANCE, FILMS, DRAMA, CANTONESE OPERA AND VARIETY SHOWS WHICH ARE SPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, AN UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS, MISS LYDIA DUNN, POINTED OUT THAT SOME 160 CULTURAL EVENTS HAD BEEN HELD IN SHA TIN DURING THE YEAR.
BUT SHE SAID IT WAS A PITY THAT THESE ACTIVITIES WERE NOT HELD IN A PLACE WITH PROPER FACILITIES.
HOWEVER, THE DISTRICT'S OWN TOWN HALL WOULD BE READY IN EARLY 1985, MISS DUNN SAID.
IT WOULD HAVE A 1 450-SEAT RECITAL HALL TOGETHER WITH SEVERAL TRAINING ROOMS AND REHEARSAL AREAS.
THE OPENING CEREMONY WAS FOLLOWED BY A DANCE DRAMA ENTITLED +ROMANCE OF THE MESMERISING VISIONS+ BY THE HONG KONG DANCE COMPANY.
THE ARTS FORTNIGHT IS A CONCERTED EFFORT BY THE SHA TIN ARTS ASSOCIATION, THE DISTRICT BOARD, THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT AND OTHER LOCAL ORGANISATIONS TO BRING HIGH-STANDARD CULTURAL ACTIVITIES TO THE NEW TOWN,
PEOPLE INTERESTED IN THE FESTIVAL EVENTS ARE ADVISED TO MAKE BOOKINGS EARLY AT THE SHA TIN DISTRICT OFFICE.
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