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THE FESTIVE DECORATIONS ARE PART OF THE DISTRICT'S CELEBRATIONS WHICH INCLUDE A VARIETY SHOW BY A TELEVISION STATION, A PERFORMANCE BY POPULAR CANTONESE OPERA SINGER SUN MA SZE TSANG AND A CONCERT BY THE HONG KONG PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA.
SPEAKING AT THE SWITCH-ON CEREMONY, THE DISTRICT COMMISSIONER, MR HAMISH MACLEOD, CONGRATULATED THE DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS WHO HAD MANAGED TO COMPLETE THE CHRISTMAS PROGRAMME WITH GOOD RESULTS IN ONLY TWO MONTHS.
+1 MUST ALSO THANK SOME OF THE PRIVATE ENTERPRISES IN TSUEN WAN FOR ANSWERING OUR CALL FOR A COLOURFUL AND FESTIVE TSUEN WAN BY DECORATING THEIR OWN BUILDINGS, HE SAID.
+THIS IS THE FIRST TIME TSUEN WAN HAS HAD CHRISTMAS LIGHTS. I AM SURE THAT THEY MAY BE TAKEN AS SYMBOLISING THE BRIGHT FUTURE BEFORE US DESPITE ANY CURRENT UNCERTAINTIES, HE ADDED.
A SUM OF $200 000 HAS BEEN ALLOCATED FOR THE LIGHTING DECORATIONS AND FESTIVE ACTIVITIES WHICH RANGE FROM TEA PARTIES AND FILM SHOWS FOR THE YOUNG, DISCO NIGHTS FOR TEENAGERS TO CONCERTS AND CANTONESE OPERAS FOR ADULTS.
TOMORROW (THURSDAY), A NUMBER OF CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION ACTIVITIES HAVE BEEN ORGANISED BY DISTRICT BOARDS AND COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS INCLUDING:
* A CARNIVAL BY THE HONG KONG GIRL GUIDES TUEN MUN DISTRICT
ASSOCIATION AT THE SHUN TAK FRATERNAL ASSOCIATION LEUNG KAU KUI COLLEGE AT ON TING ESTATE, BEGINNING AT 2 PM.
THE CARNIVAL, FEATURING 10 GAME STALLS, WILL BE OFFICIATED BY THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF HONG KONG GIRL GUIDES ASSOCIATION, MRS JANE AKERS-JONES.
* A VARIETY SHOW ORGANISED BY THE LOCAL CHILDREN AND YOUTH
CENTRE AT 8 PM AT LEK YUEN COMMUNITY HALL IN SHA TIN.
* A CHRISTMAS GALA CONSISTING GAME STALLS AND BAND
PERFORMANCES AT 2.30 PM AT KEI CHI PRIMARY SCHOOL, TAI PO.
* A CHRISTMAS CAROL COMPETITION AT THE YMCA CENTRE AT KWA! SHING CIRCUIT, STARTING AT 8 PM WHEN 15 TEAMS FROM LOCAL SCHOOLS AND ORGANISATIONS WILL TAKE PART.
* A CARNIVAL AT THE TAI WO PING TEMPORARY HOUSING AREA IN
SHAM SHUI PO STARTING AT 8 PM.