TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 183
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SHA TIN TO SPEND $60 000 TO PROMOTE DRAMA
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A MONTH OF ACTIVITIES, FEATURING SEMINARS, A LECTURE, AN EXHIBITION, AND PERFORMANCES, TO PROMOTE DRAMA AMONG SHA TIN RESIDENTS WILL BEGIN ON SATURDAY (MARCH 5).
AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY (TUESDAY), CHAIRMAN OF THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE, MR HARDY TSOI, SAID ABOUT $60 000 WOULD BE SPENT ON THE DRAMA MONTH, THE FIRST SUCH EVENT BEING ORGANISED IN THE DISTRICT.
THE PROGRAMME WILL INCLUDE PERFORMANCES BY THE RENOWNED CHUNG YING THEATRE COMPANY WHO WILL STAGE +WOLF-BOY+ AND STRONGER THAN SUPERMAN+ IN THE LITTLE FLOWER SCHOOL AND HOLY SPIRIT SCHOOL FOR ABOUT 800 SCHOOL CHILDREN.
FOR THE GROWN-UPS, THE THESPIANS DRAMA SOCIETY AND STUDENTS FROM THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY WILL PRESENT A SHORTENED VERSION OF EUGENE O'NEILL'S NOBEL PRIZE WINNING PIECE +AHI WILDERNESS+.
THE PLAY WILL BE DIRECTED BY MR HARDY TSOI AND TO BE HELD AT THE SIR RUN RUN SHAW HALL OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY FOR THREE NIGHTS, BEGINNING MARCH 24.
THERE WILL ALSO BE SEMINARS AND A LECTURE FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN DRAMA.
TO MARK THE OPENING OF THE DRAMA MONTH A SEMINAR ON +FUNCTION OF DRAMA AS AN EXTRA-CURRICULUM ACTIVITY IN PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS+ WILL BE HELD ON MARCH 5 AT THE SHA TIN KIANGSU-CHEK LANG COLLEGE AT 2.30 PM.
SPEAKERS ON THE PANEL WILL INCLUDE DR YAM PAK-KONG, LECTURER OF THE EDUCATION COLLEGE OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY; MR MAN TSE- FONG, SENIOR EDUCATION OFFICER (SHA TIN AND SAI KUNG) MR TAO KWOK-WAI TEACHER OF HO LAP COLLEGE AND MR CHAN KIN-BUN, SENIOR ASSISTANT MANAGER OF THE HONG KONG REPERTORY THEATRE.
AN EXHIBITION ON DRAMA ACTIVITIES IN SHA TIN WILL ALSO OPEN IN VARIOUS VENUES IN THE DISTRICT AND LAST FOR A WHOLE MONTH.
ADMISSION TO ALL SEMINARS AND LECTURE IS FREE WHILE TICKETS FOR THE PLAY +AHI WILDERNESS+ WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM THE SIR RUN RUN SHAW HALL, THE SHA TIN DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE SHA TIN YOUTH CENTRE AS FROM SATURDAY (MARCH 5).
DETAILS OF THE PROGRAMME ARE ALSO AVAILABLE AT ALL TICKET
OFFICES.
CO-ORDINATED BY THE SHA TIN DISTRICT OFFICE, THE SHA TIN DRAMA MONTH IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE SHA TIN ARTS ASSOCIATION. THE DISTRICT BOARD AND THE SIR RUN RUN SHAW HALL OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY.
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