SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 1983
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TSING YI CULTURAL WEEK WELL RECEIVED
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THE CONCERTED EFFORTS OF VARIOUS ORGANISERS HAVE MADE THE TSING YI CULTURAL WEEK A GREAT SUCCESS.
THE PROGRAMME BEGAN LAST SATURDAY WHEN THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT COMMISSIONER, MR ADOLF HSU, OFFICIATED AT THE OPENING CEREMONY.
DURING THE WEEK, A SERIES OF CULTURAL PROGRAMMES WERE HELD AND ALL PERFORMANCES ATTRACTED FULL HOUSE ATTENDANCE.
THE HORTICULTURAL SHOW AND THE BOOK EXHIBITION ALSO ATTRACTED LARGE CROWDS OF VISITORS AND A LARGE NUMBER OF BOOKS WAS SOLD AT REDUCED PRICES.
SPEAKING AT THE CLOSING CEREMONY TONIGHT. THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER (TSING YI), MR BARTON IRELAND, SAID IT WAS A GREAT PLEASURE TO FIND THAT THE CULTURAL WEEK HAD PROVED SO SUCCESSFUL.
+I MUST CONGRATULATE THE 30-ODD PARTICIPATING ORGANISATIONS FOR THEIR CONCERTED EFFORTS TO ORGANISE THE EVENT IN JUST ABOUT TWO MONTHS, IT TURNED OUT TO BE SO WELL-RECEIVED BY THE RESIDENTS, + MR IRELAND SAID.
HE ADDED THAT THE POPULARITY OF THE EVENT HAD A FEW SIGNIFICANT POINTS.
FIRST, HE SAID, THE FULL HOUSE ATTENDANCE RATE IS A GREAT ENCOURAGEMENT TO LOCAL ORGANISATIONS IN ORGANISING FUTURE EVENTS FOR LOCAL RESIDENTS.
+SECOND, IT SHOWS THAT THE PEOPLE ARE NOT ONLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE IR REALISTIC LIFE SUCH AS THEIR LIVING ENVIRONMENT, BUT ARE ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THE IR SPIRITUAL LIFE.
+AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THEIR ENTHUSIASM IN INVOLVING IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS WILL CERTAINLY HELP IMPROVE THE WELFARE OF THEIR OWN COMMUNITY,+
THE TSING YI CULTURAL WEEK IS THE FIRST CULTURAL PROGRAMME OF THIS SCALE TO HAVE BEEN HELD ON TSING YI AND IN THE NEWLY COMPLETED CHEUNG CHING COMMUNITY CENTRE.
THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD HAD CONTRIBUTED $15 000 TO MEET HALF OF THE COST FOR THE EVENT.
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