WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 1983
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LUNCH-TIME MUSIC RENDEZVOUS FOR OFFICE WORKERS
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OFFICE WORKERS IN WAN CHAT WILL BE ABLE TO ENJOY THEIR LUNCH AND, AT THE SAME TIME, LISTEN TO LIGHT MUSIC AND FOLK SONGS INSIDE A COSY COMMUNITY HALL.
STARTING TOMORROW (THURSDAY) AND FOR THE FOLLOWING FOUR WEEKS, A +LUNCH-TIME MUSIC RENDEZVOUS+ WILL BE STAGED AT THE HALL OF THE METHODIST CHURCH YOUTH CENTRE IN HENNESSY ROAD FROM NOON TO 2 PM EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY.
A WAN CHAI DISTRICT OFFICE SPOKESMAN WELCOMED OFFICE WORKERS IN THE DISTRICT TO BRING ALONG THEIR LUNCH BOXES TO THE HALL WHERE THEY CAN ENJOY THEIR LUNCH, LISTEN TO LIGHT MUSIC AND RELAX.
HE SAID HAVING LUNCH IN THE AREA WAS QUITE EXPENSIVE AND MOST OFFICE WORKERS HAD TO GO FOR LUNCH BOXES.
+ IT CAN WELL BE UNDERSTOOD THAT, HAVING STAYED IN THE OFFICE FOR THE WHOLE MORNING, THEY WILL WANT TO HAVE LUNCH ELSEWHERE. BUT, WAN CHAI IS SHORT OF LEISURE GROUNDS AND REST AREAS,+ HE SAID.
THE FUNCTION, BEING JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD AND THE WAN CHAI (WEST) AREA COMMITTEE, WILL BE ON UNTIL MAY 16.
FANLING SWIMMING POOL TEMPORARILY CLOSED
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THE MAIN POOL OF THE FANLING PUBLIC SWIMMING COMPLEX WILL BE TEMPORARILY CLOSED FROM FRIDAY (APRIL 22) AND THE OTHER POOLS FROM MONDAY (APRIL 25).
THE CLOSURE IS TO FACILITATE THE DEFLATION AND REMOVAL OF THE AIR SUPPORT STRUCTURE INSTALLED OVER THE MAIN POOL, AS THE STRUCTURE WILL NOT BE NEEDED DURING THE WARM SEASON, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY.
THE WHOLE COMPLEX WILL BE REOPENED ON MAY 2 (MONDAY), THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
MORE THAN 2 000 BATHERS USED THE HEATED MAIN POOL SINCE THE INSTALLATION IN FEBRUARY OF THE AIR SUPPORT STRUCTURE, WHICH SHELTERS THE POOL FROM THE WINTER COLD.
THE STRUCTURE WILL BE REINSTALLED NEXT WINTER.
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