SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 1983
PLANS AND WORKS COMMITTEE FORMED
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A PLANS AND WORKS COMMITTEE TO ADVISE ON THE ADEQUACY AND PRIORITY OF PUBLIC WORKS WITHIN THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT HAS BEEN SET UP.
CHAIRED BY THE DISTRICT'S CHIEF PUBLIC WORKS OFFICER OF URBAN AREA DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATION, THE COMMITTEE WILL MEET ONCE EVERY THREE MONTHS, AND WILL REPORT TO THE DISTRICT BOARD FROM TIME TO TIME AND SÚDNIT RECOMMENDATIONS WHEN NECESSARY.
AN UNOFFICIAL BOARD MEMBER, MR VINCENT KO, WHO INITIATED THE COMMITTEE, SAID TODAY IT WAS HOPED THAT THE COMMITTEE COULD RELIEVE SOME OF THE WORK OF THE BOARD AND ITS ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE IN VIEW OF THE MAGNITUDE OF SOME PUBLIC WORKS IN THE DISTRICT.
THE COMMITTEE WILL CONSIST OF OFFICIAL AND UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS AND URBAN CONCILLORS.
THE COMMITTEE WILL HOLD ITS FIRST MEETING ON THURSDAY (JUNE 9).
CULTURAL PERFORMANCES IN SHAM SHUI PO
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THE FIRST SHOW OF A THREE-DAY SHAM SHUI PO SCHOOLS PERFORMING ARTS 83 BEGAN THIS (SATURDAY) AFTERNOON WITH TWO HOURS OF SINGING, DANCING AND DRAMA PERFORMANCES IN THE BUDDHIST TAI HUNG SCHOOL HALL.
FOR THE NEXT TWO DAYS, SIMILAR PROGRAMMES OF WESTERN ORCHESTRAL AND BAND PERFORMANCES, CHORAL AND FOLK SINGING, PROSE READING, DRAMA, CHINESE FOLK DANCES AND INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC WILL BE HELD
IN THE CONCORDIA LUTHERAN SCHOOL AND THE WONG TAI SHAN MEMORIAL COLLEGE.
THE PERFORMANCES WERE GIVEN BY MORE THAN 300 STUDENTS FROM 22 SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT AND MOST OF THEM WERE WINNERS IN INTER-SCHOOL CHORAL RECITAL, MUSIC AND DRAMA FESTIVALS.
THE SCHOOL PERFORMING ARTS 83 IS THE SECOND IN A SERIES OF ANNUAL CULTURAL EVENTS INITIATED BY THE SCHOOL LIAISON COMMITTEE AND JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD, THE SHAM SHUI PO PERFORMING ARTS COMMITTEE AND THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT.
SPEAKING AT TODAY'S OPENING CEREMONY, THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, MR PETER CHEUNG, SAID THE EVENT PROVIDED AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS TO MEET AND SHARE THE IR EXPERIENCE IN FINE ARTS.
+THE EVENT ALSO MEETS WITH THE DISTRICT BOARD'S OBJECTIVE OF PROMOTING MORE RECREATIONAL AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES, HE SAID.
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