TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 1983
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SHAM SHUI PO ARTS ASSOCIATION FORMED
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A NEW ASSOCIATION, THE SHAM SHUI PO ARTS ASSOCIATION WAS FORMED RECENTLY TO PROMOTE ARTS AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES FOR RESIDENTS OF SHAM SHUI PO.
IT IS RUN BY LOCAL COMMUNITY LEADERS AND VOLUNTEERS, WITH FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM THE DISTRICT BOARD.
THERE ARE FOUR WORKING COMMITTEES UNDER THE ASSOCIATION - TO ORGANISE TRAINING, COMPETITIONS AND PERFORMING OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOCAL RESIDENTS.
THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR STEPHEN IP, SAID IN THE PAST CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES IN THE DISTRICT HAD BEEN SHOULDERED BY A PROLIFERATION OF COMMITTEES AND LOCAL ORGANISATIONS.
+MANY OF THEM HAD OVERLAPPING OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES, AND AS A RESULT, RESOURCES WERE INEVITABLY DISPERSED AND WEAKENED, HE SAID.
THE ARTS ASSOCIATION MAKES IT POSSIBLE TO POOL RESOURCES UNDER ONE BANNER.
+TOGETHER WITH THE SPORTS ASSOCIATION, THEY WILL BECOME THE TWO PRINCIPAL AGENTS OF THE DISTRICT BOARD TO PROMOTE SPORTS AND ARTS IN THE DISTRICT, MR IP SAID.
AN INAUGURATION CEREMONY WILL BE HELD TOMORROW, WITH A PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION AT 2 PM AT THE OPEN SPACE OUTSIDE THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY HALL, TO BE FOLLOWED BY A CHINESE PAINTING AND CALLIGRAPHY EXHIBITION AND DEMONSTRATION.
THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR LAWRENCE MILLS, WILL PRESENT SOUVENIRS TO THE OFFICE-BEARERS OF THE ASSOCIATION AT A CEREMONY AT 5.30 PM.
THE GUESTS WILL THEN BE TREATED TO A TWO-HOUR ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME FEATURING CHINESE FOLK DANCES, A BALLET DANCE, A DRAMA, A CHORUS BY THE SHAM SHUI PO CHILDREN'S CHOIR AND POPULAR SONGS BY FAMOUS ARTIST MISS ANITA MUI.