THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1983
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+FOLLOWING THE INTRODUCTION OF THE NEW SYSTEM OF URBAN COUNCIL ELECTION IN MARCH THIS YEAR, THE CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE URBAN COUNCIL AND THE DISTRICT BOARD HAS MADE SUBSTANTIAL PROJECTS TO THE MUTUAL BENEFIT OF BOTH BODIES IN PROMOTING THE WELL BEING OF LOCAL RESIDENTS.
+ IT IS AGAINST THIS BACKGROUND THAT THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT FESTIVAL, THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN THE DISTRICT, WAS INITIATED, SHE SAID.
SHE SAID THE 11-DAY FESTIVAL, WHICH BEGAN ON SEPTEMBER 10, HAD AN ENTERTAINING PROGRAMME OF 16 EVENTS TO CATER FOR THE DIVERSIFIED TASTE OF RESIDENTS COMING FROM DIFFERENT WALKS OF LIFE.
+THE OBJECTIVE IS TO INVOLVE THE ACTIVE PARTICIPATION OF THE COMMUNITY IN ORGANISING AND RUNNING THE FESTIVITIES SO THAT THE BROADER OBJECTIVE OF COMMUNITY BUILDING CAN BE ATTAINED, + SHE SAID.
MISS CHIU ALSO THANKED THE LARGE NUMBER OF DISTRICT ORGANISATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS, IN PARTICULAR THE AREA COMMITTEES, KAIFONG ASSOCIATIONS, BUILDING MANAGEMENT BODIES, SCHOOLS, VOLUNTARY AGENCIES, AS WELL AS COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISES IN WAN CHAI FOR ORGANISING THE FESTIVAL.
CHILDREN TO SING AT WAN CHAI FESTIVAL *****
TWO HOURS OF SINGING PERFORMANCES BY CHILDREN'S CHOIRS FROM WAN CHAI, SOUTHERN, MONG KOK, YAU MA TEI AND TSIM SHA TSUI WILL BE STAGED AT THE TANG SHIU KIN SECONDARY SCHOOL ON SATURDAY (SEPTEMBER 17) AFTERNOON.
THE CHILDREN'S CHOIR DAY, WHICH STARTS AT 4 PM, IS PART OF THE PROGRAMMES IN THE TWO-WEEK WAN CHAI DISTRICT FESTIVAL.
THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MISS LOLLY CHIU, WILL BE THE PIANO ACCOMPANIST OF THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT CHILDREN'S CHOIR.
OTHER PERFORMERS WILL INCLUDE THE MUSIC OFFICE SYMPHONIC BAND, AND THE HONG KONG BOYS' AND GIRLS' CLUBS ASSOCIATION LOCKHART ROAD CHILDREN'S CHOIR.
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