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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1983
DISTRICT FESTIVALS HELP DEVELOP COMMUNITY
SPIRIT - AKERS-JONES *****
DISTRICT FESTIVALS WILL HELP RESIDENTS DEVELOP A GREATER INTEREST IN THE AFFAIRS OF THEIR COMMUNITY, AND JOIN TOGETHER TO IMPROVE THEIR LIVING ENVIRONMENT AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE.
THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID THIS AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE MONTH-LONG CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT FESTIVAL HELD AT THE CHATER ROAD PEDESTRIAN PRECINCT THIS (SUNDAY) EVENING.
THE FESTIVAL, THE FIRST IN THE DISTRICT, PROVIDES A VARIETY OF CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE.
THESE INCLUDE AN EXHIBITION ON HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT, A CHILDREN'S CARNIVAL AND A NUMBER OF POP CONCERTS.
+THE LAUNCHING OF THIS FESTIVAL OWES VERY MUCH TO THE DEDICATION OF MEMBERS OF THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE AND THE SUB-COMMITTEES WHICH HAVE DEVOTED SO MUCH OF THEIR VALUABLE TIME AND EFFORT IN
LIAISING WITH THE LOCAL ORGANISATIONS, IN PLANNING AND ORGANISING THIS EXCITING PROGRAMME.
+1 WOULD LIKE TO THANK THEM MOST SINCERELY FOR THE IR INVOLVEMENT AND THEIR COMMUNITY SPIRIT, HE SAID.
THE FESTIVAL, COSTING $600 000, IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD, THE DISTRICT OFFICE, THE URBAN COUNCIL, RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG, AND THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT.
ALSO ATTENDING THE OPENING CEREMONY WERE THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MISS LOLLY CHIU THE CHAIRMAN OF THE FESTIVAL'S ORGANISING COMMITTEE, MR LIU LIT-FOR: CHAIRMAN OF THE URBAN COUNCIL, MR HILTON CHEONG-LEEN: THE DIRECTOR OF BROADCASTING, MR STUART WILKINSON; THE CENTRAL DISTRICT POLICE COMMANDER, MR LAU TO-YEE; AND DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS.
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