SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1983
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DISTRICT FESTIVAL WELL RECEIVED
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A HIGH STANDARD OF COMMUNITY SPIRIT WAS SHOWN BY THE 60 000 PARTICIPANTS AND LOCAL ORGANISATIONS TAKING PART IN THIS YEAR'S WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT FESTIVAL, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE FESTIVAL'S ORGANISING COMMITTEE, MR ALBERT LI SAID THIS (SUNDAY) EVENING.
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+MOST OF THE ACTIVITIES WERE WELL RECEIVED BY THE RESIDENTS AND THIS HAS CERTAINLY HELPED TO PUT ACROSS THE THEME OF THE FESTIVAL WONG TAI SIN IS MY HOME' -- TO EVERYONE,+ HE SAID.
+THIS IN TURN WILL FURTHER CONSOLIDATE THE DISTRICT IDENTITY BROUGHT ALONG BY THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION SCHEME.
MR LI WAS SPEAKING AT THE CLOSING OF THE TWO-MONTH FESTIVAL HELD AT THE LOK SIN TONG WONG CHUNG MING SECONDARY SCHOOL.
THIRTY-THREE ACTIVITIES, FEATURING A BALANCED MIXTURE OF PERFORMANCES BY OVERSEAS AND LOCAL ARTISTS, WERE ORGANISED DURING THE FESTIVAL TO CATER FOR EVERY SECTOR OF THE COMMUNITY.
SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDED PERFORMANCES BY THE HONG KONG CHINESE ORCHESTRA, THE HONG KONG DANCE COMPANY, THE WONG TAI SIN CHILDREN'S CHOIR AND THE CHOR FUNG MING OPERA TROUPE, A PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION BY THE RENOWNED PHOTOGRAPHER MR WATER POON, AND PERFORMANCES BY VISITING GROUPS.
THERE WERE ALSO VISITS AND ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMMES SPECIALLY ARRANGED FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE.
MOST OF THE ACTIVITIES WERE PROVIDED FREE OF CHARGE OR AT NOMINAL ADMISSION FEES.
THE FESTIVAL WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT ARTS COUNCIL, THE URBAN COUNCIL, THE WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT RECREATION AND SPORTS COUNCIL, THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT, AND SPONSORED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD.
TONIGHT'S CLOSING CEREMONY INCLUDED A TWO-HOUR ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME FEATURING A SYMPHONIC BAND PERFORMANCE, A CHILDREN'S BALLET SHOW, MODERN DANCE AND SINGING BY TV ARTISTES AND WINNERS OF THE FESTIVAL'S SINGING CONTESTS.
THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR PHILIP CHOK, AND THE MUSIC ADMINISTRATOR, MR CLIVE OXLEY, PRESENTED PRIZES TO WINNERS OF COMPETITIONS HELD DURING THE FESTIVAL.
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