SUNDAY, MARCH 25, 1984
3
TWO FESTIVALS PLANNED FOR KOWLOON CITY
****
PLANS ARE IN HAND TO ORGANISE TWO FESTIVALS FOR RESIDENTS IN KOWLOON CITY THIS YEAR, THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, MR ROGER GARCIA, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
THE RECREATION AND SPORTS AND COMMUNITY ARTS FESTIVALS, EACH LASTING ABOUT TWO WEEKS AND COSTING $200 000, WILL BE HELD IN SUMMER AND AROUND NOVEMBER RESPECTIVELY.
MR GARCIA SAID THE UNDERLYING PRINCIPLES OF THESE TWO FESTIVALS WERE DIRECT PARTICIPATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE DISTRICT AND COMMUNITY.
+THESE TWO PRINCIPLES ARE IMPORTANT IF A FESTIVAL IS TO BE GENUINELY PART OF THE DISTRICT, RATHER THAN JUST A SERIES OF EVENTS IMPORTED' INTO THE DISTRICT, HE SAID.
HE SAID WHILE DETAILS ON THE TWO FESTIVALS WERE YET TO BE FINALISED, SOME PROPOSALS HAD BEEN MADE.
FOR THE RECREATION AND SPORTS FESTIVAL, SOME SPECIAL EVENTS SUCH AS A MASS FITNESS RUN AROUND THE DISTRICT, A KITE FLYING DAY IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, AND A BICYCLE RELAY RACE WERE BEING PROPOSED.
+ HAVE NOTICED THAT WHILE SPECTATOR SPORTS, SUCH AS FOOTBALL AND TABLE-TENNIS, ENJOY A LARGE FOLLOWING IN HONG KONG, MANY MORE PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN ACTUALLY DOING SPORTS THEMSELVES, HE SAID.
+SO WE HAVE, IN A TYPICAL URBAN DISTRICT SUCH AS KOWLOON CITY, LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE FROM THE DISTRICT PARTICIPATING IN RUNNING, SWIMMING, ATHLETIC COMPETITIONS- FOOTBALL, VOLLEYBALL, BASKETBALL MATCHES, AND MANY OTHER TOURNAMENTS AND EVENTS.
+ HOPE THE RECREATION AND SPORTS FESTIVAL WILL BE ABLE TO CONCENTRATE SOME OF THIS ENERGY INTO A SERIES OF INTENSIVE PROGRAMMES.+
FOR THE COMMUNITY ARTS FESTIVAL, MR GARCIA SAID HE WAS THINKING OF A FESTIVAL IN WHICH PARTICIPATION BY THE PUBLIC WAS OF PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE.
HE PROPOSED ORGANISING A LARGE-SCALE MURAL PAINTING ON DIFFERENT TRANSPORTABLE BOARDS A KIND OF JIG-SAW PUZZLE PAINTING WITH DIFFERENT GROUPS ALL OVER THE DISTRICT PAINTING A SERIES OF PANELS ABOUT THE IR OWN PART OF THE DISTRICT.
+ THE FINAL WORK WILL BE TO PUT ALL THESE PANELS TOGETHER SO AS TO END UP WITH A PANORAMIC PAINTING OF KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT, HE SAID.
THERE WOULD