SUNDAY, MARCH 25, 1984
THERE WOULD ALSO BE A CHILDREN'S MUSIC DAY WORKSHOP IN WHICH CHILDREN MAKE THEIR OWN INSTRUMENTS IN THE MORNING AND THEN PLAY ONE PIECE ALTOGETHER IN AN OUTDOOR CONCERT IN THE AFTERNOON.
OTHER ACTIVITIES WOULD INCLUDE DANCE AND DRAMA PERFORMANCES ABOUT THE DISTRICT'S MANY LEGENDARY STORIES, AND POPULAR PRESENTATIONS SUCH AS CANTONESE OPERA, CHINESE CLASSICAL MUSIC AND DANCE, AND AN EVENING OF MUSIC AT THE KO SHAN THEATRE.
+OUR OVERALL AIM FOR BOTH FESTIVALS WILL BE ACHIEVED IF WE CAN MAKE PEOPLE REALISE THAT PARTICIPATION IS AN IMPORTANT WAY TO DEVELOP A SENSE OF COMMUNITY RESPONSIBILITY, HE SAID.
COMMUNITY BUILDING WORK STRESSED
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THE YEAR-LONG +VITALITY FOR ALL ISLANDERS+ SPORTS PROGRAMME HAS ENDED, BUT IT WILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT BEARING ON THE RESIDENTS, THE ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICER, MR WILLIAM YAP, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
+THE PROGRAMME NOT ONLY PROVIDED SOME FORM OF RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YOUNG, BUT ALSO MOTIVATED LOCAL RESIDENTS TO TAKE PART IN COMMUNITY BUILDING WORK, HE SAID,
MR YAP WAS SPEAKING AT THE PRIZE-PRESENTATION CEREMONY FOR WINNERS OF VARIOUS TOURNAMENTS IN BASKETBALL, FOOTBALL AND TABLE- TENNIS HELD DURING THE YEAR-LONG PROGRAMME.
ASIDE FROM RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES, HE SAID COMMUNITY BUILDING WORK ALSO INCLUDED IMPROVEMENTS TO ENVIRONMENT AND TRAFFIC, AND ANY THING CONCERNING THE WELL-BEING OF THE RESIDENTS.
+THE SUCCESS OF COMMUNITY BUILDING IS AN HONOUR TO THE DISTRICT, AND RESIDENTS CAN CONTRIBUTE THROUGH TAKING PART IN DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, HE SAID.
+ IN THIS RESPECT, DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS CANNOT BE NEGLECTED.
+EVERY VOTE IS AN INDICATION OF YOUR SUPPORT AND CONCERN TOWARDS THE COMMUNITY.
+I HOPE ALL OF YOU WILL REGISTER AS VOTERS WHEN THE EXERCISE BEGINS IN AUGUST SO THAT YOU CAN VOTE IN NEXT YEAR'S ELECTIONS.+
THE +VITALITY FOR ALL ISLANDERS+ PROGRAMME, SPONSORED BY THE LOCAL DISTRICT BOARD, TOOK THE FORM OF EIGHT FUN DAYS HELD ON CHEUNG CHAU, TAI 0, SOUTH LANTAO, SOUTH LAMMA, NORTH LAMMA, MUI WO, TUNG CHUNG AND PENG CHAU SINCE MAY LAST YEAR.
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