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SUNDAY, JANUARY 27, 1985
MR WIGGHAM SAID HE HOPED RESIDENTS RECOGNISED THE IMPORTANCE OF PARTICIPATION AS A MEANS OF STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY SPIRIT AND DEVELOPING A SENSE OF DISTRICT IDENTITY AND PRIDE.
THE OPENING CEREMONY WAS FOLLOWED BY A TWO-HOUR PROGRAMME WHICH FEATURED CHINESE MUSIC, A CHOIR PERFORMANCE, DANCES AND WIND ENSEMBLE.
THE EIGHT-DAY FESTIVAL, WITH A MIXTURE OF EVENTS ON ORIENTAL AND WESTERN ARTS, WILL LAST UNTIL FEBRUARY 3.
POP SINGERS HELP IN ANTI-DRUG FIGHT ****
A POP CONCERT WAS HELD IN THE TSUI PING ROAD PLAYGROUND THIS (SUNDAY) AFTERNOON TO DRIVE HOME THE ANTI-NARCOTICS MESSAGE TO RESIDENTS IN KWUN TONG.
WELL-KNOWN SINGERS, TERESA CARPIO, ELIZA CHAN, DOMINIC CHOW, AND POP GROUPS, THE CHYNA, THE TOP NOTES AND THE TRINITY, ENTERTAINED HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE DURING THE TWO-HOUR SHOW.
THE CONCERT, ENTITLED +KWUN TONG ANTI-NARCOTICS POP FESTIVAL+ WAS ORGANISED BY THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR KEVIN MAK SAID: +ALTHOUGH DRUG CASES IN KWUN TONG REPRESENTS ABOUT 12 PER CENT OF THE TERRITORY'S FIGURE, WE CANNOT RELAX OUR EFFORTS IN THIS ASPECT OF CRIME.
+THE DISTRICT BOARD AND THE DISTRICT OFFICE WILL CONTINUE COLLABORATING WITH GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND LOCAL ORGANISATIONS TO PROVIDE HEALTHY ACTIVITIES TO LOCAL RESIDENTS, PARTICULARLY YOUTHS,+ HE SAID.
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE KWUN TONG DFCC, MR MAU KEI-ON, ALSO WARNED THE YOUNG AUDIENCE OF THE DANGERS OF DRUGS AND THE HARMFUL EFFECTS IT CAN HAVE ON THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES.
ALSO OFFICIATING AT THE POP CONCERT WERE THE CHAIRMAN OF ACAN'S EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY SUB-COMMITTE, MR K.L. STUMPF, AND THE POLICE DEPUTY DISTRICT COMMANDER, MR S.C. WU.
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