TUESDAY, MAY 28, 1985
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SCREEN PRINTING WORKSHOP FOR TEACHERS
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A FOUR-SESSION WORKSHOP ON THE TEACHING OF SCREEN PRINTING FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL ART TEACHERS HAS BEEN ORGANISED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S ART SECTION ON JULY 15 AND 16.
THE WORKSHOP, AIMED AT INTRODUCING THE BASIC TECHNIQUES OF SCREEN PRINTING, WILL BE CONDUCTED IN CANTONESE AND WILL BE HELD AT THE CULTURAL CRAFT CENTRE AT 4 PAK FUK ROAD, NORTH POINT, HONG KONG.
HEADS OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS WISHING TO NOMINATE TEACHERS FOR THE WORKSHOP ARE ADVISED TO SUBMIT THEIR APPLICATIONS TO THE INSPECTOR (ART), ADVISORY INSPECTORATE, EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, AT 4 PAK FUK ROAD, FIFTH FLOOR, NORTH POINT, BEFORE JUNE 24.
MORE SPORTS FACILITIES ON WAY
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PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND SPORTS FACILITIES IN YAU MA TEI WILL BE GREATLY IMPROVED IN A FEW YEARS. AFTER REDEVELOPMENT OF KOWLOON PARK AND TWO URBAN COUNCIL COMPLEXES, THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR BARRIE WIGGHAM, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
THE REDEVELOPED PARK WILL INCLUDE THE FIRST PUBLIC SWIMMING POOL IN THE DISTRICT, AND THE UC COMPLEXES IN KWUN CHUNG AND NEAR WATERLOO ROAD WILL PROVIDE MORE INDOOR SPORTS FACILITIES AND GAMES ROOMS.
HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE FIRST PUBLIC TENNIS COURTS EVER BUILT IN YAU MA TEI.
THE HAMILTON STREET TENNIS COURTS PROJECT HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE BY THE JOINT EFFORTS OF THE LANDS DEPARTMENT, IN MAKING THE SITE AVAILABLE, THE DISTRICT BOARD, IN CONTRIBUTING $150 000, AND THE YAU MA TEI AND TSIM SHA TSUI RECREATION AND SPORTS ASSOCIATION IN RAISING $160 000.
YAU MA TEI, HE SAID, WAS ONE OF THE SMALLEST AND YET MOST DENSELY DEVELOPED DISTRICTS IN THE URBAN AREA.
+WHEN ONE TALKS ABOUT THE DISTRICT, ONE'S ATTENTION TENDS TO FOCUS ON ITS BUSY TOURISM TRADE AND COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES, HE SAID.
+NEVERTHELESS WE MUST NOT FORGET THAT MORE THAN 160 000 PEOPLE ARE LIVING IN THE DISTRICT, WITH MORE THAN HALF OF THEM BELOW THE AGE OF 30.
/+UNFORTUNATELY,