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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1985
CUSTOMS GETS NEW OFFICE ACCOMMODATION
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THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS AND SOME OF ITS OFFICES WILL MOVE TO NEW PREMISES IN HARBOUR BUILDING,
PIER ROAD, CENTRAL, WITH EFFECT FROM SEPTEMBER 9.
THE OFFICES ARE DEPARTMENTAL HEADQUARTERS AND DIRECTORATE OFFICES: SERVICE HEADQUARTERS; HONG KONG ISLAND REGION OF CUSTOMS AND EXCISE SERVICE; TRADE INVESTIGATION BUREAU; TRADING STANDARDS INVESTIGATION BUREAU TRADE CONTROLS ADMINISTRATION AND TRAINING; DUTIABLE COMMODITIES DIVISION-OFFICE; AND HONG KONG COLLECTION OFFICE.
GENERAL ENQUIRIES SHOULD BE MADE ON TELEPHONE 5-8523324. FROM THE SAME DATE THE LODGING OF TRADE DECLARATIONS BY POST SHOULD BE SENT TO 38 PIER ROAD, EIGHTH FLOOR, HARBOUR BUILDING, CENTRAL, INSTEAD OF THE HONG KONG TRADE CENTRE ADDRESS.
FREE BALLET FOR DISTRICT RESIDENTS
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SOUTHERN DISTRICT RESIDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO ENJOY A FREE BALLET PERFORMANCE BY THE HONG KONG BALLET COMPANY NEXT MONTH.
THE SHOW, ORGANISED BY THE DISTRICT'S ARTS AND CULTURE ASSOCIATION AND SPONSORED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD, WILL BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 14 (SATURDAY) AT 7.30 PM IN THE SCHOOL HALL OF THE YU CHUN KEUNG MEMORIAL COLLEGE IN POKFULAM.
+BALLET PERFORMANCES AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL ARE RARE, AND A SHOW BY HONG KONG'S ONLY PROFESSIONAL CLASSICAL BALLET COMPANY WILL AROUSE MUCH INTEREST AND ENHANCE ARTISTIC APPRECIATION AMONG LOCAL RESIDENTS, A DISTRICT OFFICE SPOKESMAN SAID.
+THE SHOW WILL FEATURE SIX BALLETS, THREE OF WHICH ARE CHOREOGRAPHED BY THE COMPANY'S ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, MR TERRENCE ETHER IDGE, + HE SAID.
THE PERFORMANCES INCLUDE +SONGS OF LOVE+; AND SYLVIA PAS DE DEUX+ AND +ACT 111 DIVERTISSEMENTS DANCE OF THE THREE GODDESSES, MERCURY PAS DE DEUX+ OF THE FULL LENGTH BALLET +SYLVIA+.
OTHER PERFORMANCES INCLUDE AN ABSTRACT WORK TOKYO OPUS+; A CHOREOGRAPHIC IMPRESSION OF THE CRUCIFIXION +PIE JESU+; AND A LIGHT-HEARTED SATIRE +QUODLIBET+.
FREE TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE ON A FIRST-COME-FIRST-SERVED BASIS AT THE ARTS AND CULTURE ASSOCIATION'S OFFICE AT LEE CHAK HOUSE, AP LEI CHAU ESTATE, AND THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OFFICE AND ITS BRANCH OFFICES AT WAH FU AND STANLEY.
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