MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1905
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DANCERS INVITED TO JOIN CONTEST
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DANCERS ARE BEING INVITED TO JOIN THE 15TH KWUN TONG OPEN DANCE CONTEST.
THE CONTEST WILL BE DIVIDED INTO THREE AGE GROUPS -- CHILDREN, YOUTH AND OPEN DIVISIONS AND THE PARTICIPANTS CAN ONLY JOIN IN GROUPS OF AT LEAST TWO,
A SERIES OF CONTESTS WILL START IN EARLY DECEMBER, AND THE WINNING GROUPS WILL BE INVITED TO STAGE A SPECIAL PERFORMANCE AT THE CITY HALL IN FEBRUARY NEXT YEAR,+ A DISTRICT OFFICE SPOKESMAN SAID.
JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICE, THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT CULTURE AND RECREATION PROMOTION ASSOCIATION AND THE URBAN COUNCIL, THIS ANNUAL EVENT IS AIMED AT PROMOTING THE ART OF DANCING IN THE TERRITORY.
ENTRY FORMS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT'S KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICE (RECREATION, AMENITIES AND SPORTS) UNTIL OCTOBER 31. ENQUIRIES CAN BE MADE ON 3-416315 OR 3-436133.
+MORE THAN 120 DANCE GROUPS JOINED THE COMPETITION LAST YEAR AND WE HOPE THE RESPONSE WILL BE EVEN BETTER THIS YEAR SPOKESMAN ADDED.
URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAVES RARE BURMESE TEAK
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A BURMESE TEAK, BELIEVED TO BE THE ONLY MATURE TREE OF ITS KIND IN HONG KONG, HAS BEEN SAVED FROM THE BULLDOZERS THANKS TO THE JOINT EFFORTS OF THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND TWO OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.
THE 20-METRE TALL TREE, SCIENTIFIC NAME +TECTONA GRANDIS+, HAS BEEN STANDING FOR ABOUT 40 TO 50 YEARS AT WHAT RECENTLY BECAME THE CONSTRUCTION SITE OF A NEW FIRE STATION IN COTTON TREE DRIVE, ACCORDING TO THE ASSISTANT STAFF OFFICER (MORTICULTURE) OF THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, M.T. SIN.
MR SIN SAID: THE IDENTITY OF THIS TREE WAS DISCOVERED IN OCTOBER LAST YEAR WHEN THE SITE WAS BEING CLEARED FOR CONSTRUCTION.
/+MANY TREES