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THE COMMITTEE WAS ALSO TOLD THAT CULTURAL ACTIVITIES IN THE DISTRICT CENTRED MAINLY AROUND THE LUT SAU HALL AND THE YUEN LONG PUBLIC LIBRARY. THE LUT SAU HALL SERVES A DUAL FUNCTION AS A SCHOOL HALL OF THE CHIU LUT SAU MEMORIAL SECONDARY SCHOOL AS WELL
THE YUEN LONG PUBLIC LIBRARY, WHICH AS A DESIGNATED CIVIC CENTRE. CARRIES A STOCK OF 97 519 BOOKS AND 2 814 ITEMS OF AUDIO-VISUAL MATERIALS, OFFERS MANY POPULAR EXTENSION ACTIVITIES.
FROM JUNE TO AUGUST 1985, 8 985 PEOPLE PARTICIPATED IN LIBRARY EXTENSION ACTIVITIES WHICH RANGE FROM STORY-TELLING TO INTEREST CLUBS, BOOK EXHIBITIONS, SUBJECT TALKS, MINI CULTURAL PRESENTATIONS, MUSIC APPRECIATION AND FILM SHOWS.
AT THE LUT SAU HALL, A WIDE RANGE OF CULTURAL PRESENTATIONS ARE HELD. THESE INCLUDE CHINESE OPERAS, DRAMAS, VARIETY SHOWS, DANCE AND ORCHESTRAL CONCERTS. FREE ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMMES SUCH AS CANTONESE OPERAS, VARIETY SHOWS, POP CONCERTS, PUPPET SHOWS, ARE REGULARLY ARRANGED IN 13 OUTDOOR VENUES.
ON AVERAGE, THREE PROGRAMMES ARE PRESENTED EACH MONTH IN YUEN LONG, ATTRACTING AN AUDIENCE OF 100 TO 400 EACH TIME.
THERAPEUTIC EQUIPMENT BOOST FOR STUDENTS
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STUDENTS OF THE SHA TIN PUBLIC SCHOOL IN TAI WAI WILL BE GIVEN A BOOST IN THE IR LESSONS WITH A NEW SET OF EQUIPMENT FOR LANGUAGE TEACHING PURPOSES.
THESE EQUIPMENT INCLUDE A VISUAL-SPEECH-FEELING INDICATOR, A LANGUAGE MASTER, LEARNING-TO-HEAR TEACHING MATERIAL, A PORTAGE FOR MENTALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME, A PEABODY LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT KIT AND A TAPE RECORDER.
THE EQUIPMENT, COSTING ABOUT $20 000, WILL BE USED IN THE SCHOOL'S SPEECH ROOM WHICH IS NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION FOR THE MILDLY MENTALLY HAND ICAPPED.
FUNDS FOR THE THERAPEUTIC EQUIPMENT WILL COME FROM THE SALE OF TWO GIANT SAUSAGES FOR CHARITY DURING THE 1985 YAOHAN GERMAN FOOD FESTIVAL AT THE NEW TOWN PLAZA,
THE ACTING DISTRICT OFFICER OF THE SHA TIN DISTRICT OFFICE, MR JONATHAN NG, WILL OFFICIATE AT A RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMONY OF THE GERMAN FOOD FORTNIGHT TOMORROW (THURSDAY).
/OTHERS OFFICIATING