FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1985
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YOUTHS TO MAKE DOVE SCULPTURE
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ABOUT 500 YOUNG PEOPLE WILL DEMONSTRATE THE IR INGENUITY AND TEAM SPIRIT IN A MASS CREATION OF A DOVE SCULPTURE AT PO ON ROAD PLAYGROUND ON SUNDAY (NOVEMBER 17).
THIS WILL BE ONE OF THE MANY HIGHLIGHTS OF THE YOUTH DAY, A MAJOR EVENT OF THE TWO-WEEK SHAM SHUI PO YOUTH FESTIVAL TO COINCIDE WITH THE INTERNATIONAL YOUTH YEAR.
THE YOUNG ARTISTS USING 500 PEICES OF ALUMINIUM 'PLATES' WILL CONSTRUCT THE FIGURE OF A DOVE IN FLIGHT, WHICH IS THE UNIVERSAL SYMBOL OF PEACE AND FRATERNITY, AND ́AO THE LOGO OF THE FESTIVAL.
EACH PARTICIPANT WILL BE INVITED TO SIGN HIS NAME ON THE ALUMINIUM PLATE AND WILL BE PRESENTED WITH A SOUVENIR EMBOSSED WITH THE FESTIVAL LOGO.
THE SCULPTURE WILL THEN BE SET IN A STEEL RING TWO METRES IN DIAMETER, AND PLACED AT A VANTAGE POINT WHERE IT CAN BE EASILY SEEN.
THE YOUTH DAY PROGRAMME WILL ALSO FEATURE MARCHING BANDS, POP MUSIC, AEROBICS, BREAK DANCE AND A PANTOMIME.
THE DEPUTY REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR T.H. CHAU WILL OFFICIATE AT THE OPENING CEREMONY AT 2 PM.
ALSO PRESENT WILL BE DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR STEPHEN CHENG, THE DISTRICT IYY COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, MR LEE CHIK-YUET, AND THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR SYLVESTER TSE,
THE SHAM SHUI PO YOUTH FESTIVAL IS PRESENTED BY THE SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT COMMITTEE ON 1985 IYY IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE URBAN COUNCIL AND SIX LOCAL BODIES AND SPONSORED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE YOUTH DAY OF THE SHAM SHUI PO YOUTH FESTIVAL, WHICH WILL BEGIN AT 2 PM AT THE PO ON ROAD PLAYGROUND ON SUNDAY (NOVEMBER 17).