SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1985
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MORE THAN 1 000 CADETS TOOK PART IN TONIGHT'S PARADE TO CELEBRATE THE 1985 INTERNATIONAL YOUTH YEAR WHOSE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE TO ENCOURAGE GREATER PARTICIPATION OF YOUTHS IN COMMUNITY WORK AND TO ENCOURAGE CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY.
ALSO INSPECTING THE PARADE WERE THE CAS COMMISSIONER, SIR ROGER LOBO, AND THE CADET COMMANDANT, MR HOWARD YOUNG.
MAJOR-GENERAL BOAM ALSO PRESENTED THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S AWARD SILVER AND BRONZE MEDALS TO 120 MEMBERS OF THE CADET CORPS.
DISTRICT SPIRIT VITAL TO COMMUNITY
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THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PROVISIONAL REGIONAL COUNCIL, MR CHEUNG YAN-LUNG, SAID THIS (SATURDAY) EVENING THAT DISTRICT SPIRIT HAD A VITAL PART TO PLAY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A BALANCED COMMUNITY.
MR CHEUNG WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE TUEN MUN FESTIVAL '85 IN WHICH 26 COLOURFUL AND ENTERTAINING EVENTS WOULD BE STAGED IN THE NEXT THREE WEEKS.
+ THE MOST PRECIOUS THING IS THAT, THROUGH ORGANISING SUCH A LARGE SCALE EVENT, COOPERATION AND COMMUNITY SPIRIT FROM ALL PARTICIPANTS HAVE MADE THE FESTIVAL MORE SUCCESSFUL AND MEANINGFUL, HE SAID.
TURNING TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF TUEN MUN, MR CHEUNG POINTED OUT THAT THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAD PROVIDED VARIOUS KINDS OF RECREATIONAL AND CULTURAL FACILITIES TO COPE WITH THE NEED OF THE FAST GROWING NEW TOWN,
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+FOLLOWING THE OPENING OF THE TUEN MUN TOWN PARK, TWO OF THE PARK WILL START SOON. CONSTRUCTION WORK OF AN INDOOR GAMES CENTRE, A SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX, AN AUDITORIUM AND A LIBRARY WILL BE ALSO COMPLETED NEXT YEAR,+ HE ADDED.
MR CHEUNG THEN SWITCHED ON THE LIGHTS TO DECLARE THE FESTIVAL OPEN, THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY AN ENTERTAINING VARIETY SHOW PRODUCED BY RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG.
THERE WILL BE EVENTS FEATURING MUSIC, DANCE AND DRAMA. ENTERTAINMENT AND SPORTS ACTIVITIES AS WELL AS SEVERAL DISTRICT-WIDE EXHIBITIONS ON THE FUTURE OF TUEN MUN WILL ALSO BE HELD DURING THE FESTIVAL.
ALL PROGRAMMES STAGED DURING THE FESTIVAL ARE FREE. TICKETS AND TIME TABLES ARE OBTAINABLE AT THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT OFFICE AND ITS SUB-OFFICES.