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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1985
RECREATION, CULTURE FACILITIES ON THE RISE
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THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT WILL SPEND ABOUT $1.2 MILLION FOR PRESENTING 75 CULTURAL AND ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMMES AS PART OF THE FOUR DISTRICT FESTIVALS TO BE HELD IN THE NON-URBAN AREAS IN 1985-86.
THIS WAS STATED TODAY (TUESDAY) BY THE DEPARTMENT'S ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (LEISURE SERVICES), MR DAVID WEEKS, AT A MEETING OF THE RECREATION AND CULTURE COMMITTEE OF THE PROVISIONAL REGIONAL COUNCIL.
MR WEEKS SAID THE RSD WILL PLAY A MAJOR ROLE IN COORDINATING AND CO-SPONSORING THE TSUEN KWAI ARTS FESTIVAL, YUEN LONG ARTS FESTIVAL, TUEN MUN FESTIVAL AND THE TAI PO FESTIVAL.
+ THE LARGEST OF THESE, THE 1986 TSUEN KWAI ARTS FESTIVAL, WILL COST AN ESTIMATED $1.98 MILLION. OF THIS AMOUNT, $855 000 WILL COME FROM THE RSD WHICH WILL CONTRIBUTE 22 INDOOR AND 18 OUTDOOR PROGRAMMES TOWARDS THE FESTIVAL, HE ADDED.
THE 1986 TSUEN KWAI ARTS FESTIVAL WILL REPLACE THE TSUEN WAN ARTS FESTIVAL FOLLOWING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE KWAI CHUNG AND TSING YI ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICT THIS YEAR. IT WILL BE HELD FROM JANUARY 31 TO MARCH 2 WHEN MORE THAN 40 CULTURAL PERFORMANCES FEATURING RENOWNED LOCAL AND OVERSEAS ARTISTS AND TWO EXHIBITIONS WILL BE STAGED AT THE TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL.
THE 1986 YUEN LONG ARTS FESTIVAL IS SCHEDULED TO BE HELD FROM FEBRUARY 21 TO MARCH 9. THE RSD WILL CONTRIBUTE $170 000 TOWARDS THE ORGANISING OF SIX INDOOR AND SIX OUTDOOR PROGRAMMES IN SUPPORT OF THE FESTIVAL WHICH HAS BEEN ORGANISED ANNUALLY CINCE 1981.
THE 1985 TUEN MUN FESTIVAL, A BIENNIAL EVENT, STARTED LAST SATURDAY UNTIL DECEMBER 8, DURING WHICH THE RSD WILL CONTRIBUTE EIGHT ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMMES IN SUPPORT OF THE FESTIVAL AT A COST OF $50 000.
THE 1985-86 TAI PO FESTIVAL, THE FIRST LARGE-SCALE FESTIVAL TO BE ORGANISED IN THE DISTRICT, WILL TAKE PLACE FROM DECEMBER 15 TO FEBRUARY 23 NEXT YEAR. IT WILL FEATURE CULTURAL, SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMMES AND SPECIAL ACTIVITIES IN CELEBRATION OF THE CHINESE NEW YEAR.
THE ESTIMATED BUDGET FOR THE FESTIVAL IS $800 000, OF WHICH $120 000 WILL BE PAID BY THE RSD FOR 12 INDOOR AND THREE OUTDOOK TROGRAMMES,
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ON THE DRAFT ESTIMATES OF REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE FOR .36-87, RELATING TO RECREATION AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES IN THE NON-URBAN AREA, THE DEPARTMENT'S SENIOR TREASURY ACCOUNTANT, MRS MARIA YIP. SAID REVENUE SHOWS AN INCREASE OF 23 PER CENT FROM $16.79 MILLION IN 1985-86 TO $20.61 MILLION IN 1986-87, WHILE EXPENDITURE IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE BY 77 PER CENT FROM $143.7 MILLION TO $254.69 MILLJON.
/+A MAJOR