SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 198
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TWO +PEACE+ SPECTACULARS PLANNED
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OVER 30 000 YOUNG PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO TAKE PART IN TWO SPECTACULAR EVENTS NEXT MONTH AS THE CLIMAX OF THE INTERNATIONAL YOUTH YEAR.
DISCLOSING DETAILS OF THE +PEACE HI-TOUCH EXHIBITION AND THE +PEACE RALLY+ AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY (SATURDAY), MRS SELINA CHOW, CHAIRMAN OF THE CENTRAL CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE ON THE 1985 INTERNATIONAL YOUTH YEAR (CCCIYY) SAID THE EVENTS WERE THE RESULT OF MANY MONTHS OF HARD WORK BY THE MEMBERS OF THE WORKING GROUP TASKED WITH PLANNING THEM.
SHE THANKED THOSE INVOLVED FOR THEIR STRENUOUS EFFORTS AND EXPRESSED HER APPRECIATION OF THE GENEROSITY OF THE 20 SPONSORS AND THE ASSISTANCE GIVEN BY THE 19 DISTRICT BOARDS.
+WITHOUT THE IR CONTRIBUTIONS, I AM SURE WE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CREATE THESE EVENTS,+ MRS CHOW SAID.
HIGH-TECH AND MULTI-MEDIA WILL BE USED IN THE +PEACE HI-TOUCH EXHIBITION+ TO BE HELD BETWEEN DECEMBER 17 AND 20 AT THE CITY HALL, LOW BLOCK, EXHIBITION HALL.
MR LEUNG WING-TAI TECHNICAL CO-ORDINATOR OF THE EXHIBITION, SAID VISITORS WOULD DISCOVER THAT THE PEACE HI-TOUCH EXHIBITION+ WOULD BE VERY DIFFERENT FROM ORDINARY EXHIBITIONS.
VISITORS WILL BE MET BY A PEACE AMBASSADOR+ WHO WILL ISSUE THEM WITH A +VISA+ TO A TRIP THROUGH A NUMBER OF +VISUAL TUNNELS+, CONTRASTING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PEACE AND STRIFE.
+YOUNG PEOPLE WILL BE INVITED TO CREATE THE IR OWN PEACE LOGO ON COMPUTERS: WRITE DOWN THEIR WISH FOR PEACE ON A PIECE OF PAPER AND TIE IT TO A TREE OF PEACE AND TO PLAY A GAME IN WHICH THEY TAKE THE ROLE OF A WORLD LEADER IN STARTING A NUCLEAR WAR ON A LOCATION OF THEIR CHOICE IN FRONT OF A WORLD MAP,+ MR LEUNG SAID.
A FOUR-HOUR LONG CARNIVAL WILL BE STAGED AT THE HAPPY VALLEY SPORTS GROUND ON DECEMBER 22.
DR CHAN CHOI-LAI, CHAIRMAN OF THE WORKING GROUP PLANNING THE CARNIVAL SAID THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HONG KONG, MORE THAN 50 LOCAL ARTISTES AND GROUPS WOULD BE MOBILISED TO PERFORM TO PROMOTE PEACE.
THE EXTRAVAGANZA ENTITLED THE INTERNATIONAL YOUTH YEAR PEACE RALLY WILL FEATURE DANCING, SINGING, DRAMA, BALLET AND MIME AND WILL START AT 3 PM, GRADUALLY BUILDING UP TO THE CLIMAX IN THE EVENING WHICH WILL BE A SPECTACULAR SHOW PERFORMED BY THE CITY CONTEMPORARY DANCE CAMPANY ENTITLED +LOVE AND PEACE+.
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