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SUNDAY, JULY 6, 1986
AN AMAZING VARIETY OF PERFORMANCES WILL GLAMORISE THE COLOURFUL GALA EVENING HELD AT THE EXPO'S XEROX INTERNATIONAL THEATRE BETWEEN 10.30 AND 11.30 PM.
PROGRAMMES WILL VARY FROM SINGING AND DANCES TO A DIVERSITY OF CULTURAL PERFORMANCES INCLUDING LION DANCE, TRADITIONAL MARTIAL ART, ACROBATIC STUNTS, AND DRUM SHOW STAGED BY FAMOUS ARTISTES FROM THE TWO TV STATIONS.
THE SHOW WILL BE HOSTED BY FRANCES YIP AND GIGI WONG, WHILE TVB ARTISTES LYDIA SHUM, LESLIE CHEUNG, SALLY YEH AND MAY NG AND ATV ARTISTES LI CHI, LAI YIN-SHAN, TSANG WAI-KUEN, LEE CHOI-FUNG, CHEUNG LAP-KEI, YIM WAI-LING, NG SHUN-YI AND CHAN YIK-ZEE WILL PERFORM IN THE PROGRAMME.
PRODUCED BY RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG, THE SHOW WILL BE BROADCAST BY SATELLITE ON BOTH TV STATIONS IN HONG KONG: JULY 19, 7.30 TO 8.30 PM ON ATV AND JULY 20, 8.30 TO 9.35 PM ON TVB.
THE PRODUCTION OF THE GALA PERFORMANCE IS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE GENEROUS DONATION OF CHUANG'S (HOLDINGS) LIMITED WHILE THE SATELLI TE BROADCAST IS SPONSORED BY CABLE AND WIRELESS (HONG KONG) LIMITED.
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ILLEGAL STRUCTURES ON NULLAH DECK ING CLEARED
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ILLEGAL STRUCTURES ON NAM CHEONG STREET NULLAH DECKING, WHICH HAD CAUSED ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS IN SHAM SHUI PO FOR THE PAST QUARTER CENTURY, WERE FINALLY PULLED DOWN TODAY (SUNDAY) FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN AMENITY AREA.
THE CLEARANCE WAS STRONGLY SUPPORTED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD AFTER EXTENSIVE DISCUSSIONS AND CONSULTATIONS ON ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT IN THE NAM CHEONG SUB-DISTRICT.
THE 221 ILLEGAL STRUCTURES THAT WERE CLEARED COMPRISED 115 SHOPS, 48 WORKSHOPS AND THREE GODOWNS. THE 32 AFFECTED FAMILIES HAD BEEN OFFERED REHOUSING IN URBAN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES OR TEMPORARY HOUSING AREAS AND REMOVAL ALLOWANCE RANGING FROM $800 TO $1 200.
THE SITE OF THE ILLEGAL STRUCTURES WAS ORIGINALLY A HAWKER BAZAAR BUILT IN 1960 ON A DECKED-OVER NULLAH IN THE MIDDLE OF NAM CHEONG STREET, BETWEEN UN CHAU STREET IN THE NORTH AND LAI CHI KOK ROAD IN THE SOUTH.
WHEN IT WAS FIRST BUILT, THERE WERE CARRIAGEWAYS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BAZAAR, FENCED OFF BY A SIX-FOOT HIGH WIRE FENCE. WITHIN THE AREA WERE 390 PITCHES OF THREE FEET BY FOUR FEET, MARKED OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BAZAAR IN TWO ROWS.
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