THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1986
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WINNING CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY ON EXHIBITION
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THE WORKS OF WINNERS OF THE CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY COMPETITION FOR STUDENTS IN SOUTHERN DISTRICT WILL BE ON DISPLAY FROM SATURDAY (AUGUST 23) AT THE EXHIBITION HALL OF THE ABERDEEN CIVIC CENTRE FIFTH FLOOR, ABERDEEN MARKET COMPLEX, NO. 203 ABERDEEN MAIN ROAD.
THE EXHIBITION IS JOINTLY PRESENTED BY THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT ARTS AND CULTURE ASSOCIATION AND THE URBAN COUNCIL, AND SPONSORED BY THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT BOARD.
+ IT WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC BETWEEN 10 AM AND 6 PM FROM AUGUST 23 TO 26, AND ADMISSION IS FREE,+ A SOUTHERN DISTRICT OFFICE SPOKESMAN SAID.
+A CALLIGRAPHY COMPETITION WAS HELD LAST MONTH TO PROMOTE CHINESE ART AMONG LOCAL YOUNG PEOPLE AND HAL ATTRACTED SOME 300 PRIMARY AND SECONDARY STUDENTS EITHER STUDYING OR LIVING IN THE DISTRICT, HE SAID.
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+ IT WAS DIVIDED INTO SEVEN SECTIONS COVERING DIFFERENT STYLES OF CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY, SUCH AS BRUSH WRITING, PEN WRITING AND BALL-POINT PEN WRITING, + HE SAID.
+APART FROM DISPLAYING WINNING ENTRIES, THE EXHIBITION WILL ALSO FEATURE THE WORKS OF SIX WELL-KNOWN LOCAL CALLIGRAPHISTS WHO WERE ADJUDICATORS OF THE COMPETITION, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
PRIZES WILL BE PRESENTED TO WINNERS AT A SPECIAL CEREMONY AT 2.30 PM ON SATURDAY AT THE EXHIBITION VENUE. OFFICIATING AT THE CEREMONY WILL BE ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER OF SOUTHERN, MISS OLIVIA NIP. SOUTHERN DISTRICT ARTS AND CULTURE ASSOCIATION CHAIRMAN, MRS SO CHOW YIM-PING, AND SOUTHERN DISTRICT SCHOOL LIAISON COMMITTEE VICE-CHAIRMAN, MR JASPER LAM.
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PUTONGHUA FOR JOURNALISTS COURSE OFFERED
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JOURNALISTS ARE INVITED TO APPLY FOR A PUTONGHUA COURSE ORGANISED JOINTLY BY THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL AND THE DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGES OF THE CITY POLYTECHNIC.
SUBSIDISED BY THE JOURNALISM TRAINING BOARD OF THE COUNCIL, THE FIVE-WEEK COURSE IS PART OF A SERIES OF PLANNED COURSES TO UPGRADE THE COMMUNICATION SKILLS OF WORKING JOURNALISTS.
THE COURSE ............