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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1986
DURING THE FESTIVAL, RESIDENTS IN THE DISTRICT WILL ALSO BE TREATED TO FREE PERFORMANCES STAGED BY VISITING CHINESE SPORTS TEAMS.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE EIGHTH TSUEN WAN SPORTS FESTIVAL.
TRANSPORT TO TAKE THE MEDIA TO THE STARTING POINT OF THE MARATHON AT SHAM TSENG WILL LEAVE THE YEUNG UK ROAD SPORTS GROUNG IN TSUEN WAN AT 9 AM.
MR LIAO WILL JOIN THE MARATHON AT THE JUNCTION OF SHA TSUI ROAD AND CHUNG ON STREET IN CENTRAL TSUEN WAN AT NOON.
FULL PROGRAMME FOR CENTRAL, WESTERN FESTIVAL
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ABOUT 40 RECREATIONAL, EDUCATIONAL, CULTURAL AND ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMMES HAVE BEEN ORGANISED FOR THE SECOND CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT FESTIVAL WHICH WILL RUN FOR THREE WEEKS FROM WEDNESDAY (NOVEMBER 5).
MORE THAN 50 DISTRICT ORGANISATIONS, VOLUNTARY AGENCIES AND GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS WILL TAKE PART IN THESE EVENTS TO BE HELD AT OVER 40 VENUES BOTH WITHIN AND WITHOUT THE DISTRICT.
DETAILS OF THE SECOND CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT FESTIVAL WERE ANNOUNCED TODAY (FRIDAY) BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE DISTRICT FESTIVAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE, MR CHAN YAU-HING.
AN OPENING CEREMONY WILL BE HELD AT EDINBURGH PLACE IN CENTRAL AT 7.30 PM ON WEDNESDAY (NOVEMBER 5), AND THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A VARIETY SHOW AT THE CITY HALL CONCERT HALL.
TO MARK THE OPENING, THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR DONALD LIAO, WILL DOT THE EYES OF A DRAGON AND THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR LAM KAM-KWONG, WILL DOT THE EYES OF TWO LIONS.
THE VARIETY SHOW WILL FEATURE A STRINGS ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCE, BALLET, CHOIR SINGING, BAND MUSIC, ORIENTAL FOLK DANCE AND POPULAR SONGS.
/MR CHAN