TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1987
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DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED
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THE ACTING GOVERNOR AFTER TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE ADVICE OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, HAS DECIDED THAT THE DEATH SENTENCES PASSED ON LAM HO-YEE SHOULD BE COMMUTED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT.
LAM WAS FOUND GUILTY OF THE MURDER OF CHAN PO-KING ON NOVEMBER 20, 1985 AND OF MA CHIK-LAU AND TSE CHAN ON MARCH 27, 1986.
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YUEN LONG ARTS FESTIVAL OPENED
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THE SEVENTH YUEN LONG ARTS FESTIVAL, ONE OF THE MORE COLOURFUL CULTURAL EVENTS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES, WAS OPENED THIS (TUESDAY) EVENING WITH A PERFORMANCE BY THE HONG KONG CHINESE ORCHESTRA AT THE LUT SAU HALL.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, DR JAMES HAYES, NOTED THAT THE FESTIVAL HAD BECOME ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS FOR THE DISTRICT SINCE IT WAS LAUNCHED IN 1981.
HE POINTED OUT THAT EVERY YEAR THE ORGANISERS HAD BEEN ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER AN INTERESTING AND EXCITING PROGRAMME WITH THE RIGHT BLEND OF PERFORMANCES IN BOTH EASTERN AND WESTERN ARTS.
HE SAID THAT THIS YEAR'S PROGRAMME PUT SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON STIMULATING YOUNG PEOPLE IN THEIR PURSUIT OF CULTURAL ACTIVITIES BY PROVIDING A FORUM FOR ARTS APPRECIATION AS WELL AS PERFORMANCES.
+FURTHERMORE, IT IS OFTEN THROUGH THIS KIND OF EVENT THAT EAST AND THE WEST COME TOGETHER, THUS BROADENING THE LOCAL ARTS SCENE,+ HE ADDED.
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE, DR TANG SIU-TONG, POINTED OUT THAT CONSIDERING THE REMOTENESS OF YUEN LONG WHERE FIRST-CLASS ARTS PRESENTATIONS WERE NOT EASILY ACCESSIBLE, THE ANNUAL FESTIVAL WAS ALL THE MORE MEANINGFUL TO LOCAL RESIDENTS.
+ IN DRAWING UP OUR PROGRAMME, WE HAVE SPECIALLY ARRANGED FREE ADMISSION TO A WIDE VARIETY OF EVENTS IN ORDER TO PROMOTE ARTS TO PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AS WELL AS DIFFERENT INTEREST.
/+IN ADDITION