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MONDAY, APRIL 20, 1987
ILLEGAL TAPPING OF ELECTRICITY SUPPLY IN TUNG CHOI STREET HAWKER PERMITTED PLACE HAD ALSO CREATED SERIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS.
CHINA LIGHT AND POWER CO LI HAD RECENTLY PROPOSED A NEW SCHEME OF PROVIDE INDIVIDUAL METER SUPPLY FOR HAWKER STALLS IN THE SECTION OF TUNG CHOI STREET BETWEEN NELSON STREET AND SHANGTUNG STREET.
THE WORKING GROUP WILL CO-ORDINATE AND MONITOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SCHEME.
MEMBERS OF THE WORKING GROUPS WILL SOON MEET TO DEFINE THEIR TERMS OF REFERENCE AND TO MAP OUT PLANS TO BRING A BETTER ENVIRONMENT AND MORE PLEASANT LIVING CONDITIONS TO THE RESIDENTS,
IN ADDITION, THERE ARE THREE EXISTING WORKING GROUPS UNDER THE ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE TO OVERSEE MATTERS CONCERNING TENDER AWARD, FLOODLIGHT INSTALLATION TO THE DISTRICT BOARD LANDMARK, AND THE NELSON STREET AMENITY PROJECT,
ARTS, CULTURAL ACTIVITIES IN SOUTHERN PROGRAMMED
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TWELVE PROJECTS COMPRISING 18 ARTS AND CULTURAL PROGRAMMES WITH SPONSORSHIP OF $115 000 FROM THE DISTRICT BOARD ARE BEING PLANNED BY THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT ARTS AND CULTURE ASSOCIATION THIS YEAR, A SOUTHERN DISTRICT OFFICE SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (MONDAY).
HE SAID THE BOARD'S COMMUNITY BUILDING COMMITTEE INITIALLY ENDORSED $69 100 TO SPONSOR SEVEN PROJECTS TO BE HELD BETWEEN APRIL AND AUGUST.
THE ASSOCIATION'S 1987-88 PROGRAMME CONTAINS A GREAT VARIETY OF PERFORMANCES, RANGING FROM CONCERTS, DRAMA, DANCE TO CANTONESE OPERA, TO MEET THE DIVERSE INTERESTS OF RESIDENTS.
A BALANCED SPREAD OF ACTIVITIES WILL BE HELD IN THE DISTRICT'S SIX CONSTITUENCIES TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY SPIRIT AMONG RESIDENTS.
TWO LARGE-SCALE PROGRAMMES ARE INTRODUCED THIS YEAR, THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OUTSTANDING STUDENTS VARIETY SHOW TO BE HELD
IN JUNE OR JULY AND A CHILDREN'S ARTS WEEK IN OCTOBER.
THE VARIETY SHOW WILL FEATURE SPEECH, SINGING AND DANCE PERFORMANCES BY LOCAL STUDENTS, WHILE THE ARTS WEEK WILL INCLUDE PAINTING AND HANDICRAFT COMPETITIONS, MAGIC AND ACROBATIC SHOWS, A CHILDREN'S BOOKS EXHIBITION AND A CARNIVAL WITH ARTS STAFFS AND PERFORMANCES.
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