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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1987
REGIONAL SECRETARY TO OPEN ARTS FESTIVAL
THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, SUEN, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE EIGHTH ARTS FESTIVAL ON FRIDAY (DECEMBER 4) EVENING.
MR MICHAEL YUEN LONG
THE OPENING CEREMONY WILL TAKE PLACE AT 7.30 PM IN THE AUDITORIUM OF THE LUT SAU HALL, TAI YUK ROAD, YUEN LONG. IT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A VARIETY SHOW FEATURING LOCAL TALENTS INCLUDING THE YUEN LONG CHILDREN'S CHOIR, CHINESE ORCHESTRA, A DANCE TROUPE AND A CANTONESE OPERA TROUPE.
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE EIGHTH YUEN LONG ARTS FESTIVAL CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE, MR LEE KAE-BUN, AND MR SUEN WILL BOTH GIVE A SPEECH DURING THE OPENING CEREMONY.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE OPENING OF THE EIGHTH YUEN LONG ARTS FESTIVAL.
HONG KONG DANCE COMPANY TO PERFORM IN SOUTHERN
SOUTHERN DISTRICT RESIDENTS WILL BE TREATED TO AN EVENING OF CHINESE DANCES BY THE HONG KONG DANCE COMPANY ON SATURDAY (DECEMBER 6) AT YỤ CHUN KEUNG MEMORIAL COLLEGE, POK FU LAM.
SPONSORED BY THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT BOARD, THE PERFORMANCE IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE DISTRICT'S ARTS AND CULTURE ASSOCIATION AND THE URBAN COUNCIL.
THE PROGRAMME, STARTING AT 8 PM, WILL INCLUDE THE "BOW DANCE" AND "SWORD DANCE", BOTH OF WHICH WERE CHOREGRAPHED BY THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF THE COMPANY, SHU QIAO, AND HAD WON AWARDS IN THE DANCE COMPETITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL YOUTH GALA FESTIVAL.
THE TROUPE ALSO PRESENTS A NUMBER OF UYGUR DANCES, AMONG WHICH ARE SELECTED SECTIONS OF THE NEWLY CHOREGRAPHED "THE STORY OF AFANTI".
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ESTABLISHED BY THE URBAN COUNCIL IN 1981, THE HONG KONG DANCE COMPANY PRESENTS TRADITIONAL CHINESE DANCE AS WELL AS INNOVATIVE DANCE DRAMAS ON CHINESE AND HONG KONG THEMES.
TICKETS FOR FREE ADMISSION ARE NOW AVAILABLE FROM THE DISTRICT OFFICE IN ABERDEEN CENTRE AND ITS SUB-OFFICES IN WAH FU AND AP LEI CHAU, AS WELL AS FROM THE PREMISES OF THE DISTRICT ARTS AND CULTURE ASSOCIATION IN AP LEI CHAU ESTATE.
ENQUIRIES MAY BE MADE ON 5-540271 OR 5-550187
SOUTHERN STANLEY, SOUTHERN
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