SUNDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1987
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FESTIVE LIGHTINGS BRIGHTEN UP LUNG SHING AREA
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THE LUNG SHING AREA OF KOWLOON CITY BRIGHTENED UP TONIGHT (SUNDAY) WHEN MORE THAN 10,000 LIGHT BULBS LINING THE MAIN STREETS WERE SWITCHED ON AT THE OPENING OF THE "LUNG SHING NIGHT" VARIETY SHOW.
OFFICIATING AT THE SWITCH-ON CEREMONY WERE THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT OFFICER, MR ALEX FONG: KOWLOON LOK SIN TONG BENEVOLENT SOCIETY CHAIRMAN, MR WONG CHUNG-MING; DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR WONG SIK-KONG; AND LUNG SHING AREA COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, MR LAU TAK.
A LARGE LIGHTING DESIGN FEATURING A DRAGON AND A CASTLE WALL HAS BEEN PUT UP OUTSIDE THE URBAN COUNCIL COMPLEX AT NGA TSIN LONG ROAD. THE LIGHTS WILL BE TURNED ON DURING CHRISTMAS, NEW YEAR AND LUNAR NEW YEAR.
THE LIGHTING DECORATIONS, COSTING ABOUT $200,000, WILL ENHANCE THE FESTIVE ATMOSPHERE IN THE DISTRICT.
THE LUNG SHING AREA, FORMERLY KNOWN AS KOWLOON CITY AND SAI TAU AREA, WAS RENAMED AFTER THE CLEARANCE OF SAI TAU VILLAGE LAST YEAR.
THE PROGRAMME OF THE VARIETY SHOW THIS EVENING INCLUDED A LION DANCE, A MAGIC SHOW, AND SINGING AND DANCING PERFORMANCES.
THE LIGHTING DECORATIONS AND THE VARIETY SHOW WERE JOINTLY PRESENTED BY THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT OFFICE, LUNG SHING AREA COMMITTEE, AND, THE SPONSOR, THE KOWLOON LOK SIN TONG BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.
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HK STUDENTS EXCEL IN INTERNATIONAL ESSAY CONTEST
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A SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENT HAS WON THE FOURTH PRIZE AND A TRIP TO KUALA LUMPUR WITH HER ENTRY IN AN INTERNATIONAL ESSAY COMPETITION ORGANISED BY THE ROYAL COMMONWEALTH SOCIETY IN LONDON.
SHE IS IRENE YOUNG BICK-KWAN OF ST. MARY'S CANOSSIAN COLLEGE WHO TOOK PART IN CLASS A OF THE COMPETITION FOR CANDIDATES AGED 16 TO 19 EARLY THIS YEAR.
SHE WAS AWARDED A CASH OF 15 POUND STERLING AND BOOKS WORTH 10 POUND STERLING BY THE ROYAL COMMONWEALTH SOCIETY IN LONDON. IN ADDITION, THE HONG KONG BRANCH OF THE ROYAL COMMONWEALTH SOCIETY WOULD PRESENT HER A ROUND-TRIP TICKET TO KUALA LUMPUR WITH TWO NIGHTS' ACCOMMODATION AT THE COMMONWEALTH HOUSE THERE, PLUS THE COST OF SIGHTSEEING AND HK$500 POCKET MONEY.
TWO STUDENTS