WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1988
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SAI KUNG TO LAUNCH FIRST DISTRICT ARTS FESTIVAL
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SAI KUNG DISTRICT RESIDENTS INCLUDING NEW ARRIVALS AT JUNK BAY NEW TOWN WILL BE TREATED TO 16 DAYS OF FUN AND ENTERTAINMENT WHEN THE FIRST SAI KUNG DISTRICT ARTS FESTIVAL IS LAUNCHED ON DECEMBER
2 (FRIDAY).
A VARIETY OF ARTISTIC AND CULTURAL EVENTS WILL BE HELD AT THE SAI KUNG TOWN HALL, TANG SHIU KIN SPORTS GROUND, TSUI LAM COMMUNITY HALL AND A SECONDARY SCHOOL IN JUNK BAY.
A SPOKESMAN OF THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT ARTS FESTIVAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT ABOUT $317,000, OF WHICH $100,000 WERE SPONSORED BY THE REGIONAL COUNCIL AND $50,000 BY THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT BOARD, WILL BE SPENT ON STAGING PROGRAMMES FOR PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT AGES AND INTERESTS.
THE FESTIVAL WILL BE LAUNCHED WITH AN OPENING CEREMONY AT THE SAI KUNG JOCKEY CLUB TOWN HALL ON THE NIGHT OF DECEMBER 2.
THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR MICHAEL SUEN ; LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS, MR CHEUNG YAN-LUNG, MR LAU WONG-FAT AND MR LAM WAI-KEUNG; SAI KUNG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR CHRISTOPHER MUNN; AND SAI KUNG DISTRICT
CHAIRMAN, MR WILLIAM WAN WILL OFFICIATE AT THE OPENING CEREMONY.
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CANTONESE OPERA TROUPE AND
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HIGHLIGHTS OF THE FESTIVAL OPERAS PERFORMED BY THE SHENZHEN CITY CANTONESE PLAY "THE STORY OF DRAGONBALL" PERFORMED BY THE CHUNG YING THEATRE COMPANY,
THE CLOSING CEREMONY ON DECEMBER 18 WILL FEATURE A LARGE-SCALE DANCE PERFORMANCE AT THE SAI KUNG JOCKEY CLUB TOWN HALL. DANCE ENTHUSIASTS FROM LOCAL ORGANISATIONS AND SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT WILL TAKE PART IN THE SHOW.
OTHER PROGRAMMES IN THE FESTIVAL INCLUDE ARTS CARNIVALS, VARIETY SHOWS, MOVIE SHOW, CHINESE MUSIC CONCERTS, TALKS ON SAI KUNG RURAL FOLK SONGS, AND PAINTINGS AND PHOTO EXHIBITIONS.
ADMISSIONS TO THE PROGRAMMES, EXCEPT THE CANTONESE OPERA, WILL BE FREE. TICKETS FOR THE PROGRAMMES AND PAMPHLETS CONTAINING DETAILS OF THE FESTIVAL WILL BE OBTAINABLE AT THE SAJ KUNG DISTRICT OFFICE, REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT (SAI KUNG OFFICE,) RURAL COMMITTEE OFFICES AND MUTUAL AID COMMITTEE OFFICES.
THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT ARTS FESTIVAL IS ARRANGED BY AN ORGANISING COMMITTEE WITH 17 MEMBERS INCLUDING DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS, LEADING PERSONALITIES, AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM RURAL COMMITTEES, MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES, LOCAL ORGANISATIONS AND VARIOUS
DEPARTMENTS.
GOVERNMENT
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