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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1988
THERE WILL ALSO ВК AN
RELATING TO HEALTH EDUCATION.
EXHIBITION AND A VIDEO TAPE SHOW
OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE EVENT WILL BE THE ACTING TAI PO DISTRICT OFFICER, MISS MARY CHOW SHUK-CHING, AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE DISTRICT BOARD, MR HO YUNG-SANG.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE HEALTH CHECKS FOR THE ELDERLY IN THE HALL OF TAI PO COMMUNITY CENTRE, HRUNG SZE WUI STREET, ΤΑΙ PO MARKET BEGINNING AT 9.45 AM ON SUNDAY (DECEMBER 11).
YUEN LONG ARTS FESTIVAL BEGINS
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THE NINTH YUEN LONG ARTS FESTIVAL, ONE OF THE CULTURAL EVENTS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, WAS OPENED EVENING WITH A MUSICAL, "CINDERELLA", PERFORMED BY CHILDREN CHOIR AT THE LUT SAU HALL.
MORE COLOURFUL THIS (FRIDAY) THE YUEN LONG
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR MICHAEL SUEN, NOTED THAT THE FESTIVAL HAD BECOME ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS FOR THE DISTRICT SINCE IT LAUNCHED IN 1981.
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HE POINTED OUT THAT EVERY YEAR THE ORGANISERS HAD BEEN ABLE PUT TOGETHER AN INTERESTING AND EXCITING PROGRAMME WITH THE RIGHT BLEND OF PERFORMANCES BY ARTISTS GROOMED IN THE DISTRICT AND THEIR COUNTERPARTS FROM VARIOUS PARTS OF THE TERRITORY.
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
AS GIVING PERFORMANCES.
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"FURTHERMORE, IT IS OFTEN THROUGH THIS KIND OF EVENT THAT ARTS PERFORMERS IN HONG KONG COME TOGETHER, THUS BROADENING THE LOCAL ARTS SCENE, HE ADDED.
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE, MR CHOW YIU-WING, SAID THAT AS FIRST-CLASS ARTS PRESENTATIONS WERE
EASILY ACCESSIBLE FOR YUEN LONG RESIDENTS, THE ANNUAL FESTIVAL
ALL THE MORE MEANINGFUL TO THEM.
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