MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1989
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SOUTHERN DISTRICT FESTIVAL BEGINS ON SATURDAY
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FESTIVAL
OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT THE CHAIRMAN
CHAU YIM-PING, TODAY (MONDAY) CALLED COMMITTEE, MRS SO RESIDENTS TO TAKE PART IN THE WIDE-RANGING ACTIVITIES IN THE FESTIVAL WHICH WILL START ON SATURDAY (NOVEMBER 4).
ORGANISING ON LOCAL DISTRICT
20 MRS CHAU SAID THE MONTH-LONG FESTIVAL WOULD OFFER MORE THAN
ART AND CIVIC CULTURAL, RECREATIONAL, ENTERTAINMENT, SPORTS, MUSIC, EDUCATION EVENTS FOR THE ENJOYMENT OF ABOUT 20,000 RESIDENTS.
SHE HOPED THAT THROUGH THESE ACTIVITIES RESIDENTS WOULD UNDERSTAND, AND TAKE PART IN, DISTRICT AFFAIRS, AND DEVELOP A SENSE OF BELONGING TO THE COMMUNITY.
WILL BE A GRAND THE CURTAIN-RAISER TO THE FESTIVAL
HELD ON SATURDAY AT THE CEREMONY AND VARIETY SHOW TO BE SPORTS GROUND IN WONG CHUK HANG, BEGINNING AT 6,30 PM.
THE
SHOW THREE-HOUR
BETTER GREATER
OPENING ABERDEEN
POPULAR YAN; YOLINDA MAN-YEE; AND A
A
FEATURE WILL
PERFORMANCES BY EDDIE NG KWAN, GINA
AND LAM, SHIRLEY SINGERS, CANTONESE OPERA BY TV ARTISTES KAM KWOK-WAI AND WONG TALK SHOW BY POPULAR DISC JOCKEYS, THE WHIZ KIDS.
A THE DIVERSIFIED PROGRAMMES OF THE FESTIVAL WILL ALSO INCLUDE
DIFFERENT AGES VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES THAT WILL CATER TO RESIDENTS OF AND FROM DIFFERENT WALKS OF LIFE.
THESE INCLUDE THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT ATHLETIC
MEET, A CONCERT
BY THE HONG KONG CHINESE ORCHESTRA, A CONCERT BY THE DISTRICT'S CHOIR, TWO PRESENTATIONS OF CANTONESE
CARNIVAL,
FAMILY
FUN
YOUTH OPERA, A PUPPET SHOW, DISCO CIVIC EDUCATION CARNIVAL,
DAY,
ART
NIGHT, CONTEST AND VARIOUS SPORTS PURSUITS.
MRS CHAU SAID
THE
HAD COMMITTEE
ALSO ORGANISED
WATER TWO FOR THE DISABLED AND THE CRUISE TRIPS AND A SPORTS DAY ESPECIALLY ELDERLY, AND A SEMINAR ON YOUTH PROBLEMS FOR PARENTS.
VARIETY
SHE SAID THE FESTIVAL WOULD
SHOW THAT WOULD
CONCLUDE ON DECEMBER 3 WITH A
BY 10 INCLUDE PERFORMANCES
LOCAL
ORGANISATIONS AND SCHOOLS.
THE
ESTIMATED BUDGET
FOR THE
FESTIVAL
AMOUNTS TO OVER THE DISTRICT BOARD AND
$700,000, OF WHICH $300,000 IS SPONSORED BY THE REST WILL BE MET BY PRIVATE DONATIONS.
THE FOR
ARE FESTIVAL PROGRAMME LEAFLETS
THE AND ITS SUB-OFFICES IN SOUTHERN DISTRICT OFFICE AT ABERDEEN CENTRE
TUNG ROAD, LEI
ESTATE, WAH
FU
AND STANLEY VILLAGE
ABBA
COMMERCIAL BUILDING.
AVAILABLE AT
ESTATE
TELEPHONE ENQUIRIES CAN BE MADE ON 5-540271.
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