SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1989
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ANCIENT POTS ON SHOW IN TUEN MUN
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HONG KONG'S FIRST ANCIENT POTS EXHIBITION WILL BE HELD IN THE EXHIBITION GALLERY OF TUEN MUN TOWN HALL. STARTING FROM TOMORROW (SUNDAY).
THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR ADOLF HSU, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE EXHIBITION WHICH IS ORGANISED AS PART OF THIS YEAR'S TUEN MUN FESTIVAL.
SELECTED FROM THE TAOIST CHING CHUNG MONASTERY'S COLLECTION OF ANCIENT POTS, THE 300 EXHIBITS REPRESENT A VARIETY OF STYLES AS WELL AS EXQUISITE CRAFTSMANSHIP. SOME OF THEM CAN BE DATED BACK TO THE SUNG DYNASTY.
THE EXHIBITION WILL BE OPEN DAILY FROM 9 AM TO B PM, UNTIL NOVEMBER 12.
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YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE OPENING CEREMONY POTS EXHIBITION TO BE HELD TOMORROW [SUNDAY} AT 2.30 PM EXHIBITION GALLERY OF TUEN MUN TOWN HALL.
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FOOTBALLERS TO 'KICK OFF SPORTS FESTIVAL IN KWAI TSING
A SOCCER TOURNAMENT BETWEEN WOMEN TEAMS FROM CHINA, TAIWAN AND HONG KONG WILL KICK OFF THE THIRD KWAI TSING SPORTS FESTIVAL WHICH RUNS FROM NOVEMBER 11 TO DECEMBER 8 THIS YEAR.
THE FESTIVAL, ORGANISED BY THE KWAI TSING DISTRICT BOARD, THE DISTRICT SPORTS ASSOCIATION, THE REGIONAL COUNCIL AND THE DISTRICT OFFICE, IS AIMED AT PROMOTING RESIDENTS' INTEREST AND PARTICIPATION IN SPORTS ACTIVITIES.
THE BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR'S FESTIVAL IS $650,000, OF WHICH $220,000 HAS BEEN ALLOCATED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD, #320,000 BY THE REGIONAL COUNCIL AND THE REMAINDER FROM LOCAL DONATIONS.
THE KWAI TSING SPORTS FESTIVAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE WILL ANNOUNCE DETAILS OF THE OPENING CEREMONY AND THE PROGRAMME AT A PRESS CONFERENCE ON MONDAY (NOVEMBER 6).
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