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MONDAY. NOVEMBER 5, 1989
KWUN TONG FESTIVAL TO START ON NOVEMBER 19
STORE
MORE THAN 30 CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES ARE IN FOR RESIDENTS IN KWUN TONG DURING THE FORTHCOMING DISTRICT FESTIVAL.
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THE KWUN TONG FESTIVAL 89 JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE KWUN
URBAN COUNCIL AND THE DISTRICT BOARD, THE DISTRICT OFFICE, THE LOCAL AREA COMMITTEES, WILL BE HELD FROM NOVEMBER 19 TO DECEMBER 16.
AIMED
TO ANNOUNCE DETAILS AT A PRESS CONFERENCE
OF THE FESTIVAL MR CHRIS WAN. TODAY (MONDAY), THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICER, THE FESTIVAL WAS
AT FOSTERING A SENSE OF BELONGING
SAID AMONG
RESIDENTS.
"IT WILL ALSO HELP IMPROVE COMMUNITY INTEGRATION BY PROVIDING A WIDE RANGE OF ACTIVITIES FOR LOCAL RESIDENTS," HE NOTED.
POINTED OUT
THAT SINCE THE
THE
COMMUNITY EVENT IN
MR WAN
OF IMPLEMENTATION DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION SCHEME, A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF RESOURCES HAD BEEN ALLOCATED FOR ORGANISING A MAJOR FESTIVE THE DISTRICT EACH YEAR.
HAD
AS THE KWUN HE SAID MAJOR EVENTS ORGANISED IN THE PAST, SUCH TONG FESTIVAL, SPORTS FESTIVAL, YOUTH FESTIVAL AND ARTS FESTIVAL, ALL. BEEN WELL RECEIVED AND SUPPORTED BY LOCAL RESIDENTS.
SAID
A
YEAR'S
HE OUTLINING THE PROGRAMME OF THIS
FESTIVAL, GRAND OPENING WOULD BE HELD AT THE HONG NING ROAD PLAYGROUND ON NOVEMBER 19 (SUNDAY).
THERE WILL BE PERFORMANCES BY POPULAR SINGERS AND A VARIETY SHOW STAGED BY THE FRINGE CLUB," HE SAID.
HOLD A TO BOOST THE
DURING THE FESTIVAL, THE 15 LOCAL AREA COMMITTEES WILL SERIES OF ACTIVITIES IN THEIR RESPECTIVE SUB-DISTRICTS FESTIVAL ATMOSPHERE.
"THESE INCLUDE FILM SHOWS. CHINESE OPERATIC A CHILDREN'S DRAWING COMPETITION, CARNIVALS WAN SAID.
AND
SONG PERFORMANCE, VARIETY SHOWS.
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MR
THE GRAND FINALE OF THE FESTIVAL WILL BE A LIVE SHOW ON HK-TVE'S "ENJOY YOURSELF TONIGHT" PROGRAMME ON DECEMBER 16.
WERE ALSO PRESENT AT TODAY'S PRESS CONFERENCE
THE KWUN TONG THE KWUN DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR LAM HANG-FAI; CHAIRMAN OF
TONG FESTIVAL '89 ORGANISING COMMITTEE, MADAM YEUNG KAM-CHUN AND PRESIDENT, MR LO CHING-HO; KWUN TONG DISTRICT RECREATION AND SPORTS OFFICER OF THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, MR LAU KWOK-KWONG; EXECUTIVE MANAGER OF HK-TVB, MR HO LAI-CHUEN.
AND THE
BOTH MR LAM AND
MADAM
SUPPORT THE FESTIVAL.
YEUNG CALLED ON LOCAL
RESIDENTS
то
THE BUDGET OF THE KWUN TONG FESTIVAL '89 AMOUNTS TO $600,000. HALF OF IT WAS MET BY THE DISTRICT BOARD), AND THE REST CAME FROM
LOCAL DONATIONS.
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