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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1989
THE ARTS FESTIVAL. WHICH WILL LAST UNTIL DECEMBER 3. 15 BEING JOINTLY PRESENTED BY THE EASTERN DISTRICT ARTS COUNCIL. THE EASTERN DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE URBAN COUNCIL. WITH SPONSORSHIP FROM THE EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD.
MR FUNG SAID CULTURAL ACTIVITIES FORMED AN INTEGRAL PART OF EVERYDAY LIFE. PROVIDING A DRIVING FORCE FOR BETTER LIVING.
SUCH ACTIVITIES ALSO REFLECTED THE CULTURAL STANDARD OF SOCIETY. HE SAID. AND THUS CULTURAL LIFE WAS OF GREAT SIGNIFICANCE TO FAST-DEVELOPING HONG KONG.
MR FUNG PRAISED THE EASTERN DISTRICT ARTS COUNCIL FOR VIGOROUSLY PROMOTING ARTS AND CULTURE IN THE DISTRICT SINCE ITS ESTABLISHMENT IN 1985.
IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, A VARIETY OF BE OFFERED FOR RESIDENTS. INCLUDING A FILM
CULTURAL PROGRAMMES WILL SHOW. A CONCERT BY THE EASTERN DISTRICT CHILDREN'S CHOIR. CANTONESE OPERA PERFORMANCE AND AN ORCHESTRAL PERFORMANCE,
ROAD SAFETY PLEA BY DISTRICT OFFICER
THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT OFFICER. MR DUNCAN PESCOD. TODAY (SUNDAY) CALLED ON RESIDENTS TO PLAY A MORE ACTIVE ROLE IN THE PROMOTION OF ROAD SAFETY.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE DISTRICT'S ROAD SAFETY CAMPAIGN CARNIVAL AT THE ARGYLE STREET PLAYGROUND. MR PESCOD URGED RESIDENTS TO ASSIST IN PUBLICISING ROAD SAFETY MESSAGES TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF TRAFFIC MISHAPS.
HE POINTED OUT THAT TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS WERE SOMETIMES UNAVOIDABLE IN A BUSY PLACE SUCH AS THE DENSELY – POPULATED KOWLOON
CITY DISTRICT.
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OF A BUSY
NOTING THAT THE DISTRICT IS SITUATED AT THE CENTRE TRAFFIC SYSTEM, NORTH TO THE LION ROCK TUNNEL AND SOUTH TO THE CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL. MR PESCOD SAID A CAMPAIGN WAS NEEDED ΤΟ FOCUS LOCAL PEOPLE'S ATTENTION TO THE IMPORTANCE OF ROAD SAFETY.
A SERIES OF ACTIVITIES. INCLUDING A CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY COMPETITION. A COLOURING COMPETITION. AN EDUCATION PROGRAMME FOR THE ELDERLY. A MODEL PEDESTRIAN ELECTION AND A ROAD SAFETY EXHIBITION. HAD ALREADY BEEN HELD IN THE DISTRICT IN SUPPORT OF THE SAID.
CAMPAIGN. HE
AS THE NUMBER OF CASUALTIES COMPARATIVELY HIGH. MOTORISTS SHOULD PAY PEOPLE USING THE ROAD.' HE ADDED.
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