SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1990
TAI PO LUNAR NEW YEAR PROGRAMME FINALE
THE TAI PO DISTRICT LUNAR NEW YEAR PROGRAMME CONCLUDED WITH A VARIETY SHOW AT THE TAI PO CENTRAL TOWN SQUARE THIS (SATURDAY) EVENING.
OFFICIATING AT A CLOSING CEREMONY, THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR ADOLF HSU, THANKED MEMBERS OF THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE CELEBRATIONS.
"THEIR ACTIVE PARTICIPATION NOT ONLY ENRICHED THE FESTIVE ATMOSPHERE IN THE DISTRICT BUT ALSO ENHANCED THE SOLIDARITY AMONG LOCAL RESIDENTS, HE SAID.
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"LOCAL RESIDENTS CAN BETTER UNDERSTAND THEIR COMMUNITY THROUGH PARTICIPATION IN SUCH PROGRAMMES," HE NOTED.
AFTER THE CEREMONY, WINNERS OF THE LUNAR NEW YEAR SCROLL WRITING AND CALLIGRAPHY COMPETITIONS WERE PRESENTED PRIZES BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TAI PO DISTRICT BOARD, MR HO YUNG-SANG, AND THE ACTING DISTRICT OFFICER, MISS MARY CHOW.
THE VARIETY SHOW INCLUDED PUPPET SHOW AND A LION DANCE.
PERFORMANCES BY POP
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A LANTERN PUZZLE AND DECORATIVE LANTERNS WERE ALSO THE SQUARE TO CELEBRATE TODAY'S CHINESE VALENTINE'S DAY DAY OF THE FIRST MONTH IN THE CHINESE CALENDAR.
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ABOUT 21 RECREATIONAL, SPORTS AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES WERE HELD DURING THE 20-DAY LUNAR NEW YEAR PROGRAMME WHICH STARTED ON JANUARY 22.
THE PROGRAMME WAS ORGANISED BY THE TAI PO DISTRICT LUNAR NEW YEAR ORGANISING COMMITTEE, AND SPONSORED BY THE TAI PO DISTRICT AND THE REGIONAL COUNCIL.
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CIVIC EDUCATION RESOURCE CENTRE OPENS IN SSP
THE CIVIC EDUCATION RESOURCE CENTRE LOCATED AT THE
PO DISTRICT OFFICE AT 37-39 TONKIN STREET WAS OPENED TODAY
SHAM SHUI (SATURDAY).
SPEAKING AT AN OPENING CEREMONY, A MEMBER OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE ON THE PROMOTION OF CIVIC EDUCATION, MR CHAN WING-TAI, SAID THE COMMITTEE ENCOURAGED THE SETTING UP OF SUCH CENTRES IN DISTRICTS TO CATER FOR THE NEEDS OF RESIDENTS.
HE ADDED THAT THE CENTRE IN SHAM SHUI PO WOULD CERTAINLY HELP TO PROMOTE CIVIC EDUCATION IN THE DISTRICT.
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