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SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT FESTIVAL ON TUESDAY
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THE $1.8 MILLION 1990-91 SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT FESTIVAL WITH WIDE VARIETY OF CULTURAL, RECREATIONAL AND SPORTS ACTIVITIES, WILL BEGIN ON TUESDAY (DECEMBER 11).
ANNOUNCING DETAILS OF THE FESTIVAL AT A NEWS CONFERENCE THIS (SATURDAY) AFTERNOON, CHAIRMAN OF THE FESTIVAL CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE, MR CHAU MUN, SAID THE AIM OF THE FIVE-WEEK FESTIVAL WAS ΤΟ FOSTER A SENSE OF BELONGING AMONG LOCAL RESIDENTS
AND, AT THE SAME TIME, PROVIDE ENTERTAINMENT FOR THEM.
"IT IS HOPED THAT THROUGH PARTICIPATION IN THE FESTIVAL, RESIDENTS WILL ALSO GET TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THEIR DISTRICT AND DEVELOP A SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY TO THE COMMUNITY, HE ADDED.
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MORE THAN 60 EVENTS SPECIALLY DESIGNED TO SUIT THE INTERESTS OF RESIDENTS FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE HAVE BEEN ORGANISED.
THESE HAVE BEEN DESIGNED TO PROMOTE ACTIVE
PARTICIPATION IN
THE 1991 THREE-TIER ELECTIONS.
A TERRITORY-WIDE SOCIAL DANCE COMPETITION AND A PHOTOGRAPHIC CONTEST ON FESTIVAL EVENTS WILL ALSO BE HELD IN ADDITION TO VARIETY SHOWS, EXHIBITIONS, CANTONESE OPERA, CARNIVALS, A CROSS-COUNTRY RUN, PICNICS AND A CHILDREN'S DRAWING COMPETITION.
ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS WILL BE A SPORTS CARNIVAL FEATURING PERFORMANCES BY A SHENZHEN RHYTHMIC GYMNASTIC TEAM.
FOR HOME
THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE FESTIVAL WILL BE HELD AT THE HONG KONG COLISEUM ON TUESDAY (DECEMBER 11) WITH THE SECRETARY AFFAIRS, MR PETER TSAO, OFFICIATING.
ADMISSION TO MOST OF THE EVENTS ARE FREE. FREE TICKETS AND PROGRAMME LEAFLETS ARE NOW AVAILABLE AT THE SHAM DISTRICT OFFICE AND ITS SUB-OFFICES.
ADMISSION SHUI PO
FESTIVAL FROM
THE DISTRICT FESTIVAL IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE AND THE DISTRICT OFFICE WITH SPONSORSHIP THE DISTRICT BOARD AND THE URBAN COUNCIL.
AMONG THOSE PRESENT AT TODAY'S NEWS CONFERENCE WERE THE SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR TAI TUNG-NGOK, AND DISTRICT OFFICER, MR ALAN FUNG.
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