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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1991
"THESE FESTIVAL ACTIVITIES WILL ALSO ENABLE RESIDENTS MORE ABOUT THEIR DISTRICT.
"WITH
THE CONCERTED
TO KNOW
EFFORTS OF RESIDENT'S AND LOCAL COMMUNITY AND STRIVE FOR THE ORGANISATIONS, WE CAN BUILD A BETTER PROSPERITY OF HONG KONG, MR WONG SAID.
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ALSO SPEAKING AT THE CEREMONY, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE FESTIVAL CO- DISTRICT ORDINATING COMMITTEE, MR CHAN MOW-FAT, SAID THE $1.5 MILLION FESTIVAL WOULD LAST UNTIL DECEMBER 22.
PARTICIPATE "IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT SOME 50,000 RESIDENTS WILL
ACTIVITIES, IN THE FESTIVAL'S 48 CULTURAL, RECREATIONAL AND HE ADDED.
11
SPORTS
MORE THAN
8,000
RESIDENTS ATTENDED
A
VARIETY
SHOW WHICH
FOLLOWED THE OPENING CEREMONY TONIGHT.
BY A POPULAR THE TWO AND A HALF-HOUR SHOW FEATURED A CONCERT
CHOIR OF THE SHAM BAND AND SINGERS, PERFORMANCES BY THE CHILDREN'S
DISC SHUI PO DISTRICT ARTS AND RECREATION ASSOCIATION, AND A DRAMA BY JOCKEYS.
PO OTHER OFFICIATING GUESTS AT THE CEREMONY WERE THE SHAM SHUI
MR ALAN DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR CHOY WAI-SHEK; DISTRICT OFFICER, FUNG; AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLORS MR TO KUN-SUN AND MR FUNG KIN-KEE.
ARTS FESTIVAL IN YUEN LONG
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THE 11TH YUEN LONG ARTS FESTIVAL WAS OPENED THIS (SATURDAY) EVENING WITH A SPECTACULAR VARIETY SHOW AT THE LUT SAU HALL.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR ALBERT LAM, SAID THE ANNUAL FESTIVAL WAS A MAJOR ARTISTIC EVENT IN THE DISTRICT,
"THE EIGHT-DAY FESTIVAL WILL PRESENT A VARIETY OF ITEMS TO SATISFY THE DIFFERENT INTERESTS OF SPECTATORS OF DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS AND SOCIAL BACKGROUNDS, HE SAID.
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FOURTEEN EVENTS INCLUDING CONCERTS, DRAMAS, CANTONESE OPERAS, DANCES, VARIETY SHOWS, FILMS AND EXHIBITIONS WILL BE HELD.
OF THESE, A NUMBER OF ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING A POTTERY DEMONSTRATION, AN EXHIBITION OF CHILDREN'S PAINTINGS FROM AROUND THE WORLD, AND A VARIETY SHOW PRESENTED BY THE FRINGE CLUB, WILL BE OFFERED FREE.
JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD, THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT ARTS COMMITTEE AND THE YUEN LONG TOWN HALL, THE FESTIVAL IS SPONSORED BY THE REGIONAL COUNCIL AND VARIOUS COMMERCIAL ORGANISATIONS.
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