XN000022-1975-05-31 — Page 4

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SATURDAY, MAY 31, 1975.

YOUNG ARTISTS COMPETE IN CULTURAL ARTS

MORE THAN 1,000 YOUNG PEOPLE WILL TAKE PART IN THE PAINTING AND CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY COMPETITIONS TOMORROW (SUNDAY) AT THE CARITAS CENTRE IN GATNE ROAD, CENTRAL.

THIS IS THE SECOND DAY OF THE COMPETITIONS - WHICH FORM PART OF THE ARTS AND CULTURAL CONTEST ORGANISED BY VARIOUS LOCAL DODIES AND SPONSORED BY THE HOME AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT TO PROMOTE AND WIDEN YOUTH INTEREST IN VARIOUS FORMS OF CULTURAL ARTS. THE COMPETITIONS WERE FIRST HELD LAST SUNDAY (MAY 25) WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF MORE THAN 2,000 YOUNG PEOPLE.

OTHER ITEMS OF THE CULTURAL AND ARTS CONTEST, INCLUDING TRANSLATION, CHINESE ESSAY AND SPEECH COMPETITIONS, WILL BE HELD SHORTLY.

THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF HOME AFFAIRS, MR. AUGUSTINE KAM CHUT WILL VISIT THE CARITAS CENTRE AT 2.45 P.M. ON SUNDAY TO SEE THE YOUNG ARTISTS IN ACTION.

NOTE TO EDITORS: YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO SEND A

REPORTER/PHOTOGRAPHER TO COVER THE EVENT.

CHANCE FOR WINNING GOVERNMENT LOTTERY GETS CLOSER

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THOSE WHO WISH TO BUY TICKETS OF THE FIRST GOVERNMENT LOTTERY THIS YEAR HAVE ONLY SEVERAL MORE DAYS TO DO SO.

TICKETS AT $2 EACH WILL BE AVAILABLE UP TO NEXT FRIDAY EVENING. WINNING NUMBERS WILL BE DRAWN AT 10 A.M. ON SATURDAY (JUNE 7) AT THE CITY HALL THEATRE.

AT 12 NOON TODAY (SATURDAY), A TOTAL OF 350,000 TICKETS HAVE BEEN SOLD. ON MONDAY, FIVE WELL-KNOWN RADIO HONG KONG ARTISTES MR. LEUNG MING, MISS FUNG SHUI CHUN, MR, TSANG KONG, MISS KIMMY GOT AND MR. WU KHUN MAANG, WILL BE PRESENT AT STATUE SQUARE FROM 5 TO 6 P.M. TO PROMOTE THE SALE OF TICKETS.

THEY WILL ALSO DRAW THE WINNING NUMBERS AT THE CITY HALL THEATRE.