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TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1978

EMBLEM AND MURAL DESIGN COMPETITIONS

FOR TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL *******

THE NEWLY-CREATED TSUEN WAN DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD HELD A PRESS CONFERENCE AT THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICE THIS AFTERNOON TO ANNOUNCE DETAILS OF A SERIES OF OPEN COMPETITIONS FOR THE EMBLEM AND MURALS TO BE USED IN THE $23 MILLION TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL,

ANNOUNCING DETAILS OF THE COMPETITIONS, THE BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR. JAMES HAYES, SAID THE COMPETITION REPRESENTED THE FIRST MAJOR COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT PROJECT BY THE BOARD SINCE ITS INAUGURATION JUST OVER A MONTH AGO.

MR. HAYES SAID THE EVENT WAS MEANINGFUL IN THAT THE WINNING DESIGNS WOULD BE USED AND DISPLAYED AT THE TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL WHICH WOULD BE READY LATE NEXT YEAR, PROVIDING A WELL-EQUIPPED AUDITOR JUM AND OTHER FACILITIES TO MEET THE GROWING CULTURAL NEEDS OF THE NEW TOWN.

+THE TOWN HALL IS A PROJECT FOR THE COMMUNITY AND IT IS MOST FITTING THAT THE DESIGNS OF ITS EMBLEM AND MURALS SHOULD COME FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC,+ HE SAID.

APART FROM PROMOTING PUBLIC INTEREST IN ART, IT HELPS CREATE A BETTER SENSE OF BELONGING FOR THE TOWN HALL, HE ADDED.

MR. HAYES SAID THE BOARD HAD ALLOCATED $23,000 AND OTHER PRIZES FOR THE COMPETITION WINNERS.

THE COMPETITION ON THE EMBLEM DESIGN IS OPEN TO HONG KONG RESIDENTS, AND THE ONE ON THE MURAL DESIGNS IS DIVIDED INTO THREE GROUPS -- GROUND-FLOOR MURAL, OPEN TO ALL HONG KONG RESIDENTS- FIRST-FLOOR MURAL, TO PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS AND SECOND-FLOOR MURAL, TO SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS.

MR. HAYES SAID ANY NUMBER OF ENTRIES CAN BE SUBMITTED TO THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICE, THE TSUEN WAN OR KWAI CHUNG TOWN MANAGEMENT OFFICES, OR TO THE ART SECTION OF THE EDUCATION DEPART- MENT'S CULTURAL CRAFTS CENTRE.

ALL ENTRIES SHOULD BE SUBMITTED FLAT, NOT ROLLED, TOGETHER WITH A COMPLETED ENTRY FORM, BEFORE THE END OF MARCH THIS YEAR.

ENTRY FORMS CAN BE OBTAINED FROM ALL CITY DISTRICT OFFICES, THE NEW TERRITORIES DISTRICT OFFICES AND PUBLIC ENQUIRY CENTRES. TELEPHONE ENQUIRIES CAN BE MADE AT 12-435408 OR 12-271335.

MR. HAYES SAID JUDGING WOULD BE MADE BY A PANEL OF ACCOMPLISHED ARTISTS AND EXPERIENCED DESIGNERS ALONG WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD.

+ALL ENTRIES, PRIZE-WINNING OR OTHERWISE, SHALL BECOME THE PROPERTY OF THE DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD AND MAY BE USED AT ITS DISCRETION, HE SAID.

/IN THE EMBLEM