THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1978
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COUNTDOWN ON WAN CHAI RECREATION COMPLEX
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THE COUNTDOWN ON THE WAN CHAI RECREATION COMPLEX IS 5 TO
ALREADY, 23 MONTHS WORK HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND ONLY 5 MONTHS MORE TO WAIT BEFORE THE FIRST GAME KICKS OFF AT THE COMPLEX.
TO UNDERLINE THE PROGRESS MADE, THE CONTRACT FOR THE SCORE- BOARD FOR THE COMPLEX WAS SIGNED YESTERDAY (WEDNESDAY).
A P.W.D. SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE URBAN COUNCIL SPORTS COMPLEX NEAR THE WAN CHAI FERRY PIER WAS NOW 80 PER CENT COMPLETE, AND ONLY FINISHING TOUCHES WERE REQUIRED.
+FOR INSTANCE,+ HE SAID, THE TRACK BASE HAS BEEN FINISHED, AND IN ABOUT SEPTEMBER WE WILL BE LAYING THE TOP SURFACE.
+BY OCTOBER THE WHOLE COMPLEX SHOULD BE READY.+
THE STADIUM, WHICH WILL SEAT ABOUT 3,500 SPECTATORS UNDER COVER, IS VIRTUALLY FINISHED.
THE COMPLEX WILL BE UP TO INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS AND COVERS AN AREA OF 25 ACRES.
YOUNG HONG KONG MUSICIANS THRILL AUDIENCE OF LONDON MUSIC FESTIVAL
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TWO YOUNG HONG KONG MUSICIANS GAVE POLISHED INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCES AT THE 1978 FINALS OF THE ROYAL OVERSEAS LEAGUE MUSIC FESTIVAL HELD AT QUEEN ELIZABETH HALL IN THE SOUTH BANK COMPLEX IN LONDON ON TUESDAY EVENING.
TO PROLONGED APPLAUSE, 13-YEAR-OLD MARY WU AND 18-YEAR-OLD LUNG HEUNG-VING RETURNED TO THE STAGE THRICE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE APPRECIATION OF AN ENTHUSIASTIC AUDIENCE FOR THE 18 SEPARATE
PROGRAMMES.
MARY WU, A PIANIST, COMES FROM A FAMILY OF TALENTED MUSICIAN. BEFORE COMING TO ENGLAND IN 1976, MARY WON MANY PRIZES IN SUCCESSIVE YEARS AT THE HONG KONG MUSIC FESTIVAL. SHE IS NOW A PUPIL AT THE YEHUD MENUHIM SCHOOL AND SINCE COMING TO ENGLAND HAS PLAYED IN A NUMBER OF CONCERTS.
/LUNG HEUNG-WING
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