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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1978-

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OPENING OF TSUEN WAN EMBLEM AND MURAL DESIGN EXHIBITION

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THE THREE-DAY EXHIBITION OF SOME 600 ENTRIES TO A HONG KONG- WIDE EMBLEM AND MURAL DESIGN COMPETITION OPENED THIS (THURSDAY) AFTERNOON AT THE PRINCESS ALEXANDRA COMMUNITY CENTRE IN TSUEN WAN.

THE EXHIBITION, THE TSUEN WAN'S TOWN MANAGER AND DISTRICT OFFICER, MR. JAMES HAYES SAID AT A PRIZE-GIVING CEREMONY, MARKED THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF AN IMPORTANT PREPARATORY STÉP FOR FITTING OUT THE $23 MILLION TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL TO GIVE IT A LOCAL IDENTITY.

HE SAID IT WAS +AN INDICATION OF WHAT WE MIGHT EXPECT FROM SEEKING LOCAL PARTICIPATION IN A MAJOR NEW PROJECT INTENDED TO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF THE NEW TOWN.+

+ IN PARTICULAR, MR. HAYES CONTINUED, THE EMBLEM, WITH ITS STRIKING AND VIBRANT DESIGN, BASED ON THE FIRST CHARACTER OF THE NAME 'TSUEN WAN', IS A MOST FITTING REFLECTION OF ALL THE ENERGY AND HOPE WHICH IS BEING POURED INTO THE LIFE AND WORK OF THE TOWN,+

THE COMPETITION, JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD, REPRESENTS THE FIRST MAJOR COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT PROJECT UNDERTAKEN BY THE BOARD SINCE ITS ESTABLISHMENT LATE LAST YEAR.

MR. HAYES POINTED OUT THAT THE GENERAL STANDARD OF ENTRIES WAS HIGH AND THEIR LARGE NUMBER INDICATED +AN ENCOURAGING INTEREST

+ IN OUR IMPORTANT NEW PUBLIC AMENITY.

THE CENTREPIECES OF THE EXHIBITION ARE THE WINNING EMBLEM BY THE S.S. DESIGN GROUP, THE WINNING GROUND-FLOOR MURAL BY MR. ARIES LEE OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY'S FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT AND THE WINNING FIRST-FLOOR MURAL BY 11-YEAR-OLD LOCAL SCHOOL GIRL, HUNG CHUI-LAN.

OTHER ENTRIES SUBMITTED BY CONTESTANTS FROM ALL OVER HONG KONG ARE ALSO ON DISPLAY.

AT THE CEREMONY. THE WINNERS WERE PRESENTED WITH CASH AND OTHER PRIZES BY MR. HAYES IN HIS CAPACITY AS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD AND BY MR. CHAN PO-FONG, AN UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE BOARD.

MR. HAYES SAID TODAY'S PRIZE-GIVING CEREMONY GAVE PUBLIC RECOGNITION TO THE TALENTED PERSONS WHO HAD ENTERED THE COMPETITION WITH SUCH ZEST, AND TO SUCH GOOD PURPOSE AND THE ACCOMPANYING EXHIBITION ENABLED RESIDENTS TO SEE THE RESULTS OF THE ARTISTS' EFFORTS.

THANKING THE JUDGES AND ALL WHO HAD TAKEN PART IN THE PROJECT, HE SAID: +ARTISTS AND JUDGES ALIKE WILL IN FUTURE BE REMINDED OF THESE EVENTS WHENEVER THEY ENTER THE HALL AFTER ITS COMMISSIONING.

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