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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1980
IN THESE PLACES, NOBODY OVER 16 WOULD BE ALLOWED TO BE ADMITTED UNLESS THEY WERE LOOKING AFTER A CHILD, HE SAID.
MR WATT SAID THIS POSSIBLE LIBERALISATION OF POLICY WOULD BRING FORTH NEW ENTERTAINMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG AND COULD BE OF PARTICULAR VALUE TO SOME OF THE REMOTE AREAS WHERE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENTERTAINMENT AND RELAXATION WERE LIMITED.
CHIEF SECRETARY TO OPEN EXHIBITION
ON KWUN TONG DEVELOPMENT
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AN EXHIBITION ILLUSTRATING THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF KWUN TONG WILL BE HELD INSIDE THE MTR KWUN TONG STATION FROM SATURDAY (DECEMBER 6) TO DECEMBER 21.
THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR JACK CATER WILL OFFICIATE AT THE OPENING CEREMONY FOLLOWING WHICH HE WILL BE INTRODUCED TO MEMBERS OF THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE OF +KWUN TONG TODAY+ AT KWUN TONG VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTRE.
+KWUN TONG TODAY+ IS A TWO-WEEK COMMUNITY FUNCTION ORGANISED BY VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND LOCAL BODIES,
JOINTLY SPONSORED BY ITS ORGANISING COMMITTEE AND THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CORPORATION, THE EXHIBITION AT THE MTR STATION WILL FEATURE A DISPLAY OF PHOTOGRAPHS DEPICTING THE HISTORY OF KWUN TONG AND PAST EVENTS SUCH AS THE LANDSLIDE AT SAU MAU PING IN JUNE 1972 AND THE FIRE AT LEI YUE MUN LAST YEAR.
THE +PRESENT+ PART OF THE EXHIBITION WILL FOCUS ON PROBLEMS LIKE TRAFFIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, SERVICE DEFICIENCIES, AS WELL AS THE ROLE AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE IN SOLVING THESE PROBLEMS.
THE PHOTOGRAPHS WILL ALSO SHOW ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS IN SQUATTER AREAS SUCH AS THE PROVISION OF LEGAL ELECTRICITY SUPPLY AND PUBLIC STAND PIPES.
THE +FUTURE PART WILL BE PRESENTED BY MODELS OF DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS – THE NGAU TAU KÖK MARKET AND COMMERCIAL COMPLEX, EAST NGAU TAU KOK ESTATE, TSUI PING ROAD ESTATE REDEVELOPMENT AND TELFORD GARDEN.
ON SUNDAY (DECEMBER 7) +KWUN TONG TODAY+ WILL BE OFFICIALLY OPENED AT THE KWUN TONG RECREATION GROUND, TSUI PING ROAD.
THE DIRECTOR OF HOME AFFAIRS MR GRAHAM BARNES, WHO IS THE HONORARY PATRON OF THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE, WILL DOT THE EYES OF A DRAGON AND PRESENT SOUVENIRS TO THE ORGANISERS AND SPONSORING AGENCIES.
AN ENTERTAINING PROGRAMME WILL THEN START. THERE WILL BE DRAGON AND LION DANCES, MUSIC PERFORMANCES BY SCHOOL BANDS AND THE ARMED FORCES, AND FOLK DANCES BY VARIOUS ORGANISATIONS AND
SCHOOLS.
/THE CIVIL
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