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FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1981

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+HERE YOU HAVE THE MAKINGS OF SUCH A CORE YOU HAVE AN EXCELLENT SPORTS ASSOCIATION, A STADIUM WHICH IS ALREADY FIRST-CLASS AND TO WHICH IMPROVEMENTS WILL BE MADE VERY SHORTLY.

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+BESIDE THIS A SWIMMING POOL IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. IS THE TOWN HALL. NOW WE HAVE THIS MAGNIFICENT AIRCONDITIONED SCHOOL HALL IN ADDITION,

+THIS IS A GOOD START BUT YOU HAVE SOMETHING MORE IT IS COMMUNITY SPIRIT TO HAVE UNDERTAKEN MUCH OF THIS BY YOURSELF, THOUGH THE GOVERNMENT IS GLAD TO HAVE BUILT A SUBSTANTIAL PART.

+THE TOWN HALL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE, AND NOW THE DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD, WILL PROVIDE NEW GUIDANCE TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE DISTRICT, AND THE SPIRIT WHICH HAS PRODUCED THESE FACILITIES SHOULD GIVE IT A FLYING START, THE GOVERNOR SAID.

HE SAID THE OPENING OF THE SCHOOL, TO WHICH THE COMMUNITY HAD CONTRIBUTED SO GENEROUSLY, AND THE INAUGURAL CONCERT OF THE FIRST YUEN LONG ARTS FESTIVAL HERE IN THE HALL WERE A CELEBRATION OF JOINT COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE.

+ CONGRATULATE YOU ALL, AS A COMMUNITY, ON YOUR GENEROSITY, INITIATIVE AND IMAGINATION,+SIR MURRAY SAID.

THE CHIU LUT SAU MEMORIAL SCHOOL HAS 600 STUDENTS NOW, BUT WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE 1 200 EVENTUALLY. IT HAS 24 CLASSROOMS AND 12 SPECIAL ROOMS PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNICAL SUBJECTS. IT COST MORE THAN $10 MILLION TO BUILD, $1 MILLION OF WHICH WAS DONATED BY MR STEPHEN CHIU AND MR LEONARD CHIU IN MEMORY OF THEIR LATE FATHER, MR CHIU LUT SAU, A PROMINENT FIGURE OF YUEN LONG WHO DIED IN 1974.

SIR MURRAY SAID MR CHIU LUT SAU'S CONCERN FOR THE WELFARE OF THE PEOPLE OF YUEN LONG WOULD LONG BE REMEMBERED, AND HE APPLAUDED THE FAMILY'S DECISION TO HONOUR HIS MEMORY THROUGH +THIS FINE SCHOOL+ WITH ITS MAGNIFICENT HALL.

THE HALL, WITH 1 000 SEATS, WILL BE USED OUTSIDE SCHOOL HOURS FOR CULTURE, THEATRICAL AND MUSICAL PERFORMANCES BY LOCAL ORGANISATIONS.

THE FESTIVAL INAUGURAL CONCERT WHICH THE GOVERNOR ALSO ATTENDED FEATURED DANCE PERFORMANCES BY THE HONG KONG JING YING, WINNERS OF THE SCHOOLS' DANCE FESTIVAL AND SONGS BY THE YUEN LONG TOWN HALL CHILDREN'S CHOIR.

LASTING 14 DAYS, IT IS ORGANISED BY THE LOCAL DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD, WHICH HAS PROVIDED $200 000 TOWARDS COSTS.

THE PROGRAMME INCLUDES CONCERTS, BALLET PERFORMANCES, CANTONESE OPERAS, MIME, VARIETY AND FILM SHOWS AND ART EXHIBITIONS.

THERE WILL ALSO BE SEMINARS ON CARVING, PHOTOGRAPHY, CHINESE PAINTING AND CARTOON DRAWING.

ADMISSION TO EVENTS, OTHER THAN CANTONESE OPERAS AND PERFORMANCES BY THE HONG KONG CHINESE MUSIC ORCHESTRA, IS FREE. TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE DISTRICT OFFICE.

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