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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1981

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CHEUNG CHAU NEW YEAR CARNIVAL

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A NEW YEAR CARNIVAL ON CHEUNG CHAU THIS (SATURDAY) AFTERNOON ATTRACTED 5 000 RESIDENTS ALMOST ONE-SIXTH OF THE ISLAND'S POPULATION.

THE EVENT WAS ORGANISED BY ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICE, THE LOCAL RURAL COMMITTEE, SCHOOLS, WELFARE INSTITUTIONS, COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OFFICES.

ACTIVITIES WERE HELD IN FRONT OF PAK TAI TEMPLE AND INCLUDED A VARIETY SHOW OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE DANCES, SONGS AND WESTERN AND KOREAN FOLK DANCES BY TEAMS FROM LOCAL SCHOOLS AND THE CHEUNG CHAU CULTURE AND RECREATION ADVANCEMENT ASSOCIATION.

AFTER THE PERFORMANCES VISITORS PARTICIPATED IN STALL GAMES

PUT UP BY YOUTH ORGANISATIONS AND SCHOOLS.

AMONG THOSE ATTENDING WERE 500 PEOPLE AGED OVER 70 YEARS. THEY WERE PRESENTED WITH LAISEE PACKETS AND GIFTS BY THE ISLAND'S ELDERS.

SPEAKING AT A RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMONY, ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICER MR NICKY LO, SAID THE CARNIVAL MARKED AN OCCASION WHERE CHEUNG CHAU RESIDENTS, BOTH YOUNG AND OLD, SHARED FESTIVE HAPPINESS TOGETHER LIKE IN A BIG FAMILY.

HE URGED LOCAL COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS TO ORGANISE MORE RECREATIONAL AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES IN THE COMING YEAR, ESPECIALLY FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE AND TEENAGERS.

MR LO WILL ATTEND ANOTHER NEW YEAR CELEBRATION ON PENG CHAU TOMORROW (SUNDAY), WHICH WILL INCLUDE A CANTONESE OPERA AND STALL GAMES.

ISLANDS DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD IS PROVIDING FUNDS FOR BOTH

EVENTS.

SEASIDE PROMENADE FOR TSIM SHA TSUI

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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS TO BUILD A PROMENADE AT THE TSIM SHA TSUI WATERFRONT TO PROVIDE A REST SPOT FOR OFFICE WORKERS, RESIDENTS AND TOURISTS, IT WILL RUN FROM THE EAST OF THE NEW WORLD CENTRE TO THE INTERNATIONAL MAIL CENTRE IN HUNG HOM.

CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROMENADE, WHICH IS FINANCED BY THE URBAN COUNCIL, WILL BEGIN IN APRIL AND WILL TAKE ABOUT 10 MONTHS TO COMPLETÉ.

A PWD SPOKESMAN SAID THE PROMENADE WILL BE LINKED TO THE ONE BEING CONSTRUCTED BY THE NEW WORLD CENTRE AND THE ONE PLANNED AT THE TSIM SHA TSUI CULTURAL CENTRE.

+ON COMPLETION, IT WILL FORM AN UNBROKEN PEDESTRIAN BELT BETWEEN THE CULTURAL COMPLEX. THE NEW WORLD CENTRE AND THE COMMERCIAL/RESIDENTIAL CENTRE OF EAST TSIM SHA TSUI, HE SAID.

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