XN000022-1981-03-02 — Page 9

MONDAY, MARCH 2, 1981

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CULTURAL WEEK-END IN TAI PO

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TAI PO DISTRICT ARTS ADVANCEMENT ASSOCIATION HAS ORGANISED A VARIETY OF CULTURAL PROGRAMMES FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEK-ENDS.

A DRAMA PRESENTATION WILL BE ON SATURDAY (MARCH 7) AND A CONCERT WILL TAKE PLACE THE FOLLOWING SATURDAY (MARCH 14).

BOTH EVENTS WILL BE HELD IN THE SHENG KUNG HUI BISHOP MOK SAU TSENG SECONDARY SCHOOL AT 2 PM. SOME 800 FREE TICKETS FOR EACH EVENT ARE AVAILABLE FROM TAI PO DISTRICT OFFICE.

TAKING PART IN THE DRAMA SHOW WILL BE TEAMS FROM THE BUDDHIST TAI KWONG, WONG SHIU CHI AND SHENG KUNG HUI BISHOP MOK SAU TSENG SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

THE RECENTLY FORMED TAI PO CHILDREN'S CHOIR WILL APPEAR IN THE CONCERT ON MARCH 14, WHICH WILL ALSO FEATURE PERFORMANCES BY TAI PO ARTS ADVANCEMENT ́ASSOCIATION'S CHINESE MUSIC GROUP.

A DANCE COMPETITION, ALSO ORGANISED BY THE ASSOCIATION, WAS HELD LAST SATURDAY AT VOLTORTA COLLEGE. A CAPACITY CROWD OF 800 WATCHED PERFORMANCES BY TEAMS FROM 12 LOCAL SECONDARY AND PRIMARY SCHOOLS.

FUNDS FOR THE WEEK-END ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMMES ARE PROVIDED BY TAI PO DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD.

TSUEN WAN BEACHES CLEAN-UP

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HOLIDAY MAKERS AND SWIMMERS WERE TODAY (MONDAY) URGED TO LEAVE THE BEACHES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES AS CLEAN AS THEY FOUND THEM.

THE APPEAL WAS MADE BY A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT WHO SAID A NEW LEASE OF LIFE WAS NOW BEING GIVEN TO ALL EIGHT GAZETTED BEACHES IN TSUEN WAN AREA.

A MONTH-LONG CLEAN-UP EXERCISE LAUNCHED ON FEBRUARY 16 WAS STILL IN FULL SWING AT LIDO BEACH AND IT WOULD MOVE TO CASAM BEACH NEXT WEEK, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

CLEANSING STAFF FROM TSUEN WAN URBAN SERVICES OFFICE HAD BEEN TO THE APPROACH BEACH, TING KAU BEACH, DRAGON BEACH, ANGLER'S BEACH, GEMINI BEACH, AND HOI MET BEACH DURING THE LAST TWO WEEKS.

THEY PICKED UP AND REMOVED MORE THAN 1 000 BASKETS OF JUNK REFUSE AND EMPTY SOFT-DRINK TIN CANS LEFT BEHIND BY PICNICKERS AND SWIMMERS. A LARGE QUANTITY OF SEA-BORNE DEBRIS WAS ALSO COLLECTED.

SLOPES AND STAIRCASES TO BEACHES WERE ALSO FLUSHED AND BARBECUE PITS, AMENITY PLOTS AND TOILETS TIDIED UP, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

THOSE WHO TURN THE BEACHES INTO A REFUSE DUMPING GROUND NOT ONLY CREATE A MESS AND A NUISANCE TO OTHER PEOPLE BUT ALSO FACE A FINE OF $1 000 FOR LITTERING OFFENCE, HE SAID.