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MONDAY, APRIL 20, 1981

DETAILS OF EVENTS TAKING PLACE AT THE TOWN HALL AND OF THE WORK OF THE DISTRICT BOARD AND ITS SUB-COMMITTEES ARE DISPLAYED AT THE KIOSK. INFORMATION IS UPDATED REGULARLY.

A TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICE SPOKESMAN SAID THE 'PAI LAU' WAS NOT JUST A LAYBY AND SITTING-OUT AREA.

IT WAS ALSO AN INFORMATION CENTRE WHERE VISITORS TO TSUEN WAN COULD GET COMPREHENSIVE DETAILS OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND ACTIVITIES TAKING PLACE IN THE NEW TOWN.

THE 'PAI LAU' IS ONE OF A SERIES OF PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT SUB-COMMITTEE OF TSUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD. IT COST $160 000.

GOOD RESPONSE TO SAI KUNG BALLET COURSE

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A DRIVE BY SAI KUNG DISTRICT BOARD TO RECRUIT LOCAL CHILDREN FOR BALLET TRAINING HAS HAD A GOOD RESPONSE.

SO FAR NEARLY 200 APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FOR 90 VACANCIES ON THE 10-WEEK COURSE WHICH STARTS ON APRIL 25.

+BESIDES SA! KUNG TOWN, THERE ARE APPLICATIONS FROM HANG HAU AND OTHER VILLAGES, A SAI KUNG DISTRICT OFFICE SPOKESMAN SAID.

+THIS IS MOST ENCOURAGING AS IT SHOWS THAT THE DISTRICT BOARD'S AIM OF BRINGING RECREATIONAL AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES TO AS MANY LOCAL PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE IS BEING ACHIEVED.+

SHE SAID THE BALLET COURSE HAD BEEN DESIGNED FOR CHILDREN AGED BETWEEN EIGHT AND 12, BUT SOME YOUNGER CHILDREN WERE BEING ACCEPTED BECAUSE OF THEIR KEEN INTEREST AND GOOD POTENTIAL.

+IN VIEW OF THE RESPONSE, WE WILL EXTEND THE COURSE AFTER THE 10-WEEK BASIC TRAINING PERIOD, SHE SAID.

ONE-HOUR TRAINING SESSIONS WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY AFTERNOONS AT CHENG CHIK CHEE SECONDARY SCHOOL. TRAINEES WILL BE DIVIDED INTO THREE CLASSES OF 30 EACH.

THE COACH WILL BE MISS WENDY LEE, A 23-YEAR-OLD BAPTIST COLLEGE STUDENT, WHO HOLDS AN ADVANCED CERTIFICATE OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF DANCING AND WHO HAS BEEN TRAINED AT THE ROYAL BALLET SCHOOL IN LONDON.

SAI KUNG DISTRICT DOARD HAS ALLOCATED $30 000 OUT OF ITS 1981/82 BUDGET FOR THE COURSE WHICH IS FREE.

IT IS PLANNED THAT STUDENTS WILL GIVE THEIR FIRST PUBLIC PERFORMANCE IN THE AUTUMN.

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