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THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1981
BALLET TEACHING IN TAI PO
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FOR JUST $9, TAI PO CHILDREN CAN TAKE UP BALLET.
THIS IS THE FEE FOR A THREE-MONTH COURSE WHICH STARTED TODAY (THURSDAY) AT THE CARMEL PAK U SECONDARY SCHOOL HALL.
THERE WERE TO HAVE BEEN 60 CHILDREN ON THE COURSE OR IG INALLY, BUT SO GOOD WAS THE RESPONSE WHEN IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT THE NUMBER HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO 80.
THE COURSE HAS BEEN ORGANISED BY TAI PO ARTS ADVANCEMENT ASSOCIATION AND IS SPONSORED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD WHICH PROVIDES THE FUNDS.
IT IS DIVIDED INTO TWO CLASSES OF 40 CHILDREN AGED FROM SIX TO 12, WHO TRAIN ONE HOUR EACH WEEK,
NEW COURSES WILL START EVERY THREE MONTHS.
THE INSTRUCTOR IS MISS LIM CHAI-LAN, AN INDONESIAN CHINESE WHO STUDIED BALLET AND OTHER FORMS OF DANCE AT THE PEKING OVERSEAS CHINESE UNIVERSITY. AFTER GRADUATING SHE TAUGHT DANCE IN CHINA, COMING IN 1973 TO HONG KONG, WHERE SHE NOW RUNS A DANCING SCHOOL IN KOWLOON. SHE HAS BEEN TEACHING BALLET AT YUEN LONG TOWN HALL FOR FIVE YEARS AND PLANS TO OPEN A DANCING SCHOOL IN THE TOWN NEXT MONTH.
TAI PO ARTS ADVANCEMENT ASSOCIATION IS VERY ACTIVE ORGANISING A VARIETY OF CULTURAL EVENTS. IT RECEIVED $120 000 FROM THE DISTRICT BOARD FOR 1981/82.
GOOD RESPONSE FROM PRIVATE ESTATE RESIDENTS
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ABOUT 500 RESIDENTS OF KIM SHIN LANE, A PRIVATE HOUSING RESIDENTIAL AREA, WILL TAKE PART IN AN OUTING TO SHEK O ON SUNDAY (JULY 26) IN A PROGRAMME JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE SHAM SHUI PO CITY DISTRICT OFFICE AND ALL THE 19 MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES IN THE AREA.
IT WILL BE THE FIRST BIG-SCALE FUNCTION EVER HELD AND IS AIMED AT PROVIDING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE RESIDENTS TO GET TOGETHER, AMONG THEMSELVES AND WITH MAC MEMBERS.
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE TAKING PART IS CONSIDERED EXCEPTIONAL FOR A PRIVATE HOUSING ESTATE, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE SHAM SHUI PO CITY DISTRICT OFFICE SAID.
THE SUCCESSFUL RESPONSE CAN BE SEEN AS A GOOD INDICATION OF FUTURE CO-OPERATIVE EFFORTS, HE ADDED.
THE ASSISTANT CITY DISTRICT OFFICER, MR CHU SHIU-CHEUNG, WILL CONDUCT A LUCKY DRAW ON THE OCCASION.
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