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CANTONESE OPERAS AT TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL
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EXTRACTS FROM SIX WELL-KNOWN CANTONESE OPERAS WILL BE PRESENTED BY THE TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL AND PERFORMED BY MEMBERS OF THE HON FUNG CANTONESE OPERA INSTITUTE, AT THE TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL AUDITORIUM ON OCTOBER 5 AND 6, AT 7.30 PM.
THE OPERAS WILL INCLUDE THE WELL-KNOWN +RETRIEVAL OF CHIU'S JADE+ +MISTRESS S'U+, +THE CAPITULATION OF KING LI+, AND +BUTTERFLY LOVERS+.
+RETRIEVAL OF CHIU'S JADE+ TAKES PLACE IN THE WARRING YEARS AND TELLS HOW A DIPLOMAT'S SKILL HELPS TO PRESERVE HIS LIFE, PEACE BETWEEN THE KINGDOM OF CHIN AND CHIU AS WELL AS THE PRECIOUS JADE OF CHIU.
+MISTRESS S'U+ UNFOLDS A TRAGIC LOVE STORY BETWEEN A SOUGHT-AFTER BELLE AND A YOUNG MASTER.
+THE CAPITULATION OF KING LI, DEPICTS THE HISTORICAL FACT OF THE CAPITULATION AND DISGRACE WHICH AWAIT KING LI, THE LAST KING OF THE SOUTH TANG KINGDOM.
THE +BUTTERFLY LOVERS+ TELLS OF THE LOVE OF LIANG SHAN BAI AND CHUK YIN TAI, AND DESCRIBES HOW THEY TRANSFORM INTO A PAIR OF BUTTERFLIES.
TICKETS AT $5, $10, $15 AND $20 ARE NOW AVAILABLE AT THE TOWN HALL BOX OFFICE.
ON SATURDAY NIGHT (OCTOBER 3) AT 7.30 PM, THE TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL WILL PRESENT A PIANO RECITAL BY WOLFRAM LORENZEN AT THE CULTURAL ACTIVITIES HALL OF THE TOWN HALL. TICKETS AT $7 ARE AVAILABLE AT THE VENUE.
THE URBAN COUNCIL'S HONG KONG REPERTORY THEATRE WILL STAGE TWO CANTONESE DRAMAS, DRAGON DANCE+ AND +CH!-WAI AND HIS ROBOT+, AT THE YUEN LONG LUT SAU HALL ON SUNDAY (OCTOBER 4) AT 3 PM. TICKETS AT $5 AND $10 ARE NOW AVAILABLE AT THE TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL BOX OFFICE AND YUEN LONG PUBLIC LIBRARY.
WATERLOO ROAD TO BE CLOSED THREE MORNINGS ****
WATERLOO ROAD, BETWEEN YIM PO FONG STREET AND PEACE AVENUE, WILL BE CLOSED TO TRAFFIC BETWEEN 1 AM AND 5 AM ON
OCTOBER 4, 7 AND 8, TO ALLOW WORK ON DEMOLITION OF A KOWLOON- CANTON RAILWAY BRIDGE.
DURING THE CLOSURE PERIODS, EASTBOUND TRAFFIC ON WATERLOO ROAD WILL BE DIVERTED TO DUNDAS STREET, KWONG WA STREET, YIM PO FONG STREET AND ARGYLE STREET. WESTBOUND TRAFFIC WILL BE DIVERTED TO HO MAN TIN STREET, HO MAN TIN HILL ROAD, WYLIE ROAD AND WATERLOO ROAD,
YIM PO FONG STREET AND WYLIE ROAD WILL REMAIN OPEN TO BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH-BOUND TRAFFIC.
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