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SUNDAY, JANUARY 3, 1962
SPECIAL KMB BUS ROUTE NO. 888 WILL BE RUN BETWEEN THE BUS TERMINUS NEAR THE SHA TIN MARKET AND THE RACE COURSE DURING THE FAIR PERIOD.
ON WEDNESDAY (JANUARY 6), AN AUCTION OF 208 STALLS AT TSUEN WAN FAIR SITE WILL BE HELD AT THE AUDITORIUM OF TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL.
THE AUCTION OF A FURTHER 126 SITES AT THE KWAI CHUNG FAIR WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY (JANUARY 7) AT THE KWAI FONG COMMUNITY HALL AT LAI FONG STREET.
THE TSUEN WAN LUNAR NEW YEAR FAIR WILL BE HELD AT THE SHA TSUI ROAD PLAYGROUND WHILE THE FAIR AT KWAI CHUNG WILL BE HELD AT THE KWAI CHUNG SPORTS GROUND LOCATED AT THE JUNCTION OF HING FONG ROAD AND KO FONG STREET.
THE THREE LUNAR NEW YEAR FAIRS, TOGETHER WITH FOUR OTHER FAIRS THROUGHOUT THE NEW TERRITORIES, WILL BE HELD BETWEEN JANUARY 18 AND 25.
SHA TIN ARTS FORTNIGHT CLOSES TONIGHT
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SHA TIN ARTS FORTNIGHT WILL CLOSE TONIGHT (SUNDAY) WITH A TWO-HOUR PERFORMANCE BY THE MUK LAN DANCE TROUPE.
OFFICIATING AT THE CLOSING CEREMONY WILL BE THE DIRECTOR OF CULTURAL SERVICES, MR DARWIN CHEN- THE CHAIRMAN OF SHA TIN DISTRICT BOARD, DR PATRICK HASE AND THE DIRECTOR OF CARITAS SOCIAL CENTRE SHA TIN, REV. FR. CARLO TEI.
THE 22-DAY FESTIVAL OPENED ON DECEMBER 13 AND OFFERED 40 ITEMS OF ENTERTAINMENT.
THESE INCLUDED AN OPENING CONCERT BY THE HONG KONG CHINESE ORCHESTRA, A WEEK OF CANTONESE OPERA BY THE CHOR FUNG MING OPERA TROUPE, AND CONCERTS BY THE HONG KONG PHILHARMONIC AND PAN ASIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAS.
OTHER PERFORMERS INCLUDED THE INTERNATIONAL STRING QUARTET THE HONG KONG REPERTORY THEATRE AND THE LUNG CHEUNG OPERA TROUPE FROM RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG.
LOCAL GROUPS ALSO APPEARED AT THE FESTIVAL.
A MAJOR ATTRACTION WAS AN EXHIBITION OF SHA TIN'S HISTORY HELD BETWEEN DECEMBER 16 AND 22. A COMPLETE COLLECTION OF LOCAL VILLAGE FURNITURE AND TOOLS, PHOTOGRAPHS AND OTHER EXHIBITS WAS DISPLAYED IN AND AROUND A LIFE-SIZE REPRODUCTION OF A CENTURIES-OLD SHA TIN VILLAGE HOUSE.
THE FESTIVAL, THE FIRST TO BE HELD IN SHA TIN, WAS ORGANISED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD, SHA TIN ARTS ASSOCIATION, THE CULTURAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE MUSIC OFFICE,
THE BUDGET WAS ABOUT $750 000.
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