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THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1982

THIRD INTER-DEPARTMENTAL RACE

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THE THIRD INTER-DEPARTMENTAL RACE, ORGANISED BY THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT, WILL BE HELD AT THE SHING MUN COUNTRY PARK ON SATURDAY MORNING (JANUARY 16).

ABOUT 300 MEN AND 100 WOMEN DISTANCE RUNNERS FROM 23 GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS WILL TAKE PART IN THE EVENT, SAID A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NTSD.

THE CHIEF JUSTICE, SIR DENYS ROBERTS, WILL START THE RACE AND PRESENT THE SIR DENYS ROBERTS SHIELD AND OTHER INDIVIDUAL TROPHIES TO WINNING RUNNERS AT THE PRIZE-GIVING CEREMONY.

THE MEN WILL RUN ABOUT 10 KILOMETRES, WHILE THE WOMEN WILL COMPETE OVER A SEVEN-KILOMETRE COURSE.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE EVENT, TO BE HELD AT THE SHING MUN MAIN DAM OF SHING MUN COUNTRY PARK NEAR KMB ROUTE 32 TERMINAL AT 10 AM ON SATURDAY (JANUARY 16).

THE PRIZE-GIVING CEREMONY WILL BE HELD AT ABOUT 11 AM.

CANTONESE DRAMA ABOUT SHANGHAI IN THE 1930'S

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+SUNRISE+, ONE OF THE MANY FAMOUS PLAYS WRITTEN BY THE LEADING CHINESE WRITER CAO YU, WILL BE STAGED AT THE TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL AUDITORIUM FOR TWO PERFORMANCES DURING THE FOURTH TSUEN WAN ARTS FESTIVAL.

THIS CANTONESE DRAMA WILL BE DIRECTED BY LEUNG SZE-KIT, AND PERFORMED BY MEMBERS OF THE TSUEN WAN YOUTH DRAMA CLUB ON JANUARY 31 (SUNDAY) AT 2.30 PM AND 7.30 PM.

THE SETTING OF THE PLAY IS IN SHANGHAI IN THE LATE 1930'S. AND CAN BE SEEN AS DEPICTING SOME SOCIAL PHENOMENA IN HONG KONG.

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TICKETS AT $15, 310, CE AND 3 (STUDENT TICKETS) ARE NOW ON SALE AT THE TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL FOX OFFICE.

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