FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1982
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MESSAGES CITING EVERYDAY REFERENCES IN METRIC UNITS HAVE BEEN BROADCAST ON RADIO THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, AND WILL BE CONTINUED WITH THE INSERTION OF NEW REFERENCES.
IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE PRESS CONFERENCE, A METRICATION CARNIVAL FLOAT MANNED BY RTHK ARTISTES SET OUT FROM BROADCAST DRIVE TO SPREAD THE METRICATION MESSAGE IN THE STREETS OF KOWLOON.
THE METRICATION THEME SONG WAS BROADCAST ALONG THE WAY AND THE FLOAT ATTRACTED LARGE CROWDS.
PEOPLE WERE ASKED QUESTIONS ON METRICATION AND GIVEN SOUVENIR PRIZES FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION.
LANTERN DESIGN CONTEST OPEN TO ALL
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A CHINESE MID-AUTUMN LANTERN DESIGN COMPETITION IS BEING ORGANISED BY THE SHA TIN DISTRICT BOARD AND THE FOUR AREA COMMITTEES IN THE DISTRICT TO PROMOTE INTEREST IN TRADITIONAL LANTERN DESIGN.
ENTRIES WILL BE PUT ON DISPLAY FROM SEPTEMBER 30 TO OCTOBER 1 IN COMMUNITY HALLS IN SHA TIN TO ADD COLOUR TO THE MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL.
THE LANTERNS WILL ALSO HIGHLIGHT THE SHA TIN MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL LANTERN NIGHT TO BE HELD AT THE JOCKEY CLUB TEMPORARY SPORTS GROUND ON OCTOBER 2, THE DAY FOLLOWING THE FESTIVAL.
+PROGRAMMES FOR THE LANTERN NIGHT ARE BEING PLANNED AND PROPOSED ACTIVITIES INCLUDE LION DANCES, SINGING, LANTERN PUZZLES, DANCE PERFORMANCES, AND LANTERN DISPLAYS,+ A SPOKESMAN FOR THE ORGANISERS SAID.
ABOUT 2 000 LOCAL RESIDENTS ARE EXPECTED TO ATTEND THE EVENT WHICH IS A JOINT EFFORT BY VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND VOLUNTARY SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES IN THE DISTRICT.
ENTRIES FOR THE CONTEST SHOULD BE SENT TO THE LEK YUEN COMMUNITY HALL, THE WO CHE COMMUNITY HALL, OR THE SHA KOK COMMUNITY HALL NOT LATER THAN SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25.
PEOPLE LIVING OUTSIDE SHA TIN ARE ALSO INVITED TO JOIN THE CONTEST.
THERE WILL BE NO LIMIT TO THE NUMBER OF ENTRIES AND NO RESTRICTION ON THE SIZE OF LANTERNS AND THE CHOICE OF MATERIALS.
THE BEST THREE DESIGNS WILL BE SELECTED BY A PANEL OF JUDGES ON SEPTEMBER 27, WITH PRIZES TO BE AWARDED AT THE LANTERN NIGHT.
FURTHER DETAILS MAY BE OBTAINED FROM MRS REGINA LI AT 0-6052291.
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