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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1982

SCNTA OPENS WONG TAI SIN FESTIVAL '82

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THE WONG TAI SIN FESTIVAL '82 - A MONTH-LONG EVENT COMBINING A DISTRICT FESTIVAL AND THE FIRST WONG TAI SIN ARTS FESTIVAL - WAS OFFICIALLY OPENED TONIGHT (SUNDAY) BY THE SECRETARY FOR CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, MR IAN MACPHERSON.

THE FESTIVAL HAS SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE - MUSIC, DANCE, EXHIBITIONS, ENTERTAINMENT AND EDUCATION, SPECIAL EVENTS FOR THE ELDERLY, VOLUNTEER WORKERS AND INDUSTRIAL WORKERS AND A SEPARATE SPORTS FESTIVAL.

THE OPENING CEREMONY, WHICH TOOK PLACE AT THE LOK SIN TONG YU KAN HING MIDDLE SCHOOL IN WANG TAU HOM, WAS MARKED BY AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT LOCAL RESIDENTS CAN EXPECT TO SEE OVER THE NEXT FOUR WEEKS.

THERE WERE PERFORMANCES BY THE RECENTLY-FORMED WONG TAI SIN CHILDREN'S CHOIR AND THE WELL-KNOWN VOCALIST LOLA YOUNG AT THE SCHOOL HALL AND CHINESE DANCING AT THE MORSE PARK OPEN AIR THEATRE.

THE TWO FESTIVALS ARE SPONSORED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD BUT MR MACPHERSON SAID IN HIS OPENING SPEECH THAT WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF THE DISTRICT ARTS COUNCIL, THE DISTRICT RECREATION AND SPORTS COUNCIL, THE URBAN COUNCIL AND OTHER LOCAL ORGANISATIONS, THEY COULD NOT HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED.+

THE PROGRAMME OF EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES HAS BEEN ORGANISED FOR ALL SECTORS OF THE WONG TAI SIN COMMUNITY INCLUDING A WEEK-LONG INDUSTRIAL SAFETY EXHIBITION IN SAN PO KONG FOR THE DISTRICT'S 90 000-STRONG INDUSTRIAL WORKFORCE WHICH WILL BEGIN ON OCTOBER 27.

A FORUM WILL BE HELD FOR A THOUSAND YOUNG VOLUNTEER WORKERS TO SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCE IN COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT SO THAT THEY CAN FURTHER ENHANCE THEIR PARTICIPATION IN VOLUNTEER WORK.

TWELVE EVENTS HAVE BEEN ARRANGED ESPECIALLY FOR THE ELDERLY IN VARIOUS PARTS OF WONG TAI SIN.

A TOTAL OF 31 DIFFERENT ITEMS HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THE ARTS FESTIVAL, THE RESULT OF THE DISTRICT BOARD'S DECISION TO ESTABLISH A DISTRICT ARTS COUNCIL, MR MACPHERSON NOTED.

+THESE PROGRAMMES WILL BE SUITABLE FOR A WIDE SPECTRUM OF TASTES BY MAKING USE OF BOTH HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS AND PERFORMERS AND SOME EXCELLENT LOCAL TALENT, HE SAID.

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