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YAU MA TEI MUSIC CENTRE OPENS

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THE YAU MA TEI MUSIC CENTRE THE FIFTH MUSIC CENTRE OF THE MUSIC OFFICE - WAS OPENED TODAY (SATURDAY).

OFFICIATING AT THE CEREMONY WERE MR CLIVE OXLEY, THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER FOR RECRATIO AND CULTURE, AND MR LAI SZÉ-NUEN UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF YAU MA TEI DISTRICT BOARD AND PRESIDENT OF YAU MA TEI AND TSIM SHA TSUI CULTURE AND ARTS ASSOCIATION.

+THE CENTRE, WHICH IS CENTRALLY LOCATED, WILL BE THE BASE FOR ORGANISING MUSIC ACTIVITIES FOR RESIDENTS OF YAU MA TEI, TSIM SHA TSUI AND KOWLOON CITY,+ SAID A SPOKESMAN FOR THE MUSIC OFFICE.

+EQUIPPED WITH EIGHT TRAINING AND REHEARSAL ROOMS, IT WILL PROVIDE INSTRUMENTAL, CHORAL, AURAL AND THEORY TRAINING AS WELL AS ORCHESTRAL REHEARSAL, + HE ADDED.

A SERIES OF SHORT PERFORMANCES BY THE YOUNG TRAINEES OF THE MUSIC OFFICE ADDED COLOUR TO THE OPENING CEREMONY WHICH TOOK PLACE AT 3 PM.

THE YAU MA TEI MUSIC CENTRE IS SITUATED AT GOLDEN GATE COMMERCIAL BUILDING, 2/F AND 3/F, 136-138 AUSTIN ROAD, KOWLOON.

RSNT OPENS NORTH DISTRICT FESTIVAL '82

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MORE THAN 1 000 NORTH DISTRICT RESIDENTS TODAY HAD AN ENJOYABLE AFTERNOON AT THE DISTRICT TOWN HALL WATCHING CLASSICAL AND WESTERN DANCES.

THE TWO-AND-HALF-HOUR PROGRAMME MARKED THE OPENING OF A TWO-WEEK DISTRICT FESTIVAL '82 WHICH CONSISTS OF 18 RECREATIONAL AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES.

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR NEW TERRITORIES, MR IAN MACPHERSON, SAID THIS IMPORTANT EVENT WAS ORGANISED FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL RESIDENTS OF NORTH DISTRICT.

+ IN THESE TIMES OF DEVELOPMENT AND CHANGE I HOPE IT WILL HELP TO ENCOURAGE A SENSE OF BELONGING AND COMMON IDENTITY, HE ADDED.

MR MACPHERSON ALSO THANKED ALL THOSE INVOLVED IN ORGANISING THE FESTIVAL FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION, WITHOUT WHICH THE FESTIVAL COULD NOT HAVE COME TO FRUITION.

THIS YEAR, THE LOCAL DISTRICT BOARD HAS CONTRIBUTED $120 000 TOWARDS THE COST OF THE FESTIVAL.

HIGHLIGHTS WILL INCLUDE A MODEL CARS AND AEROPLANES SHOW ON DECEMBER 11 AND A PARACHUTE DEMONSTRATION ON DECEMBER 18.

FREE ADMISSION TICKETS FOR VARIOUS EVENTS ARE NOW AVAILABLE FROM THE DISTRICT OFFICE, THE FANLING SUB-OFFICE AND THE SHEUNG SHUI COMMUNITY AFFAIRS BRANCH OFFICE.

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