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SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 1983

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SHA TIN ARTS FORTNIGHT WELL RECEIVED

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THE ANNUAL SHA TIN ARTS FORTNIGHT ATTRACTED MORE THAN 60 000 PEOPLE, DOUBLING LAST YEAR'S ATTENDANCE, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SHA TIN ARTS ASSOCIATION, MR BENJAMIN NG, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

HE TOLD GUESTS AT A CLOSING CEREMONY THERE HAD BEEN FULL HOUSES FOR 13 OF THE 29 EVENTS FEATURED IN THE PROGRAMME,

THESE EVENTS, RANGING FROM POP CONCERTS TO CANTONESE OPERA, WERE WELL RECEIVED, INDICATING THAT THE FORTNIGHT'S ULTIMATE AIM TO PROMOTE INTEREST IN VARIOUS ART FORMS HAD BEEN ACHIEVED, MR NG SAID.

THE SELL-OUT PROGRAMME INCLUDED MOST OF THE OUTDOOR SHOWS, A SEMINAR ON GUITAR, CHRISTMAS VARIETY SHOW, BOXING DAY CONCERT, AN +EVENING OF GOLDEN OLDIES+ AND THE CLOSING CONCERT FEATURING A PERFORMANCE BY THE HONG KONG CHILDREN'S CHOIR.

THE COMMISSIONER FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE, MR BARRY WIGGHAM, WAS THE OFFICIATING GUEST AT THE CLOSING CEREMONY.

MR WIGGHAM SAID HE WAS PROUD TO SEE THAT THE SHA TIN ARTS FORTNIGHT HAD BECOME AN IMPORTANT CULTURAL EVENT IN THE DISTRICT AND WAS ENJOYED BY ALL LOCAL RESIDENTS.

THE SHA TIN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR DONALD TSANG, ASSURED RESIDENTS THAT THE FORTNIGHT WOULD BE HELD EVERY YEAR, WITH AN EVER-INCREASING VARIETY OF EVENTS AND ATTRACTIONS.

SHOW AND QUIZ TREAT FOR WORKERS

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MORE THAN 1 000 WORKERS FROM THE MANUFACTURING AND CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES WERE THIS EVENING TREATED TO A ONE-HOUR ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME FEATURING WORK SAFETY AS THE MAIN THEME.

ALSO PRESENT AT THIS GALA NIGHT HELD AT MAPLE STREET PLAYGROUND WERE REPRESENTATIVES OF SPONSORS OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S SAFETY AT WORK TELEVISION SERIES.

THE FUNCTION, JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE DEPARTMENT AND RTHK, WAS AIMED AT DRIVING THE SAFETY MESSAGE HOME TO WORKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

COMPERED BY WELL-KNOWN TELEVISION PERSONALITIES, MARY HON AND HUNG LEUNG-SEK, IT FEATURED DANCING, CHINESE MARTIAL ART AND KARATE DEMONSTRATIONS AND SONGS BY WELL-KNOWN SINGERS PANSY LAU, ELISA CHAN AND PANG KIN-SUN.

THERE WAS