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TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1983

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FESTIVAL FOR KWAI CHUNG RESIDENTS

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THE ANNUAL KWAI CHUNG FESTIVAL FEATURING A SERIES OF ENTERTAINMENT ACTIVITIES WILL BEGIN ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 29 THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR FRED TING, ANNOUNCED AŤ A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY (TUESDAY).

HE SAID THAT LIKE THE PREVIOUS TWO YEARS, THE DISTRICT BOARD WOULD FUND MOST OF THE EXPENSES FOR THE WEEK-LONG FESTIVAL.

+ABOUT $250 000 WILL BE SPENT THIS YEAR, OF WHICH $160 000 WILL COME FROM THE DISTRICT BOARD AND THE REST FROM LOCAL DONATIONS.+

MR TING STRESSED THAT THE BOARD HAD BEEN PAYING EQUAL IMPORTANCE TO ORGANISING ACTIVITIES AS WELL AS IMPROVING THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT.

*PROBLEMS SUCH AS ILLEGAL PARKING, TRAFFIC CONGESTION, ABANDONED VEHICLES, FIRE PREVENTION, ILLEGAL ROOF TOP EXTENSIONS, AND CRIME HAD BEEN BROUGHT UP AT RECENT MEETINGS OF THE BOARD, ITS COMMITTEES AND AREA COMMITTEES,+ HE SAID.

+VIEWS OF THE MEMBERS HAVE BEEN SOUGHT SO THAT NECESSARY IMPROVEMENTS COULD BE MADE.+

MR TING WENT ON TO SAY THAT THE FESTIVAL WOULD HELP PROMOTE COMMUNITY SPIRIT AND ENABLE RESIDENTS TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE COMMUNITY THEY LIVE OR WORK IN.

ABOUT 30 ITEMS OF ACTIVITIES INCLUDING VARIETY SHOWS CANTONESE OPERAS AND GAME COMPETITIONS WILL BE STAGED IN THE SIX KWAI CHUNG AREAS.

A TOUR TO THE SPACE MUSEUM, A PICNIC TO LAU FAU SHAN AND A WALK ROUND KWAI SHING ESTATE HAVE ALSO BEEN ORGANISED.

AN OPENING CEREMONY WILL BE HELD AT 2 PM ON JANUARY 29 AT THE KWAI CHUNG SPORTSGROUND, TO BE FOLLOWED BY A THREE-HOUR PROGRAMME OF LION AND DRAGON DANCES, INSTRUMENT PLAYING BY STUDENTS OF FOUR LOCAL SCHOOLS, A MASS DISPLAY AND CHIU CHOW MUSICAL PERFORMANCE.

ADMISSION TO ALL EVENTS IS FREE AND BROCHURES FOR THE FESTIVAL PROGRAMMES ARE NOW AVAILABLE AT THE DISTRICT'S SIX PUBLIC ENQUIRIES COUNTERS.

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