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SITTING-OUT AREAS FOR SAI YING PUN AND YAU MA TEI
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THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS TO BUILD TWO SITTING-OUT AREAS IN SAI YING PUN AND YAU MA TEI TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE RESIDENTS IN THE TWO AREAS.
THE SAI YING PUN SITTING-OUT AREA WILL BE SITUATED BETWEEN POFULAM ROAD AND ROSE LANE, WHILE THE YAU MA TEI ONE WILL BE NEAR THE JUNCTION OF CANTON ROAD AND WATERLOO ROAD.
BOTH WILL HAVE A CHILDREN PLAY AREA, SEATING BENCHES, ARBOURS AND FLOWER BEDS.
TENDERS FOR THE PROJECTS ARE BEING INVITED BY THE ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE OF THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
WORK ON THE PROJECTS WILL START IN JUNE AND IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN NOVEMBER.
TSING YI CULTURAL WEEK OPENS
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THE TSING YI CULTURAL WEEK BEGAN TODAY (SATURDAY) PROVIDING A SERIES OF CULTURAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE ISLAND'S 45 000 RESIDENTS.
SPEAKING AT AN OPENING CEREMONY HELD AT THE CHEUNG CHING COMMUNITY CENTRE, THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT COMMISSIONER, MR ADOLF HSU. SAID THE EVENT PROVIDED A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR MEMBERS OF BOTH LOCAL AND OUTSIDE PERFORMING GROUPS TO EXCHANGE EXPERIENCE AND VIEWS.
+WITH THE COMPLETION OF THE COMMUNITY CENTRE, THE FIRST ON TSING YI, I AM SURE THAT CULTURAL ACTIVITIES ON THE ISLAND WILL BE ABLE TO FLOURISH,+ HE SAID.
HE PRAISED THE 30-ODD PARTICIPATING ORGANISATIONS WHICH HAD ONLY SPENT JUST OVER TWO MONTHS TO ORGANISE THE SERIES OF ACTIVITIES.
TODAY'S OPENING WAS HIGHLIGHTED BY AN HOUR OF SINGING, DANCING AND CHINESE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTAL PERFORMANCE BY SCHOOL CHILDREN AND MEMBERS OF THE TSING YI SOCIAL SERVICE CENTRE OF THE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.
A HORTICULTURAL SHOW WAS ALSO PUT ON AND WILL LAST UNTIL 6 PM TOMORROW.
AT 8 PM TONIGHT, THERE WILL BE A DANCE PERFORMANCE BY THE TSUEN WAN CULTURE AND RECREATION COORDINATING ASSOCIATION.
OTHER PROGRAMMES INCLUDE A JOINT CHILDREN'S CHOIRS PERFORMANCE, CANTONESE OPERA BY THE LUNG CHEUNG OPERA TROUPE, A FILM SHOW, A RECITATION DEMONSTRATION AND PERFORMANCE AND A CANTONESE SONG SINGING NIGHT.
THE SUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD HAS CONTRIBUTED $15 000 TOWARDS MEETING HALF OF THE COST FOR THE EVENT.
ADMISSION IS FREE AND TICKETS ARE NOW AVAILABLE FROM THE TS ING YI PUBLIC ENQUIRY SERVICE CENTRE AND LOCAL ASSOCIATIONS.
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