WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 1983
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ARTS ASSOCIATION TO PROMOTE CULTURAL ACTIVITIES
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THE INAUGURATION OF THE SHAM SHUI PO ARTS ASSOCIATION SIGNIFIES YET ANOTHER MAJOR STEP FORWARD IN ENCOURAGING RESIDENTS* PARTICIPATION IN THE ADMINISTRATION AND AFFAIRS OF THEIR DISTRICTS, THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR LAWRENCE MILLS, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE ASSOCIATION'S INAUGURATION CEREMONY THIS EVENING, MR MILLS SAID THE DISTRICT BOARD, SET UP IN 1982, WAS A BIG STEP TOWARDS THIS GOAL AND A LOT HAD SINCE BEEN DONE TO INVOLVE LOCAL RESIDENTS IN IMPROVING THE LIVING ENVIRONMENT AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN SHAM SHUI PO.
HE SAID THE PRIME OBJECTIVE OF THE ARTS ASSOCIATION WAS TO PROMOTE AND COORDINATE CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES IN THE DISTRICT.
+THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THIS OBJECTIVE WILL NOT BE AN EASY TASK AND WILL DEPEND ON THE HARD WORK OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, THE CONTINUED SUPPORT OF THE DISTRICT BOARD AND, ABOVE ALL, THE PARTICIPATION OF LOCAL RESIDENTS IN THE ACTIVITIES ORGANISED BY THE ASSOCIATION, HE SAID.
+1 AM CONFIDENT THAT THE ASSOCIATION WILL DEVELOP INTO A GUIDING FORCE AND PROVIDE MORE OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FIELD OF ARTS, CULTURE AND RECREATION AND I HOPE IT WILL GET THE FULL SUPPORT OF THE PUBLIC AND THE DISTRICT BOARD.
UNDER THE ASSOCIATION, THERE ARE FOUR WORKING COMMITTEES, NAMELY THE SHAM SHUI PO CHİLDREN'S CHOIR, THE CHINESE CULTURE, THE PERFORMING ARTS AND THE RECREATION.
TODAY'S EVENT ALSO FEATURED A PHOTOGRAPHIC CONTEST, A CHINESE PAINTING AND CALLIGRAPHY EXHIBITION AND DEMONSTRATION, AS WELL AS A TWO-HOUR ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME OF FOLK DANCES, DRAMA PERFORMANCE, SINGING BY A CHILDREN'S CHOIR AND POPULAR SONGS BY LOCAL ARTIST MISS ANITA MUI.
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