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FRIDAY, JULY 22, 1983

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DISPLAY SHOWS HOW TO PREVENT CAR THEFTS

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AN EXHIBITION AND A VARIETY SHOW TO EDUCATE CAR OWNERS ON PREVENTIVE MEASURES AGAINST THEFTS, WILL BE HELD TOMORROW (SATURDAY) AFTERNOON IN MEI FOO SUN CHUEN, SHAM SHUI PO.

THE EXHIBITION FEATURES PHOTOGRAPHS AND BURGLARY ALARM SYSTEM, SHOWING PEOPLE HOW TO PREVENT THEIR CARS FROM BEING STOLEN OR USED ILLEGALLY,

WELL-KNOWN DISC JOCKEYS AND SINGERS WILL PERFORM IN THE SHOW, AND A QUIZ ON CRIME PREVENTION WILL ALSO BE HELD ON THE SPOT.

JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT BOARD AND THE DISTRICT'S FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE, THE EVENT WILL BE HELD BETWEEN 1 PM AND 5 PM AT THE OPEN GROUND OUTSIDE THE MEI FOO SUN CHUEN NEIGHBOURHOOD POLICE UNIT.

THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER AND CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE, MISS REBECCA KO, THE DISTRICT POLICE COMMANDER, MR LEE LAM-CHUEN AND DISTRICT BOARD MEMBER, MR TU KUEI-YU, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE OPENING CEREMONY.

HONG KONG JING YING RETURNS

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THE HONG KONG JING YING, WHICH WON THIRD PRIZE IN THE 1983 INTERNATIONAL MUSICAL EISTEDDFOD HELD AT LLANGOLLEN IN WALES EARLIER THIS MONTH, RETURNED TODAY.

GREETING THE ENSEMBLE AT THE AIRPORT WERE THE ACTING DEPUTY COMMISSIONER FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE. MR CLIVE OXLEY: AND ASSISTANT MUSIC ADMINISTRATORS, MR THOMAS WANG AND MR M.W. LO.

TO GAIN THE PRIZE, THE JING YING PLAYED TWO SOLO PIECES IN THE FOLK INSTRUMENTAL SECTION, ON THE KOU DI AND THE DRUM ACCOMPANIED BY OTHER CHINESE INSTRUMENTS.

IT WAS THE FIRST TIME A HONG KONG GROUP HAD PARTICIPATED IN THE EISTEDDFOD, WHICH IS ONE OF THE OLDEST AND BEST KNOWN MUSIC FESTIVALS IN THE WORLD.

THE DELEGATION WAS LED BY MR HOWARD YUNG, A STAFF MEMBER OF THE MUSIC OFFICE OF THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT.

OTHER MEMBERS ARE MESSRS. CHEUNG CHOK-TUNG (ER-HU), WAI SING-FAT (DI-ZI/SOU-NA), CHEUNG KWOK-CHUNG (X1U), SHUM WUN-YIN (PI-PA), CHAN KWAN-PING (YANG-CHIN) AND POON CHI-MING (PERCUSSION).

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