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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1983

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ROAD PROJECT TENDERS INVITED

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THE TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS INVITING TENDERS FOR A ROAD PROJECT IN TSING YI AS PART OF THE CONTINUING PROGRAMME FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TSUEN WAN.

THE CONTRACT CALLS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF SEVERAL NEW ROADS IN TSING YI NEAR THE EXISTING TOWN CENTRE AND THE CHEUNG HONG ESTATE AND FIVE FOOTBRIDGES TO FACILITATE PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENTS.

THE WORK FORMS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF TSING YI TO SERVE THE NEARBY HOUSING ESTATES, A HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME, AND THE FUTURE TOWN CENTRE.

WORK WILL START IN FEBRUARY 1984 AND TAKE ABOUT 20 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.

MUSIC ROUND THE YAU MA TEI CORNER

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MUSIC WILL BE AROUND VIRTUALLY EVERY CORNER IN THE YAU MA TEI AND TSIM SHA TSUI DISTRICTS DURING THE NEXT NINE DAYS STARTING FROM TOMORROW (SATURDAY) AND LASTING UNTIL OCTOBER 30.

FOLLOWING THE SUCCESS OF THE MID-AUTUMN CONCERT IN LATE SEPTEMBER, THE MUSIC OFFICE OF THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT AND THE YAU MA TEI/TSIM SHA TSUI DISTRICT CULTURE AND ARTS ASSOCIATION WILL JOINTLY ORGANISE A MUSIC WEEK IN THE TWO DISTRICTS.

THE MUSIC OFFICE FREQUENTLY ORGANISES MUSIC ACTIVITIES IN DISTRICTS ALL OVER HONG KONG, KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES TO PROMOTE MUSIC AND STIMULATE INTEREST ESPECIALLY AMONG THE YOUNG.

THE FORTHCOMING MUSIC WEEK WILL COMPRISE A SERIES OF EVENTS WITH AN OPENING CEREMONY AND CONCERT TO BE HELD AT 8 PM TOMORROW (SATURDAY) AT THE HENRY G. LEONG YAUMATE COMMUNITY CENTRE, WHICH İS ALSO ONE OF THE CO-ORGANISERS OF THE OPENING CONCERT.

UNDER THE BATONS OF DR SOLOMON BARD, MR THOMAS WANG AND JOHNNY REN, THE HONG KONG YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA (B) WILL PERFORM SUCH MASTERPIECES AS OBERON OVERTURE BY WEBER, SELECTIONS FROM L'AARLESIENNE BY BIZET, SLAVONIC DANCES OP. 46 NO. IV AND VIII BY DVORAK, CONCERTO GROSSO OP. 6 NO. IV BY CORELLI AND NUTCRACKER SUITE BY TCHAIKOVSKY. THIS IS ALSO THE FIRST TIME THAT SYMPHONIC MUSIC WILL BE PERFORMED IN THE HENRY G. LEONG YAUMATEI COMMUNITY

CENTRE.

ON SUNDAY (OCTOBER 23). AT 2. PM AT NEW WORLD PLAZA, THREE PERFORMING GROUPS - MUSIC OFFICE SYMPHONIC BAND, YMCA' HARMONICA BAND AND HONG KONG YOUTH MUSIC SOCIETY CHINESE ORCHESTRA - WILL PROVIDE AN AFTERNOON OF CHINESE AND WESTERN MUSIC ON LIGHT CLASSICS AND POPULAR SONGS UNDER THE SPONSORSHIP OF THE NEW WORLD CENTRE.

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/A THOUGHT

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