TURDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1983
ELDERLY PEOPLE SHOW SKILL IN DANCE CONTEST
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ABOUT 200 ELDERLY PEOPLE, DRESSED IN STYLISH COSTUMES, PROVED THIS (SATURDAY) AFTERNOON THAT THEY ALSO HAD GOOD LÉGS FOR DANCING.
PERFORMING IN FRONT OF 3 000 SPECTATORS IN THE KO SHAN THEATRE IN KOWLOON CITY, THEY DEMONSTRATED NOT ONLY HIGH SPIRITS OF CO-OPERATION BUT ALSÓ VITALITY AND CONFIDENCE IN THE THIRD DANCE COMPETITION FOR THE ELDERLY.
SPEAKING AT AN OPENING CEREMONY, THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT OFFICER, MR GORDON JONES, SAID THE CONTEST AIMED AT CULTIVATING OLD PEOPLE'S INTEREST IN DANCING AND CORRECTING MISCONCEPTION ABOUT THEIR ABILITY.
+THE CONTEST ALSO PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO SHOW THEIR ABILITY AND DEVELOP THEIR SELF-CONFIDENCE, HE ADDED.
TODAY'S PARTICIPANTS, AGED 60 AND ABOVE AND WITH THE ELDEST BEING AN 83-YEAR-OLD WOMAN, CAME FROM 19 COMMUNITY CENTRES IN TUEN MUN, TSUEN WAN, SHA TIN AND THE URBAN DISTRICTS.
THE THREE-HOUR COMPETITION, WHICH BEGAN AT 2 PM, WAS DIVIDED INTO CHINESE CLASSICAL, MODERN, HEALTHY AND FOLK DANCE SECTIONS. THERE WAS ALSO A GUEST PERFORMANCE BY THE HONG KONG ACADEMY OF BALLET.
THE EVENT WAS ORGANISED BY THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT BOARD, THE DISTRICT OFFICE, KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT COUNCIL FOR THE WELFARE AND RECREATION OF THE ELDERLY, THE URBAN COUNCIL AND THE HOLY CARPENTER CHURCH MULTI-SERVICE CENTRE FOR THE ELDERLY.
HORTICULTURAL CLASSES IN KWAI CHUNG
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TWO HORTICULTURAL CLASSES WILL BE HELD IN KWAI CHUNG FOLLOWING SUCCESS OF SIMILAR CLASSES THERE EARLIER THIS YEAR.
THE FIRST CLASS WILL BE HELD ON EIGHT CONSECUTIVE SATURDAY AFTERNOONS, STARTING ON DECEMBER 10, AND THE SECOND ON EIGHT CONSECUTIVE SUNDAY MORNINGS, STARTING ON JANUARY 8.
THE COURSE, ORGANISED BY THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT, WILL FOCUS ON SOIL SCIENCE, SHRUB CARE, INDOOR-PLANT CARE AND PLANT PROPAGATION.
BOTH CLASSES, WHICH ARE FREE OF CHARGE, WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE OSMAN RAMJU SADICK MEMORIAL GAMES HALL.
/PRACTICAL PLANTING
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