XN000022-1983-11-28 — Page 7

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1983

IT ALSO FEATURED PERFORMANCES BY THE HONG KONG CHAMBER PLAYERS, THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG'S BAROQUE ENSEMBLE, AND THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT YOUTH CHOIR.

THE FESTIVAL, THE FIRST OF ITS KIND FOR THE DISTRICT, STARTED ON OCTOBER 30 AND HAS ATTRACTED MORE THAN 90 000 PARTICIPANTS.

+THE SUCCESS OF THE FESTIVAL OWED VERY MUCH TO THE TIME AND EFFORT DEVOTED BY MEMBERS OF THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE AND ITS SUB-COMMITTEES, AS WELL AS THE SUPPORT GIVEN BY LOCAL COMMUNITY LEADERS.

+THE COMMUNITY SPIRIT DISPLAYED IS HIGHLY COMMENDABLE,+ MR LAM SAID.

HE NOTED THAT THE PROGRAMME IN THE FESTIVAL HAD BEEN CAREFULLY DESIGNED TO CATER FOR PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE.

AMONG OTHER EVENTS, IT COVERED A LONG-DISTANCE RUN ON THE PEAK FOR THE YOUNG AND ENERGETIC: A COLOURFUL CARNIVAL FOR THE CHILDREN: AN EXCURSION TO CHEUNG CHAU FOR THE ELDERLY; AND A HISTORICAL EXHIBITION ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DISTRICT IN THE LAST 100 YEARS.

+THROUGH THESE ACTIVITIES, THE FESTIVAL AIMED AT ENHANCING OUR KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE DISTRICT AND PROMOTING A GREATER SENSE OF BELONGING, HE SAID.

SAFETY-AT-WORK EXHIBITION IN CHAI WAN

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THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT HAS GONE TO GREAT LENGTHS TO PROMOTE SAFETY AT WORK AND IS ENCOURAGED BY THE FAVOURABLE RESPONSE FROM THOSE WHO HAVE ATTENDED EXHIBITIONS ON THE TOPIC, THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR YIU YAN-NANG, SAID IN CHAI WAN THIS (MONDAY) MORNING.

MR YIU WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF +SAFETY EXTRAVAGANZA+, AN INDUSTRIAL SAFETY EXHIBITION, AT THE CHAI WAN COMMUNITY CENTRE.

JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT AND THE EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD, THE 15-MINUTE SOUND-ON-SLIDE SHOW AND THE EXHIBITION OF INDUSTRIAL SAFETY DISPLAY PANELS, WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FROM 11 AM TO 8.30 PM DAILY UNTIL DECEMBER 4, 1983.

MR YIU SAID THAT THE ORIGINAL AUDIO-VISUAL PRESENTATION ON INDUSTRIAL SAFETY MADE ITS SUCCESSFUL DEBUT AT THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC IN FEBRUARY LAST YEAR. SINCE THEN IT HAS BEEN RE-STAGED IN THE MAJOR INDUSTRIAL AREAS OF WONG CHUK HANG, TSUEN WAN, WONG TAI SIN AND TUEN MUN,

/+ENCOURAGED BY