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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1983

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CULTURAL ACTIVITIES HELP BUILD SOUND COMMUNITY

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CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES HAVE POSITIVE EFFECTS ON THE HARMONIOUS DEVELOPMENT OF A COMMUNITY, THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR KEVIN MAK, SAID THIS (SATURDAY) EVENING.

HE SAID ORGANISING SUCH ACTIVITIES WAS ONE OF THE MAJOR WAYS TO REACH A MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN LOCAL ORGANISATIONS AND THE RESIDENTS.

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF A WEEK-LONG OPEN DANCE CONTEST, MR MAK SAID RESIDENTS' ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN DISTRICT AFFAIRS WAS ESSENTIAL IN BUILDING A SOUND COMMUNITY.

THERE ARE MORE THAN 600 000 PEOPLE LIVING IN KWUN TONG.

+IN ORDER TO BUILD A HEALTHY COMMUNITY, THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT ONLY PROVIDE THEM WITH NECESSARY FACILITIES BUT ALSO CULTURAL ACTIVITIES.

+THE ANNUAL DANCE CONTEST, THE 13TH SO FAR, IS ONE OF THE MANY ACTIVITIES BEING ORGANISED FOR THE COMMUNITY, HE SAID.

MR MAK SAID HE WAS GLAD TO LEARN THAT RESPONSE TO THE EVENT THIS YEAR WAS VERY ENCOURAGING, WITH ABOUT 180 TEAMS, THE LARGEST NUMBER EVER, TAKING PART.

ALSO OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY WERE MR WONG LAM, A LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR; AND MR DAVID CHIU, PRINCIPAL RECREATION AND SPORT OFFICER.

FOLLOWING THE CEREMONY, 15 TEAMS OF CONTESTANTS DISPLAYED THE IR SKILLS IN THE ORIENTAL FOLK DANCE CONTEST IN THE OPEN SECTION.

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FROM TOMORROW TILL DECEMBER 8, COMPETITIONS IN ORIENTAL WESTERN AND MODERN DANCES FOR THE THREE SECTIONS - CHILDREN BELOW SIX YEARS OF AGE, THOSE FROM THE AGES OF SIX TO 12, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC - WILL BE HELD AT THE NING PO COLLEGE IN KUNG LOK ROAD.

THE CONTEST IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICE, THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE, AND THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT CULTURE AND RECREATION PROMOTION ASSOCIATION, WITH THE DISTRICT BOARD AS THE SPONSOR.

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