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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1983

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THE DISTRICT FESTIVAL IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD, THE URBAN COUNCIL, THE WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT RECREATION AND SPORTS COUNCIL, THE WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT ARTS COUNCIL AND AND THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT.

MORE THAN 30 ITEMS OF FREE ENTERTAINMENT AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES HAVE BEEN ORGANISED FOR LOCAL RESIDENTS.

THE CLOSING CEREMONY WILL BEGIN AT 8 PM. FREE ADMISSION TICKETS ARE NOW AVAILABLE AT THE WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT OFFICE AND ITS SUB-OFFICES.

NOTE TO EDITORS

YOU ARE WELCOME TO COVER THE CLOSING CEREMONY, WHICH WILL BEGIN AT 8 PM ON SUNDAY (DECEMBER 11) AT THE LOK SÍN TONG WONG CHUNG MING SECONDARY SCHOOL AT 161 LOK SIN ROAD, SAN PO KONG.

KNITTING FOR THE ELDERLY

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A SCARF FOR EACH OF 1 500 PEOPLE AGED OVER 65 IN WAN CHAI IS THE AIM OF THE DISTRICT'S KNITTING FOR THE AGED+ CAMPAIGN WHICH BEGINS TOMORROW (SATURDAY).

AS A START. MORE THAT 150 PARTICIPANTS FROM NINE LOCAL ORGANISATIONS WILL BE KNITTING SCARFS TOMORROW AFTERNOON AT THE TANG SHIU KIN SOCIAL SERVICE CENTRE.

+HOWEVER, WE NEED THE SUPPORT OF OTHER CIVIC-MINDED PEOPLE IN HONG KONG,+ SAID THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CAMPAIGN, MR HO FOOK-CHU.

+THEY CAN KNIT THE SCARFS AT HOME AND HAND THEM TO THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT OFFICE FOR DISTRIBUTION TO THE ELDERLIES.+

THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MISS LOLLY CHIU, AND A DISTRICT BOARD MEMBER, MRS GRACE WAN, WILL ALSO TAKE PART IN TOMORROW'S KNITTING CAMPAIGN.

THE EVENT IS A PRELUDE TO NEXT MONTH'S CARE FOR THE AGED WEEK WHICH, SPONSORED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD, WILL INCLUDE FILM AND VARIETY SHOWS AND HARBOUR TOURS.

NOTE TO EDITORS 1

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER TOMORROW'S (SATURDAY) +KNITTING FOR THE AGED+ CAMPAIGN AT 3 PM AT THE LILYVALE COMMUNITY COFFEE HOUSE, GROUND FLOOR, TANG SHIU KIN SOCIAL SERVICE CENTRE, 36 OF KWAN ROAD, WAN CHAI.

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