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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1984

CHILDREN'S CHOIR STAGES FIRST PUBLIC CONCERT

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THE 120-MEMBER KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT CHILDREN'S CHORUS GAVE ITS FIRST PUBLIC CONCERT AT THE KO SHAN THEATRE THIS (SATURDAY) EVENING.

DURING THE 90-MINUTE CONCERT, THE CHORUS SANG CHINESE AND WESTERN FOLK SONGS WITH DANCE AND ORCHESTRAL ACCOMPANIMENT.

PERFORMANCES WERE ALSO STAGED BY STUDENTS FROM THE HOLY TRINITY CHURCH SCHOOL AND BY THE TUN HUANG CHINESE ORCHESTRA.

SPEAKING AT AN INAUGURATION CEREMONY BEFORE THE CONCERT, THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR GORDON JONES, SAID: THE CHORUS IS THE FIRST PERFORMING GROUP TO REPRESENT KOWLOON CITY SINCE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION+.

+SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN JUNE 1982, THE CHORUS HAS BEEN RECEIVING FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM THE DISTRICT BOARD, ADMINISTRATIVE BACKUP FROM THE DISTRICT OFFICE AND PROFESSIONAL ADVICE FROM THE MUSIC OFFICE, HE SAID.

+TONIGHT'S CONCERT IS AIMED AT PUBLICISING THE CHORUS AND ENHANCING RECRUITMENT, INCREASING MEMBERS' EXPERIENCE AND CONFIDENCE, AND PROVIDING ENTERTAINMENT TO LOCAL RESIDENTS DURING THE CHINESE NEW YEAR FESTIVE PERIOD.+

MR JONES SAID THAT THE CHORUS HAD GIVEN MANY PERFORMANCES IN COMMUNITY CONCERTS AND ON TELEVISION PROGRAMMES.

LAST YEAR, A MUSIC CAMP AND A RECRUITMENT EXERCISE WERE ALSO HELD.

+I HOPE THE CHORUS WILL KEEP UP ITS GOOD WORK AND HELP PROMOTE CULTURAL ACTIVITIES IN THE DISTRICT, MR JONES SAID.

RECREATIONAL PROJECTS IN TUEN MUN UNDERWAY

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AN EXTENSIVE BUILDING PROGRAMME IS UNDERWAY IN TUEN MUN TO COPE WITH THE RECREATION AND ENTERTAINMENT NEEDS OF THE RESIDENTS, THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

PROJECTS COMPLETED OR COMING UP IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS INCLUDE THE TUEN MUN TRAIL, A LEISURE POOL, A CIVIC AND CULTURAL COMPLEX, A GAMES HALL, A SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX AND A TOWN PARK.

MR AKERS-JONES NOTED THAT A FEW YEARS BACK, FACILITIES AND AMENITIES IN TUEN MUN WERE FEW AND FAR APART, AND MOST RESIDENTS HAD TO LEAVE THE NEW TOWN FOR RECREATION AND ENTERTAINMENT.

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