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SUNDAY, JUNE 24, 1984

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LECTURES ON PHOTOGRAPHY FOR ART TEACHERS

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TWO VISITING PROFESSORS FROM THE UNITED STATES WILL GIVE LECTURES ON PHOTOGRAPHY TO SECONDARY SCHOOL ART TEACHERS.

THE LECTURES WILL BE HELD BETWEEN 10 AM AND 12 NOON ON JUNE 30 AT THE GRANTHAM COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, GASCOIGNE ROAD, KOWLOON.

PROFESSOR WILLIAM LARSON WILL SPEAK ON A SURVEY OF CONTEMPORARY COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHY+ AND PROFESSOR ROBERT HEINECKEN, ON +MIXED-MEDIA PHOTOGRAPHY+.

THE LECTURES, TO BE CONDUCTED IN ENGLISH, IS BEING JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG ARTS CENTRE AND THE CULTURAL CRAFTS CENTRE OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S ADVISORY INSPECTORATE.

ADMISSION TO THE LECTURES IS FREE.

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TO FACILITATE PLANNING, TEACHERS WHO WISH TO ATTEND THE LECTURES SHOULD APPLY THROUGH THE HEADS OF THE IR SCHOOLS TO THE INSPECTOR (ART), CULTURAL CRAFTS CENTRE, EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, 4 PAK FUK ROAD, 5/F, HONG KONG, AT THEIR EARLIEST CONVENIENCE.

ENQUIRIES MAY BE MADE TO THE CENTRE ON 5-621006.

PLAYGROUND TO BE REDEVELOPED

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PART OF THE FORMER KAI TAK AMUSEMENT PARK SITE IS INCLUDED IN THE FIRST STAGE OF REDEVELOPMENT OF CHOI HUNG ROAD PLAYGROUND.

THE 9 000-SQUARE-METRE SITE, BETWEEN CHOI HUNG ROAD AND SHEUNG HE! STREET, WILL BE CONVERTED INTO TWO MINI-SOCCER PITCHES, A 450-METRE-LONG JOGGING TRACK AND GARDEN AREAS FEATURING A CHINESE PAVILION WHICH WILL BE BUILT ON A RAISED PLATFORM.

THE ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE OF THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS INVITING TENDERS FOR THE PROJECT, WORK ON WHICH IS EXPECTED TO START IN AUGUST THIS YEAR AND TAKE EIGHT MONTHS TO COMPLETE.

AT A LATER STAGE OF REDEVELOPMENT OF THE PLAYGROUND, A FOUR- STOREY BLOCK TO HOUSE ABOUT 80 COOKED-FOOD STALLS AND AN INDOOR GAMES HALL, A COVERED BADMINTON COURT AND A CHILDREN'S LIBRARY WILL BE BUILT.

TENNIS, BASKETBALL AND HANDBALL COURTS WILL ALSO BE INCLUDED IN THE REDEVELOPMENT SCHEME.

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