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THURSDAY, JULY 19, 1984

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EASTERN DISTRICT TO HOLD SINGING CONTEST

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THE EASTERN DISTRICT WILL HOLD ITS PRELIMINARY AMATEUR SINGING CONTEST ON SATURDAY (JULY 21) EVENING AT THE DR SEAKER CHAN'S MEMORIAL HALL IN NORTH POINT.

TWELVE CONTESTANTS, CHOSEN FROM 251 ENTRANTS, WILL COMPETE IN THE CONTEST ORGANISED AS PART OF A TERRITORY-WIDE PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN TO ENCOURAGE MORE RESIDENTS TO REGISTER AS VOTERS FOR NEXT YEAR'S DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS.

THE WINNER WILL REPRESENT THE EASTERN DISTRICT TO COMPETE WITH THOSE FROM THE OTHER 17 DISTRICTS IN A SEMI-FINAL ON AUGUST 11,

THE SINGING CONTEST IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICE, RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG AND SING TAO NEWSPAPER LTD.

THE JUDGES FOR SATURDAY'S CONTEST WILL BE MADAM CHRISTINA TING, A DISTRICT BOARD MEMBER: MR CHEUNG MAN-SUN, SENIOR PRODUCER OF RTHK; MR DOMINIC CHOW, A COMPOSER: MR WAN LONG-YIN, PRODUCTION MANAGER OF SING TAO PANSONIC, AND A REPRESENTATIVE FROM POLYGRAM RECORD COMPANY.

THE OFFICIATING GUEST WILL BE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE DISTRICT BOARD, MR LUI HAU-TUEN.

THE PROGRAMME WILL INCLUDE PERFORMANCES BY THE KIANGSU- CHEK IANG COLLEGE DANCE GROUP, AND SINGING BY MISS CARMEN WONG.

MAN FINED FOR POSSESSING PROTECTED BIRDS

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IT IS AN OFFENCE TO POSSESS OR IMPORT ENDANGERED SPECIES OF ANIMALS AND BIRDS OR THEIR PARTS WITHOUT AUTHORISATION, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT WARNED TODAY (THURSDAY).

THE WARNING FOLLOWED A COURT CASE YESTERDAY IN WHICH A MAN WAS FINED $200 FOR ILLEGALLY POSSESSING THREE EAGLES AND FOUR OWLS. THE BIRDS WERE CONFISCATED.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT 29 PEOPLE WERE PROSECUTED FOR

THE OFFENCE DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THIS YEAR.

THE GOODS SEIZED INCLUDED 152 SEA TURTLE EGGS, 17 SEA TURTLE SPECIMENS, 194 KILOGRAMS OF ELEPHANT SKINS, EIGHT CROCODILE SPECIMENS, TWO PYTHON SKINS AND ONE PANGOLIN SKIN.

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