SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1984
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TELEMATCH GAMES GET GOOD START
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THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF INTER-DISTRICT TELEMATCH GAMES ORGANISED TO PROMOTE DISTRICT SPIRIT AND TO PUBLICISE THE ROLE OF DISTRICT BOARDS GOT OFF TO A GOOD START TODAY (SATURDAY) AT THE WONG CHUK HANG SPORTS GROUND.
IN A CLOSE THREE-MATCH COMPETITION, THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT TEAM BEAT THE IR COUNTERPARTS FROM SOUTHERN DISTRICT AND WAS PROMOTED TO THE SEMI-FINALS.
THE INTER-DISTRICT TELEMATCH GAMES IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG AND THE 18 DISTRICT OFFICES.
THE GAMES ATTRACTED HUNDREDS OF SPECTATORS WHO WERE TREATED TO VARIOUS ENTERTAINMENTS DURING THE INTERMISSIONS.
THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE GAMES CAME WHEN THE TEAMS COMPETED IN EVENTS WITH THEMES ON THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE TWO PARTICIPATING DISTRICTS.
WAN CHAI DISTRICT FEATURED THE +BIG MOUTH BUDDHA+ WHILE THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT USED A THEME REPRESENTING THE LIVELIHOOD OF ABERDEEN BOAT PEOPLE.
THE COMPETITORS WERE URGED ON BY CHEERING TEAMS HEADED BY THE IR RESPECTIVE DISTRICT OFFICERS, MR EDDY CHAN OF SOUTHERN AND MR K.K. LAM OF WAN CHAI.
THE CHEERING TEAM SECTION OF THE COMPETITION WAS
WON BY THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT.
ON THE ENTERTAINMENT SIDE, THE GAMES INCLUDED PERFORMANCES BY THE FOLK DANCE GROUP OF THE ABERDEEN KAIFONG ASSOCIATION COMMUNITY CENTRE AND THE DRAMA GROUP OF THE MATTEO RICCI COLLEGE.
BEACH CARNIVAL AT CLEAR WATER BAY *****
MORE THAN 200 YOUNGSTERS WILL DEMONSTRATE THE IR SKILL IN BUILDING SAND SCULPTURES AT A BEACH CARNIVAL TOMORROW (SUNDAY).
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE WELCOME TO JOIN THE CARNIVAL WHICH WILL BE HELD BETWEEN 2 PM AND 5 PM AT THE SECOND BEACH IN CLEAR WATER BAY, SAI KUNG.
BESIDES THE SAND SCULPTURING COMPETITION, THERE WILL BE PERFORMANCES BY LOCAL SINGERS.
/CAMERA ENTHUSIASTS
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