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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1985

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+ IF SUCCESSFUL, WE WOULD MAKE IT AN ANNUAL EVENT OR MODIFY IT INTO A MARATHON OR CROSS-COUNTRY TYPE RACE, + SAID MR KWONG.

THE DISTANT RUN SERIES, OPEN TO ISLANDERS AND URBAN RESIDENTS AGED OVER 12, HAS SO FAR ATTRACTED MORE THAN 300 APPLICATIONS.

THERE WILL BE TITLES FOR VARIOUS DIVISIONS INCLUDING MEN, WOMEN, TEAMS AND AN OVERALL CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE WHOLE SERIES.

PARTICIPANTS CAN EITHER TAKE PART IN THE RACE FOR INDIVIDUAL ISLAND OR COMPETE FOR THE OVERALL TITLE IN THE FOUR-RACE SERIES,

SOUVENIRS WILL ALSO BE AWARDED TO RUNNERS WHO HAVE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE ROUTES OF FOUR RACES, RANGING FROM THREE TO SIX KILOMETRES.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE STARTING CEREMONY OF THE MUI WO DISTANT RUN TO BE OFFICIATED BY THE ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICER, MR WILLIAM YAP, AT 10.30 AM OUTSIDE THE MUI WO POLICE STATION THIS SUNDAY (OCTOBER 20). THERE WILL BE A PRIZE-PRESENTATION CEREMONY AT THE FINISHING POINT, THE YWCA CAMP AT SHEUNG SHEK WAN PUI O AROUND NOON.

ENTRIES SOUGHT FOR FESTIVE LIGHT DESIGN CONTEST

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APPLICATIONS ARE BEING INVITED FOR ENTRIES TO THE SHA TIN FESTIVE LIGHTINGS DESIGN COMPETITION.

THE THIRD 'SHA TIN FESTIVE LIGHTINGS DESIGN CONTEST' IS PART OF THE DISTRICT'S SPECTACULAR FESTIVE DECORATIONS PROGRAMME FOR CHRISTMAS AND LUNAR NEW YEAR.

A PHOTO CONTEST AND SWITCH-ON CEREMONIES WILL ALSO BE ARRANGED LATER.

THE $440 000 FESTIVE LIGHTING PROJECT, SPONSORED BY THE SHA TIN DISTRICT BOARD, IS COORDINATED BY A PLANNING COMMITTEE CHAIRED BY BOARD MEMBER, MR LAM HUNG-CHIU.

+THE PLANNING COMMITTEE WILL UNDERTAKE THE DECORATION OF THE TWO 200-METRE BRIDGES - SAN MARTENS AND BANYAN, ACROSS THE SHING MUN

AS WELL AS PARTS RIVER, AND THE NEWLY-COMPLETED RIVER PROMENADES OF LIÓN ROCK TUNNEL ROAD LEADING TO SHA TIN,+ MR LAM SAID.

PARTICIPANTS MAY SUBMIT LAYOUT PLANS FOR THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTING AND THE LUNAR NEW YEAR DECORATIVE LIGHTS IN A-4 SIZE PAPERS (21 CM BY 29.5 CM), AND SEND THEM TO THE SHA TIN DISTRICT OFFICE ON 6TH FLOOR OF THE KCR HOUSE, SHA TIN STATION, ON OR BEFORE OCTOBER 31.

INFORMATION PAMPHLETS ON THE LIGHTING DESIGN COMPETITION CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE DISTRICT OFFICE AND ENQUIRIES CAN BE MADE ON 0-6065456, 0-6048078 AND 0-6065489.

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