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YOUTH BAND FESTIVAL STARTS THIS WEEKEND

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THE 1985 HONG KONG YOUTH BAND FESTIVAL, ORGANISED ANNUALLY BY THE MUSIC OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL SERVICES BRANCH, WILL START ON SATURDAY (DECEMBER 21) UNTIL NEW YEAR'S EVE.

THE OPENING CONCERT, FEATURING THE HONG KONG YOUTH SYMPHONIC BAND AND YOUTH CHOIR AND THE HONG KONG LUTHERAN YOUTH BAND, WILL BE HELD AT THE OCEAN TERMINAL ON SATURDAY AT 2.30 PM,

THERE WILL ALSO BE A WIND ENSEMBLE CONTEST, A SYMPHONIC BAND CONTEST AND A MARCHING BAND CONTEST DURING THE FESTIVAL PERIOD.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE OPENING CONCERT.

MORE BUILDINGS JOIN NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH SCHEME

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WAN CHAI DISTRICT'S FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE WILL MONITOR AND REVIEW THE NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH SCHEME IN A FEW MONTHS' TIME TO SEE IF IT SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO INCLUDE MORE BUILDINGS, WAN CHAI DISTRICT OFFICER, MR ROGER GARCIA, SAID TODAY.

SPEAKING AT THE LAUNCHING CEREMONY OF THE NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH SCHEME AT LEI SHUN BUILDING IN LEIGHTON ROAD. MR GARCIA SAID THE BUILDING WAS THE FOURTH IN THD DISTRICT TO JOIN THE SCHEME.

HE SAID A TOTAL OF FOUR BUILDINGS IN WAN CHAI HAD JOINED THE SCHEME AND THAT THE RESPONSE FROM RESIDENTS HAD BEEN VERY ENCOURAGING,

IT THE SCHEME WAS PROVED TO BE EFFECTIVE IN HELPING THE POLICE TO PREVENT BURGLARIES AND ROBBERIES IN RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS, IT COULD BE EXTENDED TO MORE BUILDINGS IN THE DISTRICT, MR GARCIA SAID.

OTHER GUESTS AT THE CEREMONY INCLUDED THE WAN CHAI POLICE DISTRICT COMMANDER, MR LAU TO-YEE; DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MRS PEGGY LAM; CHAIRMAN OF THE TA! HANG-SO KON PO AREA COMMITTEE, MR CHOW Y -WAH, AND CHAIRMAN OF THE LEI SHUN BUILDING OWNERS' CORPORATION, MR FUNG TIEN-HING.

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