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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1986

SCHOOLS DANCE FESTIVAL TO START *****

OVER 3 600 STUDENTS FROM 251 SCHOOLS WILL TAKE PART IN THE 22ND SCHOOLS DANCE FESTIVAL STARTING MONDAY (JANUARY 6).

THE FESTIVAL, PRESENTED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, WILL BE HELD BETWEEN JANUARY 6 AND 25.

A TOTAL OF 376 TEAMS WILL PERFORM IN THE FESTIVAL 165 TEAMS FROM SECONDARY SCHOOLS, 192 FROM PRIMARY SCHOOLS AND THE REMAINING 19 FROM SPECIAL SCHOOLS.

FOUR DANCE ITEMS, INCLUDING WESTERN FOLK DANCE, CHINESE DANCE, ORIENTAL DANCE AND CREATIVE DANCE, WILL BE PRESENTED AT TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL, THE CLEMENTI MIDDLE SCHOOL IN NORTH POINT AND THE HONG KONG SZE YAP COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION WONG TAI SHAN MEMORIAL COLLEGE AT NAM CHEONG STREET.

THE OVERALL CHALLENGE AWARDS WILL BE PRESENTED TO SECONDARY AND PRIMARY SCHOOLS WHICH HAVE ATTAINED THE HIGHEST AGGREGATE SCORE IN THE FESTIVAL.

SCHOOLS WINNING THE HONOURS OR HIGHLY COMMENDED AWARDS IN THE FESTIVAL WILL BE INVITED TO PERFORM AT THE WINNERS PERFORMANCES AND PRIZE PRESENTATION CEREMONY AT CITY HALL CONCERT HALL BETWEEN APRIL 15 AND 19. AND AT YUEN LONG LUT SAU HALL AND TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL ON APRIL 26 AND MAY 3 RESPECTIVELY.

HIGHWAY BEAUTIFICATION SCHEME WIDELY APPRECIATED

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THE URBAN COUNCIL'S HIGHWAY BEAUTIFICATION SCHEME HAS GONE A LONG WAY IN +GREENING+ SOME OF THE BARE ROADSIDES IN HONG KONG SINCE ITS INTRODUCTION IN 1979 IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE OF THE ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT OFFICE.

A TYPICAL EXAMPLE IS PROVIDED BY THE PICTURE ATTACHED WHICH SHOWS BUSES, PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES,

PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES, TAXIS AND EVEN A MTR TRAIN PASSING BY THE GREENERY STRIP ALONG KWUN TONG ROAD.