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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1986

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THE COMPETITION WILL TAKE THE FORM OF AN INTER-SCHOOL DRAWING COMPETITION ON A SPECIFIC THEME JOY OF READING+- AND AN ENSUING PROGRAMME OF GROUP PAINTING BY PUPILS FROM THREE WINNING SCHOOLS ON A WALL MEASURING 2.6 M X 4.3 M AT THE JUNIOR LIBRARY.

ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED BETWEEN APRIL 1 AND MAY 15. WINNERS WILL BE AWARDED TROPHIES AND PRIZES.

ON ANOTHER MAJOR CULTURAL PROJECT FOR SHA TIN, THE COMMITTEE DECIDED TO NAME A CULTURAL COMPLEX CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN THE DISTRICT AS +SHA TIN TOWN HALL+. UPON ITS COMPLETION TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR, IT WILL PROVIDE FACILITIES COMPARABLE TO THOSE AT THE TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL.

IT WILL HAVE A 1 450-SEAT AUDITORIUM, A CULTURAL ACTIVITIES

A 378-SQUARE METRE EXHIBITION HALL WITH A MOVABLE STAGE.

A GALLERY, A DANCE STUDIO, A MUSIC STUDIO, LECTURE ROOMS, CONFERENCE ROOM AND PRACTICE ROOMS, THE DEPARTMENT'S STAFF OFFICER (PLANNING) CULTURAL PROJECTS, MR LEE KIN-CHUN SAID.

BOTH THE SHA TIN CENTRAL LIBRARY AND THE SHA TIN TOWN HALL WILL BE MANAGED BY THE RSD AFTER THEIR OPENING.

THE COMMITTEE ALSO REVIEWED A HOST OF CULTURAL, RECREATION AND SPORTS ACTIVITIES ORGANISED BY THE RSD FOR RESIDENTS IN SHA TIN DURING MARCH AND APRIL.

THESE INCLUDE 32 RECREATION AND SPORTS ACTIVITIES, SUCH AS BADMINTION, TENNIS, CANOEING, HIKING AND CAMPING WHICH ARE EXPECTED TO ATTRACT SOME 2 600 PARTICIPANTS.

CULTURAL ACTIVITIES CONSIST MAINLY OF LIBRARY EXTENSION ACTIVITIES TO TAKE PLACE IN THE SHA TIN PUBLIC LIBRARY. AMONG THEM ARE BOOK EXHIBITIONS, MUSIC APPRECIATION SESSIONS, INTEREST QUPS, VIDEO CASSETTE SCREENINGS AND VARIOUS INTELLECTUAL GAMES. FREE ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMMES SCHEDULED FOR THE PER 10D WILL INCLUDE A POP-FOLK CONCERT, AN ORCHESTRAL CONCERT, PUPPET SHOWS AND CANTONESE OPERAS.

VIETNAMESE REFUGEES TO STAGE CONCERT *****

VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN CHI MA WAN CLOSED CENTRE WILL STAGE A CONCERT THERE ON FRIDAY (FEBRUARY 14) MORNING TO CELEBRATE THE LUNAR NEW YEAR.

AFTERWARDS, A CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND WILL BE OFFICIALLY OPENED AT THE CENTRE, BY THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, MR CHAN WA-SHEK, TOGETHER WITH PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF SECURITY, MR KEN WOODHOUSE AND THE OFFICER COMMANDING THE SALVATION ARMY, LIEUTENANT-COLONEL LIM AH-ANG.

/THE PLAYGROUND