SUNDAY, MARCH 9,
198.
700 PEOPLE ATTEND CHILDREN'S CHORUS
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ABOUT 700 PEOPLE WERE TREATED TO A DELIGHTFUL PERFORMANCE BY THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT CHILDREN'S CHORUS AT THE MARYKNOLL CONVENT SCHOOL AT ITS THIRD ANNUAL CONCERT THIS (SUNDAY) AFTERNOON.
THE CHORUS'S 63 MEMBERS, AGED BETWEEN NINE AND 14, PERFORMED 16 PIECES OF MUSIC INCLUDING A SPECIALLY-COMPOSED +KOWLOON CITY SONG,+ FOLK SONGS, CHOIRS, CLASSICAL AND POP MUSIC.
THE CHILDREN'S CHORUS WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1982 WITH SUPPORT FROM THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT BOARD, VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND LOCAL COMMUNITY LEADERS.
ITS AIM IS TO PROMOTE CHILDREN'S INTEREST IN MUSIC AND TO RAISE THE STANDARD OF MUSIC THROUGH PARTICIPATION AND PERFORMANCES.
KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT OFFICER, MR GORDON JONES, AND THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR WONG SIX-KONG, OFFICIATED AT TODAY'S CEREMONY.
INTERCHANGE TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW *****
A THREE-LEVEL INTERCHANGE WILL BE BUILT AT THE CASTLE PEAK ROAD AND KWAI CHUNG ROAD INTERSECTION IN KWAI CHUNG TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW AND ENHANCE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.
THE WORK INVOLVES BUILDING TWO TWIN-LANE FLYOVERS, ONE RUNNING ALONG THE LINE OF CASTLE PEAK ROAD IN AN EAST-WEST DIRECTION, AND THE OTHER RUNNING NORTH-SOUTH FROM KWAI CHUNG ROAD TO CHEUNG WING ROAD.
ALSO INCLUDED WILL BE GROUND LEVEL IMPROVEMENTS AT THE JUNCTION TOGETHER WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW FOOTBRIDGE COMPLEX WITH AN ELEVATED WALKWAY ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF KWAI CHUNG ROAD AND A PEDESTRIAN SUBWAY UNDER CASTLE PEAK ROAD CONNECTING YOU WING LANE.
SECTIONS OF KWAI CHUNG ROAD, CASTLE PEAK ROAD AND CHEUNG WING ROAD IN THE SAME VICINITY WILL BE WIDENED WITH ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC LIGHTS INSTALLED. DURING CONSTRUCTION THE WIDTH OF THESE ROADS MAY HAVE TO BE REDUCED TEMPORARILY, BUT TRAFFIC WILL STILL BE ABLE TO USE THEM.
OTHER WORK INVOLVES CLOSING A SECTION OF KWONG FAI CIRCUIT FOR IT TO BE RECONSTRUCTED. AND SOME SIGNS AND OTHER STRUCTURES WILL HAVE TO BE REMOVED.
A NOTICE ON THE PROPOSED WORK HAS BEEN PUBLISHED IN THE LATEST GOVERNMENT GAZETTE AND POSTED ON THE SITE.
WRITTEN OBJECTIONS MUST REACH THE SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS BY MAY 6, 1986.
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