SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 1986
MURAL PAINTING TO BEAUTIFY YAU MA TEI
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ABOUT 40 ABLE-BODIED AND DISABLED SCHOOL CHILDREN.TODAY (SUNDAY) JOINED HANDS IN PAINTING A PUBLIC MURAL TO BEAUTIFY THE YAU MA TEI DISTRICT.
LED BY PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS, THE CHILDREN COMPLETED THE IR DRAWINGS ON PLYWOOD BOARDS WHICH WILL LATER BE PUT TOGETHER AND DISPLAYED AS A MURAL IN THE DISTRICT.
THE PROJECT, ONE OF THE PROGRAMMES OF THE FESTIVAL OF ARTS WITH THE DISABLED, AIMED AT AROUSING THE PUBLIC'S UNDERSTANDING OF AND CONCERN FOR THE DISABLED,
THE FUNCTION WAS JOINTLY PRESENTED BY THE FESTIVAL OF ARTS WITH THE DISABLED AND THE YAU MA TEI AND TSIM SHA TSUI CULTURE AND ARTS ASSOCIATION AND SPONSORED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD.
OFFICIATING AT TODAY'S OPENING CEREMONY WERE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR, MISS MARIA TAM, YAU MA TEI DISTRICT OFFICER, MR AUGUSTINE CHENG, AND CHAIRMAN OF THE YAU MA TE! DISTRICT BOARD, MR YIP WAH.
POSTER GIVES METRIC CLOTHING MEASUREMENTS *****
A NEW POSTER DEFINING CLOTHING SIZES IN METRIC UNITS FOR MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN WILL SOON BE DISPLAYED AT HONG KONG'S LEADING DEPARTMENT STORES, FASHION SHOPS AND BOUTIQUES.
PRODUCED BY THE METRICATION COMMITTEE, THE POSTER CONTAINS TABLES SHOWING THE THREE CATEGORIES OF CLOTHING MEASUREMENTS IN CENTIMETRES AND THEIR EQUIVALENTS IN INCHES AND INTERNATIONAL CLOTHING SIZES.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE METRICATION COMMITTEE SAID THE POSTER WAS PREPARED FOR THE EDUCATION AND CONVENIENCE OF SALES STAFF AND THEIR CUSTOMERS.
+ IT IS HOPED THAT THE POSTER WOULD EVENTU METRIC,+ HE SAID.
HELP THEM THINK
RECENT SURVEYS SHOW THAT FASHION WEAR AND GARMENTS IMPORTED FROM EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND JAPAN ARE ALL LABELLED IN METRIC SIZES.
SÉRE MÁJÓKLTY
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