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MEET THE VEDI

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SATURDAY, MAY 24, 1936

THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MRS ANSON CHAN, WILL MEET THE MEDIA ON MONDAY (MAY 26) AT 4 PM IN THE GIS PRESS CONFERENCE ROOM, FIFTH FLOOR, BEACONSFIELD HOUSE, CENTRAL.

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YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE EVENT.

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ARTS AND CULTURE AID CHILDREN'S DEVELOPMENT

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A GOOD ENVIRONMENT EMBRACING ARTS AND CULTURE FORMS A VITAL ELEMENT FOR THE HEALTHY GROWTH OF CHILDREN, KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR EDDY CHAN, SAID THIS (SATURDAY) AFTERNOON.

SPEAKING AT THE SWEARING-IN CEREMONY OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE KWUN TONG CHILDREN'S CHORUS, MR CHAN SAID: +ESPECIALLY IN KWUN TONG WHERE MANY DENSELY-POPULATED HOUSING ESTATES AND INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENTS ARE LOCATED, MUSIC AS WELL AS OTHER ARTS AND CULTURE WILL HELP OUR YOUNGER POPULATION TO ACQUIRE A MORE BALANCED CHARACTER.

+LOCAL ORGANISATIONS SUCH AS THE KWUN TONG CHILDREN'S CHORUS HAVE AN IMPORTANT ROLE TO PLAY IN PROVIDING A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT FOR CHILDREN IN THE DISTRICT. +

MR CHAN ALSO COMMENDED THE DISTRICT BOARD FOR PROVIDING FINANCIAL AND MORAL SUPPORT TO LOCAL CULTURAL BODIES,

THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT BOARD HAD ALLOCATED $80 000 TO THE KWUN TONG CHILDREN'S CHORUS THIS FINANCIAL YEAR,

ACTIVITIES TO BE ORGANISED BY THE CHORUS THIS YEAR INCLUDE A CONCERT, A MUSIC CAMP, A SINGING CONTEST, COMMUNITY CONCERTS AND A MUSIC GALA,

THE CHORUS WILL ALSO HOLD RECRUITMENT EXERCISES IN OCTOBER AID JANUARY.

INAUGURATED IN 1978, THE KWUN TONG CHILDREN'S CHORUS IS DIVIDEJ INTO JUNIOR, INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR CHOIRS, AND ITS 200 MEMBERS ARE AGED BETWEEN SEVEN AND 16.

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