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THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 1986

FREE VARIETY SHOW IN WESTERN

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MORE THAN 500 RESIDENTS IN CENTRAL AND WESTERN WILL BE TREATED TO A FREE ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME ON SATURDAY (JUNE 21) EVENING AT THE WESTERN DISTRICT COMMUNITY CENTRE.

THE VARIETY SHOW IS THE FIRST OF A SERIES OF FUNCTIONS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT OFFICE, MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE OF THE WESTERN DISTRICT COMMUNITY CENTRE, URBAN COUNCIL AND THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE MORE ENTERTAINMENT FOR RESIDENTS.

THE TWO-HOUR SHOW WILL INCLUDE BAND MUSIC, SINGING, MAGIC AND ACROBATIC PERFORMANCES.

THE SHOW WILL BEGIN AT 8 PM IN THE MAIN HALL OF THE COMMUNITY CENTRE AT WESTERN STREET, SAI YING PUN.

OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY WILL BE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE WESTERN DISTRICT COMMUNITY CENTRE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MRS IRENE LEE- EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT OFFICE, MR DANNY CHAN- CULTURAL AND ENTERTAINMENT MANAGER (HONG KONG), URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, MR DANIEL CHUNG AND ASSISTANT SOCIAL WELFARE OFFICER (CENTRAL, WESTERN AND ISLANDS), MR LAM KWOK-WAN,

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE WESTERN DISTRICT VARIETY SHOW NIGHT TO BE HELD AT 8 PM ON SATURDAY AT THE MAIN HALL OF THE WESTERN DISTRICT COMMUNITY CENTRE, 36A WESTERN STREET, SAI YING PUN.

SPECTATOR STAND FOR MACPHERSON PLAYGROUND ****

CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SPECTATOR STAND AT MACPHERSON PLAYGROUND IN MONG KOK WILL START AT THE END OF THIS MONTH.

THE STAND IS TO BE BUILT ON THE SITE OF THE OLD STAND WHICH WAS DEMOLISHED LAST YEAR. IT WILL ACCOMMODATE 850 SPECTATORS.

UNDER THE STAND WILL BE A SINGLE-STOREY BUILDING CONTAINING AN OFFICE, A CONFERENCE AND READING ROOM, A FIRST-AID ROOM, STORE ROOM, CHANGING ROOMS AND TOILETS.

THE ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT RECENTLY AWARDED A $1.4 MILLION CONTRACT FOR THE PROJECT WHICH SHOULD BE COMPLETED EARLY NEXT YEAR.

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