SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1986
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MID-AUTUMN OPERA TREAT FOR ELDERLY
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ABOUT 600 ELDERLY RESIDENTS OF NORTH DISTRICT WERE ENTERTAINED TO CANTONESE OPERA AT A MID-AUTUMN CELEBRATION HELD AT CHEUNG WAH ESTATE CENTRAL PLAYGROUND IN FANLING THIS (SUNDAY) EVENING.
THE EVENT WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE NORTH DISTRICT CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE FOR ELDERLY ACTIVITIES AND THE REGIONAL COUNCIL, WITH SPONSORSHIP FROM THE DISTRICT BOARD AND THE DISTRICT OFFICE.
+BESIDES PROVIDING MORE ENTERTAINMENT FOR SENIOR RESIDENTS IN THE DISTRICT, THE EVENT ALSO AIMS AT AROUSING PEOPLE'S AWARENESS IN CARING AND RESPECTING THE ELDERLY, WHO IN ONE WAY OR THE OTHER HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO SOCIETY,+ A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE SAID.
THE OPERA WAS PERFORMED BY THE LUNG CHEUNG OPERA TROUPE, AND DURING THE EVENING MOONCAKES AND FRUITS WERE HANDED OUT.
AMONG THE GUESTS OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING OF THE CELEBRATION WERE THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR MATTHEW CHEUNG, DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR RAYMOND PANG, AND CHAIRMAN OF THE CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE, MR PANG CHO-YJÚ,
LANTERN CARNIVAL TREAT FOR KOWLOON CITY
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KOWLOON CITY RESIDENTS WILL BE TREATED TO AN EVENING OF FUN AT THE MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL LANTERN CARNIVAL ON FRIDAY (SEPTEMBER 19) AT THE ARGYLE STREET PLAYGROUND.
THE EVENT IS BEING JOINTLY ORGANISED BY KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT BOARD, THE URBAN COUNCIL, THE DISTRICT'S ARTS AND CULTURE COUNCIL, THE LUTHERAN MARTHA BOSS COMMUNITY CENTRE AND THE DISTRICT OFFICE.
ABOUT 15 GIANT LANTERNS AND ABOUT 100 NORMAL-SIZE LANTERNS WILL BE ON DISPLAY.
PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED FOR THE BEST THREE GIANT LANTERNS AND THE BEST 10 NORMAL-SIZE LANTERNS.
THE CARNIVAL PROGRAMME WILL INCLUDE A VARIETY SHOW, LANTERN RIDDLES, PALMISTRY, PERFORMANCES BY SINGERS AND ACROBATS, AND DANCING.
/CHILDREN
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