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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1986

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YAU MA TEI ACTIVITY CENTRE TO OPEN TOMORROW

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A NEW ACTIVITY CENTRE OPERATED BY THE YAU MA TEI AND TSIM SHA TSUI CULTURE AND ARTS ASSOCIATION WILL BE OFFICIALLY OPENED BY LADY AKERS-JONES TOMORROW (SUNDAY).

THE CENTRE, AT 33 SALISBURY ROAD, OFFERS VARIOUS ARTS AND CULTURAL COURSES AND ACTIVITIES FOR RESIDENTS.

AFTER THE OPENING, LADY AKERS-JONES WILL WATCH A PERFORMANCE BY THE ASSOCIATION'S CHOIR, DANCE AND DRAMA GROUPS.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE ACTIVITY CENTRE TO BE HELD AT 2.15 PM TOMORROW AT 33 SALISBURY ROAD (OPPOSITE THE CULTURAL COMPLEX CONSTRUCTION SITE).

SOUTHERN DISTRICT TO HOLD SINGING CONTEST

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MUSIC LOVERS IN SOUTHERN DISTRICT ARE BEING INVITED TO TAKE PART IN THE DISTRICT'S FIRST SINGING COMPETITION. IT IS OPEN TO PEOPLE AGED BETWEEN 15 AND 35 AND THE DEADLINE FOR ENTRY IS OCTOBER 27.

THE COMPETITION IS SPONSORED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD AND JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE DISTRICT'S ARTS AND CULTURE ASSOCIATION, MUSIC OFFICE AND THE URBAN COUNCIL TO COINCIDE WITH THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT FESTIVAL.

+THE FINALS WILL BE HELD ON DECEMBER 6 AS ONE OF THE FESTIVAL'S COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT PROGRAMMES,+ A SOUTHERN DISTRICT OFFICE SPOKESMAN SAID.

ENTRY FORMS CAN BE OBTAINED AT THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OFFICE AND SUB-OFFICES IN ABERDEEN CENTRE, WAH FU AND STANLEY, THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT ARTS AND CULTURE ASSOCIATION IN LEI CHAK HOUSE, AP LEI CHAU ESTATE, AND THE AP LEI CHAU COMMUNITY HALL.

THE COMPETITION IS DIVIDED INTO GROUP AND SOLO SECTIONS. COMPETITORS CAN CHOOSE THEIR OWN SONGS, WHICH CAN BE POP, FOLK OR CLASSICAL.

ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE COMPETITION CAN BE MADE TO THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OFFICE ON 5-540271.