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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1986

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ACTIVITIES INCLUDED DEMONSTRATIONS BY A CHINESE SHUTTLECOCK TEAM, A MINI-SOCCER COMPETITION, A TABLE-TENNIS INVITATION COMPÉTITION, A VARIETY SHOW WITH MIME, A SPORTS OPEN DAY, A MODERN DANCE SHOW AND AN ATHELETIC MEET.

MR CHOW SAID HE HOPED THAT MORE LOCAL BODIES WOULD BE STIMULATED AND BECOME INVOLVED IN THE PROMOTION OF SPORTS AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES AFTER THE FORTNIGHT.

AT TODAY'S CLOSING CEREMONY, SPECIAL AWARDS WERE PRESENTED TO FOUR RESIDENTS FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO SPORTS AND CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE DISTRICT.

EARLIER, PARTICIPANTS WATCHED A MOTOR-CYCLE DISPLAY AND CELEBRITY RELAY RACES AMONG REPRESENTATIVES OF THE DISTRICT'S SIX AREA COMMITTEES, VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND THE DISTRICT BOARD.

CARNIVAL CLOSES MONTH-LONG DISTRICT FESTIVAL

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THOUSANDS OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN RESIDENTS HAD A DAY OF FUN AND GAMES AT A CARNIVAL AT THE KENNEDY TOWN TEMPORARY PLAYGROUND TODAY (SUNDAY).

THE EIGHT-HOUR CARNIVAL CONCLUDED THE MONTH-LONG SECOND CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT FESTIVAL.

ADDRESSING THE CLOSING CEREMONY OF THE DISTRICT FESTIVAL AND CARNIVAL, CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR LAM KAM-KWONG, SAID HE WAS PLEASED TO SEE THE COORDINATION AMONG LOCAL ORGANISATIONS, INDIVIDUALS AND GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS IN ORGANISING THE FESTIVAL.

HE SAID THE FESTIVAL HAD BEEN WELL RECEIVED BY RESIDENTS. +IT IS ESTIMATED THAT MORE THAN 100 000 RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN ENTERTAINED FROM NEARLY 40 FESTIVAL EVENTS. SINCE THE POPULATION OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT IS ONLY ABOUT 250 000, THE FIGURE IS REALLY ENCOURAGING.+

A WIDE RANGE OF PROGRAMME HAD BEEN ARRANGED FOR DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS IN THE DISTRICT. HE NOTED THAT SOME OF THE PROGRAMMES WERE ON THE THEME OF DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION AND CIVIC EDUCATION.

ABOUT $750 000 HAD BEEN SPENT TO STAGE THE FESTIVAL, OF WHICH $200 000 CAME FROM DISTRICT BOARD ALLOCATION AND THE REST FROM DONATIONS.

THE CARNIVAL WAS OPENED AFTER MR LAM DOTTED THE EYES OF A DRAGON AND FOUR LIONS.

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