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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1987

SOUTHERN DISTRICT CHILDREN ARTS CARNIVAL LAUNCHED

THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT CHILDREN ARTS CARNIVAL BEGAN TODAY (SUNDAY) WITH A CHILDREN'S CARNIVAL FEATURING ARTS AND CRAFTS DEMONSTRATIONS THAT ATTRACTED HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN AT THE ABERDEEN PROMENADE REST GARDEN.

THE WEEK-LONG PROGRAMME, WHICH AIMS AT PROMOTING CHILDREN'S INTEREST IN ART, WAS SPONSORED BY THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT BOARD AND ORGANISED BY THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT ARTS AND CULTURE ASSOCIATION, URBAN COUNCIL AND THE MUSIC OFFICE.

THE

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY WHICH PRECEDED THE CHILDREN CARNIVAL, THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE ARTS AND CULTURE ASSOCIATION, MADAM SO CHOW YIM-PING, SAID, "AS A MAJOR COMMUNITY BUILDING PROJECT ESPECIALLY TARGETTED AT CHILDREN, WE HOPE THAT THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT CHILDREN ARTS CARNIVAL CAN ENHANCE CHILDREN'S INTEREST AND WIDEN THEIR KNOWLEDGE IN ART THROUGH ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN THE

ACTIVITIES."

TODAY'S CARNIVAL OFFERED A VARIETY OF ARTS AND CRAFTS STALLS FEATURING DIFFERENT FORMS OF ART CREATIONS AS WELL AS A VARIETY OF GAMES STALLS. THE STALLS WERE PUT UP BY VARIOUS ART AND SERVICES GROUPS, DISTRICT ORGANISATIONS, SCHOOLS AND KINDERGARTENS,

THERE WERE ALSO A MAGIC AND ACROBATICS SHOW, A CHINESE FOLK DANCES AND A MARCHING BAND PERFORMANCE BY THE SERVICES MARCHING BAND.

A HIGHLIGHT OF THE CARNIVAL WAS

PARTICIPANTS WHICH REQUIRED

то DRAW SOUTHERN DISTRICT.

LION-DANCE,

CIVIL ATD

AN OPEN DRAWING COMPETITION THEIR IMPRESSIONS ABOUT THE

WILL RECEIVE THEIR

THE WINNERS OF THE DRAWING COMPETITION PRIZES AT A PRESENTATION CEREMONY OF A CONCERT BY THE CHILDREN'S CHOIRS FROM THE FOUR DISTRICTS ON HONG KONG ISLAND THE POLLOWING SUNDAY (OCTOBER 11) IN ABERDEEN SQUARE.

THE WINNING ENTRIES WILL ALSO BE EXHIBITED THAT DAY.

ON

THE

SQUARE

ON

THE URBAN MIDDLE OF PERFORMING ARTS

IN MEANWHILE, AN ART BOOK EXHIBITION IS BEING HELD COUNCIL POK FU LAM AND ABERDEEN PUBLIC LIBRARIES UNTIL THE

VARIOUS THE MONTH. THE EXHIBITION FEATURES BOOKS ON LIKE DRAMA, DANCE AND MUSIC THAT ARE SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN'S READING LEVEL.

ALSO PRESENT AT TODAY'S OPENING CEREMONY

ASSISTANT

ARE THE SOUTHERN ADMINISTRATOR,

DISTRICT OFFICER, MR SIMON LORD;

MUSIC

MR THOMAS WANG; CULTURE AND ENTERTAINMENT MANAGER, MR DANIEL CHUNG; SOUTHERN DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR JASPER LAM; AND SOUTHERN DISTRICT ARTS AND CULTURE ASSOCIATION'S PRESIDENT,

SAI-YICK; HONORARY PRESIDENTS MR C.T, HO AND MR LIU DING.

MR LEE

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