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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1987

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WAN CHAI CELEBRATES MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL

WAN CHAI RESIDENTS WERE TONIGHT (TUESDAY) TREATED TO AN EVENING OF SONGS AND DANCES AT THE DISTRICT'S MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL VARIETY SHOW AT SOUTHORN PLAYGROUND, WHICH FEATURED DRAGON AND LION DANCES, AND CANTONESE OPERATIC AND POP SONGS.

THE FUNCTION, JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT

ARTS, CULTURAL, RECREATIONAL AND SPORTS ASSOCIATION (WCDACRSA) AND THE DISTRICT OFFICE WITH SPONSORSHIP FROM THE URBAN COUNCIL AND THE CULTURE AND RECREATION COMMITTEE UNDER THE DISTRICT BOARD, WAS AIMED AT CULTIVATING A SENSE OF DISTRICT IDENTITY AMONG RESIDENTS.

SPEAKING AT THE SHOW, DISTRICT OFFICER, MR ALLAN CHOW, PRAISED THE WCDACRSA FOR ORGANISING VARIOUS SORTS OF ACTIVITIES FOR PEOPLE IN WAN CHAI WHICH HAD PROVED TO BE VERY POPULAR, AND WHICH HAD GONE A LONG WAY TOWARDS HELPING COMMUNITY BUILDING WORK IN THE DISTRICT.

MR CHOW SAID HE WAS HAPPY TO LEARN THAT WORK WOULD SOON START ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW CLUB HOUSE FOR THE ASSOCIATION ON A SITE RECENTLY GRANTED BY THE GOVERNMENT. THE FACILITY, LOCATED UNDER THE TAI HANG ROAD FLYOVER, WOULD BE EQUIPPED WITH OFFICE AND TRAINING FACILITIES, HE SAID.

LEE;

GUESTS AT THE VARIETY SHOW INCLUDE OMELCO MEMBER MR ALLEN CHAIRMAN OF THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE OF THE FUNCTION, MR CHOW YUM-WAH; PRESIDENT OF THE WCDACRSA, MR HO PAK-TAO AND URBAN COUNCILLOR, MR HILTON CHEONG-LEEN.

MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL CARNIVAL FOR WONG TAI SIN RESIDENTS

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A LANTERN CARNIVAL ORGANISED FOR WONG TAI SIN RESIDENTS BE HELD ON THURSDAY (OCTOBER 8), THE DAY FOLLOWING THE MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL.

THE CARNIVAL, JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE WONG ΤΑΙ SIN DISTRICT ARTS COUNCIL AND THE URBAN COUNCIL AND SPONSORED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD, WILL BE HELD AT 8 PM IN THE MORSE PARK OPEN-AIR THEATRE.

RIDDLES.

THERE WILL BE PERFORMANCES BY WELL-KNOWN SINGERS AND LANTERN

WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR MICHAEL CHENG; URBAN COUNCILLOR, MISS CECILIA YEUNG; CHAIRMAN OF THE ARTS COUNCIL, MR KWONG-CHUNG; AND WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR NG HON-WAH, OFFICIATE AT THE CARNIVAL.

FUNG

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