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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1987
MORE PROGRAMMES IN YUEN LONG ARTS FESTIVAL
8TH
YUEN LONG RESIDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO ENJOY A TOTAL OF 42 EVENTS, THE MOST EVER ORGANISED DURING THE YUEN LONG ARTS FESTIVAL, WHICH WILL BE HELD BETWEEN DECEMBER 4 AND 20, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE
YUEN LONG ARTS FESTIVAL CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE, MR LEE KAE-BUN, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
"EMPHASIS WILL BE PLACED ON PERFORMANCES BY LOCAL ARTISTS, HE SAID. "THERE WILL BE PERFORMANCES BY LOCAL DANCE TROUPES, CANTONESE OPENING OPERA TROUPE, CHINESE ORCHESTRA AND CHILDREN'S CHOIR, AND THE CEREMONY WILL BE A SPECTACULAR VARIETY SHOW FEATURING
TALENT,
MR LEE SAID.
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H
LOCAL
HE NOTED THAT A FEATURE OF THE FESTIVAL WOULD PERFORMANCES WOULD BE GIVEN THROUGHOUT YUEN LONG, INCLUDING REMOTE
AREAS, RURAL
SO THAT ALL RESIDENTS COULD
ENTERTAINMENT.
SHARE
BE THAT SEVERAL IN THE
JOINT THE ARTS FESIVAL IS A
PRESENTATION BY THE YUEN LONG THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT BOARD, THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT ARTS COMMITTEE, TOWN HALL AND THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT. IT WAS RESCHEDULED DECEMBER TO AVOID CLASHING WITH DISTRICT BOARD ELECTION ACTIVITIES
FESTIVALS WERE USUALLY EARLY 1988. PREVIOUSLY, YUEN LONG ARTS DURING LUNAR NEW YEAR.
IN
TO
IN
HELD
DESIGNED
PREVIOUS YEARS,
MR LEE NOTED THAT TOWN DECORATIONS WOULD BE SPECIALLY FOR THE FESTIVAL TO COINCIDE WITH CHRISTMAS. AS MORE THAN HALF OF THE PROGRAMMES WOULD BE FREE.
DETAILS OF THE PROGRAMME AND POSTAL BOOKING FORMS WILL BE MADE
DISTRICT AVAILABLE AT YUEN LONG
BOARD, YUEN LONG DISTRICT OFFICE PUBLIC ENQUIRY SERVICE CENTRE, YUEN LONG TOWN HALL AND LATER THIS MONTH.
LUT SAU HALL
ORGANISED IN 1981 ANNUAL CULTURAL EVENT IN
AT
AND THE
ENHANCING
THE FIRST YUEN LONG ARTS FESTIVAL WAS SINCE THEN IT HAS BECOME THE LARGEST DISTRICT, AIMED AT PROMOTING
CULTURAL
AND ACTIVITIES RESIDENTS' APPRECIATION OF FINE ARTS AND THE PERFORMING ARTS.
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