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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1987

HISTORY OF CHEUNG CHAU ON EXHIBIT

AN EXHIBITION TRACING THE RAPIDLY CHANGING FACES OF CHEUNG CHAU WILL BE HELD FROM TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY) TO NOVEMBER 22 (SUNDAY) AT THE CHEUNG CHAU RURAL COMMITTEE YOUTH CENTRE, TUNG WAN.

THE EXHIBITION IS TO MARK THE COMPLETION OF THE ISLANDS ROOT PROJECT" ON CHEUNG CHAU ORGANISED BY THE ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICE ΤΟ PROMOTE CIVIC EDUCATION.

AN OPENING CEREMONY WILL BE HELD AT THE VENUE TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY) AT 3.30 PM AND THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, MR JOHN SHERWIN, WILL OFFICIATE.

THERE WILL BE A DISPLAY TO SHOW THE CHANORS ALONG THE WEST COAST OF CHRUNG CHAU SUCH AS LAND USE PATTERN AND RECLAMATION DEVELOPMENT, AND A SLIDE SHOW ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF FISHING VILLAGES ON THE ISLAND.

PAUL TOOK

TWO SECONDARY SCHOOLS ON CHEUNG CHAU, CARITAS ST. PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL AND CHEUNG CHAU GOVERNMENT MIDDLE SCHOOL, PART IN THE PROJECT. STUDENTS OF THE SCHOOLS STARTED TO DRAFT PLANS FIVE MONTHS AGO, UNDERTOOK RESEARCH DURING THE SUMMER HOLIDAYS AND PRODUCED THE EXHIBITS IN THE PAST TWO MONTHS.

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A SPOKESMAN FOR THE ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICE SAID: "THE AIM OF THE ISLANDS ROOT PROJECT' IS TO AROUSE ISLANDERS' INTEREST TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THEIR DISTRICT SO AS то STRENGTHEN THEIR SENSE OF BELONGING."

"THE CHEUNG CHAU PROJECT IS A PILOT ONE AND SIMILAR PROJECTS WILL BE HELD ON OTHER ISLANDS, HE ADDED.

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NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE "ISLANDS ROOT PROJECT" EXHIBITION WHICH WILL BE HELD AT THE CHEUNG CHAU RURAL COMMITTEE YOUTH CENTRE, TUNG WAN AT 3.30 PM TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY).

A PRESS LAUNCH, "CLEMENTI" WILL LEAVE THE MARINE DEPARTMENT PIER IN CENTRAL FOR CHEUNG CHAU

AT 2 PM.

INFORMATION OFFICER, MR RAYMOND TAM, WILL BE ON HAND TO ASSIST.

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