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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4 1987

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YUEN LONG ARTS FESTIVAL OPENS

THE EIGHTH YUEN LONG ARTS FESTIVAL WAS OPENED TODAY (FRIDAY)

FOR BY THE NEWLY APPOINTED REGIONAL SECRETARY

THR NEW TERRITORIES,

MR MICHAEL SUEN.

SAID THE FESTIVAL OF 42

AND PROGRAMMES

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, MR SUEN WOULD ENABLE LOCAL RESIDENTS TO ENJOY A TOTAL DEVELOP A SENSE OF BELONGING TO THE COMMUNITY.

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE LONG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR ALAN

CEREMONY WERE ALSO OFFICIATING AT THE FESTIVAL CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE, MR LEE KAE-BUN; YUEN BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR TAI KUEN AND YUEN LONG DISTRICT WONG.

MR LEE NOTED THAT THE CHARACTERISTIC OF THE FESTIVAL THIS WAS EMPHASIS ON PERFORMANCES BY LOCAL ARTISTS INCLUDING THE YUEN CANTONESE OPERA TROUPE, CHINESE ORCHESTRA, CHILDREN'S CHOIR AND TROUPS.

YEAR

LONG

DANCE

POPULAR TROUPES SUCH AS CONCERT BY RAIDAS

HE ADDED THAT PERFORMANCES BY OTHER THE CHOR FUNG MING CANTONESE OPERA TROUPE AND POP HAD ALSO BEEN ARRANGED.

THE FESTIVAL WILL LAST UNTIL DECEMBER 20 AND

HONG KONG BANK AVAILABLE AT YEUN LONG TOWN HALL, OFFICE AND YUEN LONG LUT SAU HALL.

TICKETS ARE NOW YUEN

LONG BRANCH

CARNIVAL TO PROMOTE INTEGRATION OF DISABLED, ABLE-BODIED

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THE DISABLED AND THE

ABLE-BODIED

WILL

SHARE

THE FUN OF A REHABILITATION CARNIVAL ON SUNDAY (DECEMBER 6) IN AN EVENT JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE KWAI CHUNG AND TSING YI DISTRICT BOARD AND THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT.

THE CARNIVAL, TO BEGIN AT I PM AT

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THE HING FONG ROAD PLAYGROUND, WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FREE OF CHARGE.

GAMESTALLS AND AN EXHIBITION WILL BE SET UP AT THE VENUE. RESIDENTS MAY ALSO WATCH PERFORMANCES BY THE HONG KONG

GROUP, A LION DANCE AND A SIGN LANGUAGE DEMONSTRATION.

BALLET

TICKETS ARE NOW AVAILABLE AT THE KWAI TSING DISTRICT OFFICE

SUB-OFFICES. RESIDENTS

ALSO CALL 0-273593 FOR

AND ITS SEVEN

FURTHER DETAILS.

MAY

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