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MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 1988

FIRST ARTS FESTIVAL FOR KWAI TSING

KWAI CHUNG AND TSING YI RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO ACTIVELY TAKE PART IN THE DISTRICT'S FIRST ARTS FESTIVAL TO BE HELD BETWEEN JANUARY 9 AND 30.

SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY (MONDAY), CHAIRMAN OF THE KWAI TSING DISTRICT FIRST ARTS FESTIVAL COMMITTEE, MR CHENG WING-CHUN, SAID THE FESTIVAL, WITH A BUDGET OF $400,000, WOULD INCLUDE OVER 30 PROGRAMMES.

A WIDE VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES WILL BE ORGANISED ΤΟ ATTRACT PARTICIPATION FROM PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND DIFFERENT SECTORS OF THE COMMUNITY.

THESE INCLUDE DRAMA, DANCING, CANTONESE OPERAS, MOVIES, CHINESE ORCHESTRA, PUPPET SHOWS AND EXHIBITIONS ON CALLIGRAPHY, PAINTINGS AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE DISTRICT.

THE ARTS FESTIVAL WILL OPEN ON JANUARY 9 AT THE

JU CHING CHU ENGLISH COLLEGE WITH PERFORMANCES BY LOCAL BALLET, OPERA AND DANCING TROUPES AND CHILDREN'S CHOIR.

ALSO PRESENT AT TODAY'S PRESS CONFERNECE WERE KWAI TSING DISTRICT OFFICER, MR BRIAN COAK, AND DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR HO TUNG-CHING.

NOTING THAT IT WAS THE FIRST ARTS FESTIVAL ORGANISED BY THE KWAI TSING DISTRICT, MR COAK ENCOURAGED RESIDENTS TO TAKE PART IN THE VARIOUS PROGRAMMES.

THE SUCCESS OF THE FESTIVAL WOULD DEPEND VERY MUCH ON RESIDENTS' PARTICIPATION AND SUPPORT, HE SAID.

AT THE KWAI

MAY ALSO

PROGRAMME SHEETS ARE NOW AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC TSING DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE SEVEN SUB-OFFICES. RESIDENTS CALL 0-273593 FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

WONG TAI SIN DB TO DISCUSS HOUSING SITE

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THE WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT BOARD DEVELOP A SUPPLEMENTARY HOUSING SITE IN MEETING TOMORROW (TUESDAY).

WILL

NGAU

DISCUSS A PROPOSAL TO CHI WAN STREET AT A

THE PROPOSED SITE IS TO FACILITATE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE HOUSING STRATEGY WHICH AIMS TO REDEVELOP ALL MARK I TO VI PUBLIC HOUSING BLOCKS AND FORMER GOVERNMENT LOW COST HOUSING ESTATES BY 2001.

/SENIOR TOWN