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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1988

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VARIETY SHOW TO FIGHT DRUGS

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A COLOURFUL VARIETY SHOW FEATURING SONGS BY POP STARS AND DISC

MARK THE JOCKEYS, CANTONESE OPERA, DRAMA AND CHOIR WILL

CLOSING OF ON FRIDAY THE TWO-WEEK-LONG SHA TIN DISTRICT ANTI-NARCOTICS FESTIVAL (OCTOBER 21) EVENING.

OF THE SHA TIN

AMPHITHEATRE THE FUNCTION TO BE HELD AT THE TOWN PARK IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE SHA TIN DISTRICT ANTI-NARCOTICS COMMITTEE (STDAC), RTHK AND THE SHA TIN ARTS ASSOCIATION (STAA).

BEGINNING AT 7 PM,

THE PROGRAMME WILL CONCENTRATE ON PERFORMANCES BY TROUPES FROM THE STAA INCLUDING THE SHA TIN CANTONESE OPERA TROUPE, DRAMA TROUPE AND YOUTH CHOIR.

PM.

THE CLOSING CEREMONY OF THE FESTIVAL WILL TAKE PLACE AT 7.45

OFFICIATING GUESTS WILL INCLUDE CHAIRMAN OF THE ACTION TIN DISTRICT COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS (ACAN), DR GERALD CHOA; SHA OFFICER, MR VICTOR YUNG; ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (RADIO) OF BROADCASTING, MR SIMON LUN; STDAC CHAIRMAN, MR LEE KWONG; SHA TIN DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR NG CHAN-LAM AND STAA CHAIRMAN, MR WONG LUEN-KIN.

AFTER 8 PM, THE PROGRAMME WILL BE BROADCAST LIVE BY CHANNEL

STARS, BANDS AND ONE OF RTHK, WITH SOME OF THE BEST-KNOWN POP

DISC JOCKEYS SINGING TO PROMOTE THE ANTI-DRUG MESSAGE.

$40,000 BY

THE

THE $240,000 FESTIVAL IS FUNDED BY THE ACAN WITH $120,000,

SHA $40,000 BY THE

TIN DISTRICT OFFICE, ANOTHER DISTRICT BOARD AND THE REST BY PRIVATE SPONSORS.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE SHA TIN DISTRICT ANTI-NARCOTICS FESTIVAL CLOSING VARIETY SHOW TO BEGIN AT 7 PM ON FRIDAY (OCTOBER 21) AT THE AMPHITHEATRE OF THE SHA TIN TOWN PARK ADJACENT TO THE SHA TIN TOWN HALL,

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