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MONDAY. NOVEMBER 5, 1989

KWUN TONG FESTIVAL TO START ON NOVEMBER 19

STORE

MORE THAN 30 CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES ARE IN FOR RESIDENTS IN KWUN TONG DURING THE FORTHCOMING DISTRICT FESTIVAL.

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TONG 15

THE KWUN TONG FESTIVAL 89 JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE KWUN

URBAN COUNCIL AND THE DISTRICT BOARD, THE DISTRICT OFFICE, THE LOCAL AREA COMMITTEES, WILL BE HELD FROM NOVEMBER 19 TO DECEMBER 16.

AIMED

TO ANNOUNCE DETAILS AT A PRESS CONFERENCE

OF THE FESTIVAL MR CHRIS WAN. TODAY (MONDAY), THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICER, THE FESTIVAL WAS

AT FOSTERING A SENSE OF BELONGING

SAID AMONG

RESIDENTS.

"IT WILL ALSO HELP IMPROVE COMMUNITY INTEGRATION BY PROVIDING A WIDE RANGE OF ACTIVITIES FOR LOCAL RESIDENTS," HE NOTED.

POINTED OUT

THAT SINCE THE

THE

COMMUNITY EVENT IN

MR WAN

OF IMPLEMENTATION DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION SCHEME, A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF RESOURCES HAD BEEN ALLOCATED FOR ORGANISING A MAJOR FESTIVE THE DISTRICT EACH YEAR.

HAD

AS THE KWUN HE SAID MAJOR EVENTS ORGANISED IN THE PAST, SUCH TONG FESTIVAL, SPORTS FESTIVAL, YOUTH FESTIVAL AND ARTS FESTIVAL, ALL. BEEN WELL RECEIVED AND SUPPORTED BY LOCAL RESIDENTS.

SAID

A

YEAR'S

HE OUTLINING THE PROGRAMME OF THIS

FESTIVAL, GRAND OPENING WOULD BE HELD AT THE HONG NING ROAD PLAYGROUND ON NOVEMBER 19 (SUNDAY).

THERE WILL BE PERFORMANCES BY POPULAR SINGERS AND A VARIETY SHOW STAGED BY THE FRINGE CLUB," HE SAID.

HOLD A TO BOOST THE

DURING THE FESTIVAL, THE 15 LOCAL AREA COMMITTEES WILL SERIES OF ACTIVITIES IN THEIR RESPECTIVE SUB-DISTRICTS FESTIVAL ATMOSPHERE.

"THESE INCLUDE FILM SHOWS. CHINESE OPERATIC A CHILDREN'S DRAWING COMPETITION, CARNIVALS WAN SAID.

AND

SONG PERFORMANCE, VARIETY SHOWS.

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MR

THE GRAND FINALE OF THE FESTIVAL WILL BE A LIVE SHOW ON HK-TVE'S "ENJOY YOURSELF TONIGHT" PROGRAMME ON DECEMBER 16.

WERE ALSO PRESENT AT TODAY'S PRESS CONFERENCE

THE KWUN TONG THE KWUN DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR LAM HANG-FAI; CHAIRMAN OF

TONG FESTIVAL '89 ORGANISING COMMITTEE, MADAM YEUNG KAM-CHUN AND PRESIDENT, MR LO CHING-HO; KWUN TONG DISTRICT RECREATION AND SPORTS OFFICER OF THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, MR LAU KWOK-KWONG; EXECUTIVE MANAGER OF HK-TVB, MR HO LAI-CHUEN.

AND THE

BOTH MR LAM AND

MADAM

SUPPORT THE FESTIVAL.

YEUNG CALLED ON LOCAL

RESIDENTS

то

THE BUDGET OF THE KWUN TONG FESTIVAL '89 AMOUNTS TO $600,000. HALF OF IT WAS MET BY THE DISTRICT BOARD), AND THE REST CAME FROM

LOCAL DONATIONS.

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