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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1992

HIGHLIGHTS WILL INCLUDE A CONCERT BY THE HONG KONG PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, A LARGE-SCALE LOCKHART ROAD CARNIVAL, MARTIAL ARTS PERFORMANCES BY THE HONG KONG OLYMPICS REPRESENTATIVES AND BEIJING ACROBATS, A GET-TOGETHER GAMES DAY FOR BOTH THE DISABLED

AND THE ELDERLY, AND THE CAUSEWAY BAY ARTS CARNIVAL.

SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY (THURSDAY), WAN CRAI DISTRICT OFFICER, MR PETER MANN, SAID THE FESTIVAL COULD HELP FOSTER A SENSE OF BELONGING AMONG RESIDENTS WHILE KEEPING THEM ABREAST OF THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS OF THE DISTRICT.

HE SAID THE DISTRICT HAD EVOLVED FROM AN OLD RESIDENTIAL AREA INTO A BUSTLING METROPOLIS, ADDING THAT THE DISTRICT BOARD'S TREE-PLANTING SCHEMES IN RECENT YEARS HAD TURNED IT INTO AN ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY AND GREEN PLACE AS WELL.

BOARD'S

ALSO SPEAKING AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE, THE DISTRICT CHAIRMAN, MRS PEGGY LAM, SAID THE PROGRAMMES IN STORE HAD BEEN METICULOUSLY PLANNED TO CATER FOR PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT AGES, INTERESTS

AND BACKGROUNDS.

SHE THANKED THE 46-MEMBER ORGANISING COMMITTEE, WIFICH COMPRISES MEMBERS FROM THE DISTRICT BOARD, THE FIVE AREA COMMITTEES AND LOCAL ORGANISATIONS AS WELL AS REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE DISTRICT OFFICE, VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR, FOR THEIR HARD WORK.

OUTLINING THE PROGRAMMES, CHAIRMAN OF THE WAN CHAI FESTIVAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE, MR STEVEN LIU, SAID THE FESTIVAL. WOULD BE KICKED OFF WITH A FIESTA-TYPE PARADE AND A STAR-STUDDED CONCERT EXTRAVAGANZA ON THE HAPPY VALLEY SPORTS GROUND ON OCTOBER 9.

STUDENTS FROM LOCAL SCHOOLS AND EMPLOYEES FROM COMPANIES, HOTELS AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES WILL TAKE PART IN THE PROCESSION.

THERE WILL ALSO BE TEAMS PERFORMING DRAGON AND LION DANCES AND BAGPIPE MUSIC. "CHEUNG CHAU TYPE FLOATS" WILL BE ANOTHER HIGHLIGHT.

THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR MICHAEL SUEN, AND ONELCO MEMBER, MR ALLEN LEE, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE OPENING.

MR LIU ADDED THAT THE URBAN COUNCIL, ST JAMES SETTLEMENT, THE DISTRICT'S YIN NGAI SOCIETY AND TAI HANG TAM KUNG ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION WILL BE STAGING MANY ACTIVITIES IN SUPPORT OF THE FESTIVAL.

THESE INCLUDE AN EXCURSION TO TEMPLES, A DISCO NIGHT, FOOTBALL MATCHES, FAMILY CAMPS AND A PLAY BY THE ACADEMY FOR PERFORMING ARTS' SCHOOL OF DRAMA.

THE URBAN COUNCIL, THE HONG CORPORATE FIRMS AND INDIVIDUALS.

$300,000.

KONG THE

THE FESTIVAL WAS FUNDED BY A NUMBER OF ORGANISATIONS INCLUDING JOCKEY CLUB (CHARITIES) LTD, DISTRICT BOARD HAD SPONSORED

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