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Fri/Sat/Sun July 7~9, 2017 04 i COmmunity Chen Xiaochun [email protected] IF you come to the Civic Center on the weekend, you’ll probably bump into all sorts of groups, young and old, boys and girls, dancing and singing around, especially in the area around the arch. Some groups have a teacher to guide them while others, like one group of students, are just practicing on their own. Patrice Guilemond comes from France. He teaches salsa, a popular form of dance that originated in the Caribbean, to people for free on Sat- urday afternoons every other week. Though working as a software engineer, Guilemond also loves sharing the fun of dancing with friends. “It’s very rewarding for me to see people enjoying it and telling me that they have a great time. Bringing joy to people makes me happy,” said Guile- mond. The square outside Shenzhen Book City is also bustling with people. Folk artisans from all around the country come and perform here. They can be seen painting, making handmade crafts for children, singing, playing instruments, you name it. Chung Kam Sik from Hong Kong loves playing percussion instruments. After he retired, Chung picked up his hobby again and began to search for all types of percussion instruments. One day, he heard about a busker test that would enable him to perform at the square outside Book City. Chung took the test and passed it. Since then he has started performing here, which for him has been a wonderful opportunity as he has gotten the chance to meet all sorts of new people. To perform in the Civic Center or Book City squares, buskers need to apply for license from the relevant Zhang Qian [email protected] A WHITE-COLLAR boxing event in Futian District on the night of June 15 brought together nearly 450 partici- pants, including both expats and Chi- nese as well as 18 amateur boxers, and earned over 100,000 yuan (US$14,710) in an auction for a local charity orga- nization. It is the second time that the orga- nizer, John Graham Harper, an Austra- lian businessman based in Shenzhen, has held a white-collar boxing event in the city. The first event was held in Shekou last December. “This is a White-collar Fight Night, which means we get CEOs or people in upper executive positions in business and we give them a challenge to fight,” said Harper. The organizer gave the amateur fight- ers three months to train before the final match June 15. A total of nine pairs of fighters competed in the event. The win- ners of each fight were rewarded with specially made trophies. Several works of art and calligraphy by famous artists, ordinary children and special children, were auctioned off during the boxing night. Most of the money earned will go to A Heart for China, which is a local charity orga- nization founded by a Belgian. “I am very excited tonight because A Heart for China has been chosen as the charity organization to receive the donation and get attention from many communities here. I was told that it would take two to three weeks before they would send the funds to me,” said the founder, Ronny Verdoodt. “We are going to make donations to the Minai Special Children Welfare Center where three kids from there contributed three paintings. I think it’s good to support them in that way,” said Verdoodt. One of the art pieces made by chil- dren from an art center based in Futian named Color Art Center was sold for 8,000 yuan, while some others sold for nearly 10,000 yuan each. “This particular artwork was done by six children between the ages of 6 and 7. We let them be immersed in the joy of paining by spraying and splashing paint on the board,” said Anna Zhuang, a teacher from the art center. Being a boxing enthusiast, Harper always wanted to organize a fun and interesting event like the boxing night in South China. “Lots of people say Shenzhen is boring, compared to Shanghai where there are many of these, so I want to try to change that,” said the organizer. “Boxing is much safer than other mar- tial arts. So it’s something that I want to start in South China for the business community, the tech community and the finance community in Shenzhen,” Harper said, adding that he and his company, Project 0/1, would try to organize the boxing night at least twice a year in Shenzhen. Boxing night for SZ charity Two amateur boxers compete at the white-collar boxing event in Futian District on June 15. Liu Xudong Dancing and singing enliven the heart of Futian Patrice Guilemond teaches salsa to people for free on Saturday afternoons every other week. Liu Xudong Nan Nan [email protected] ABOUT 2,000 people practiced yoga in Huanggang Culture Square on June 17 to mark the International Day of Yoga and the official opening of the Second Futian Community Yoga Festival. Aiming to promote yoga among Shenzhen people and to make fitness a lifestyle, Yoga workshop owners, yoga teachers, yogis and yoga lovers joined the event. Suddenly it began to rain but performers still showed several different yoga styles at the opening ceremony. Organized by Futian District Cul- ture and Sports Bureau and held by Shenzhen Association of Yoga and Shenzhen Community Construction Promotion Association, the event was also sponsored by the Special Funds to Promote Cultural and Sports Develop- ment of Futian District. From June to July, 100 community yoga teachers, who are being trained by Shenzhen Association of Yoga free of charge, perform in 10 Futian subdis- tricts to better promote yoga. A TOTAL of five illegal structures and 16 security issues, such as hidden mechanical safety hazards, discharge of wastewater without treatment, blocked fire control passageways and a lack of fire extinguishers, were found at the Longqu Industrial Park on June 13. In order to carry out the District Administration of Work Safety’s regu- lations on industrial park security issues and strengthen the sense of responsi- bility, district Party officials inspected Longqu Industrial Park in Fucheng Subdistrict for safety issues. Around 13 problems were ordered to be rectified at the site and three problems were given a set period to be solved. Additionally, a paper factory in the industrial park was found to be discharging wastewater directly into the sewer without treatment. The owner was criticized and the environmental protection department was instructed to closely track the issue. (Nan Nan) Thousands do yoga Fucheng tackles safety issues departments. After they apply, if they are approved, they will receive a certifi- cate that allows them to perform. From there, they are assigned to a designated area via a lottery system where they can perform during set times.
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Fri/Sat/Sun July 7~9, 201704 i COmmunity
Chen [email protected]
IF you come to the Civic Center on the weekend, you’ll probably bump into all sorts of groups, young and old, boys and girls, dancing and singing around, especially in the area around the arch. Some groups have a teacher to guide them while others, like one group of students, are just practicing on their own.
Patrice Guilemond comes from France. He teaches salsa, a popular form of dance that originated in the Caribbean, to people for free on Sat-
urday afternoons every other week. Though working as a software engineer, Guilemond also loves sharing the fun of dancing with friends.
“It’s very rewarding for me to see people enjoying it and telling me that they have a great time. Bringing joy to people makes me happy,” said Guile-mond.
The square outside Shenzhen Book City is also bustling with people. Folk artisans from all around the country come and perform here. They can be seen painting, making handmade crafts for children, singing, playing instruments, you name it.
Chung Kam Sik from Hong Kong loves playing percussion instruments. After he retired, Chung picked up his hobby again and began to search for all types of percussion instruments.
One day, he heard about a busker test that would enable him to perform at the square outside Book City. Chung took the test and passed it. Since then he has started performing here, which for him has been a wonderful opportunity as he has gotten the chance to meet all sorts of new people.
To perform in the Civic Center or Book City squares, buskers need to apply for license from the relevant
Zhang [email protected]
A WHITE-COLLAR boxing event in Futian District on the night of June 15 brought together nearly 450 partici-
pants, including both expats and Chi-nese as well as 18 amateur boxers, and earned over 100,000 yuan (US$14,710) in an auction for a local charity orga-nization.
It is the second time that the orga-nizer, John Graham Harper, an Austra-lian businessman based in Shenzhen, has held a white-collar boxing event in the city. The fi rst event was held in Shekou last December.
“This is a White-collar Fight Night, which means we get CEOs or people in upper executive positions in business and we give them a challenge to fi ght,” said Harper.
The organizer gave the amateur fi ght-ers three months to train before the fi nal match June 15. A total of nine pairs of
fi ghters competed in the event. The win-ners of each fi ght were rewarded with specially made trophies.
Several works of art and calligraphy by famous artists, ordinary children and special children, were auctioned off during the boxing night. Most of the money earned will go to A Heart for China, which is a local charity orga-nization founded by a Belgian.
“I am very excited tonight because A Heart for China has been chosen as the charity organization to receive the donation and get attention from many communities here. I was told that it would take two to three weeks before they would send the funds to me,” said the founder, Ronny Verdoodt.
“We are going to make donations to the Minai Special Children Welfare Center where three kids from there contributed three paintings. I think it’s good to support them in that way,” said Verdoodt.
One of the art pieces made by chil-dren from an art center based in Futian
named Color Art Center was sold for 8,000 yuan, while some others sold for nearly 10,000 yuan each.
“This particular artwork was done by six children between the ages of 6 and 7. We let them be immersed in the joy of paining by spraying and splashing paint on the board,” said Anna Zhuang, a teacher from the art center.
Being a boxing enthusiast, Harper always wanted to organize a fun and interesting event like the boxing night in South China. “Lots of people say Shenzhen is boring, compared to Shanghai where there are many of these, so I want to try to change that,” said the organizer.
“Boxing is much safer than other mar-tial arts. So it’s something that I want to start in South China for the business community, the tech community and the fi nance community in Shenzhen,” Harper said, adding that he and his company, Project 0/1, would try to organize the boxing night at least twice a year in Shenzhen.
Boxing night for SZ charity
Two amateur boxers compete at the white-collar boxing event in Futian District on June 15. Liu Xudong
Dancing and singing enliven the heart of Futian
Patrice Guilemond teaches salsa to people for free on Saturday afternoons every other week.
Liu Xudong
ABOUT 2,000 people practiced yoga in Huanggang Culture Square on June 17 to mark the International Day of Yoga and the offi cial opening of the Second Futian Community Yoga Festival.
Aiming to promote yoga among Shenzhen people and to make fi tness a lifestyle, Yoga workshop owners, yoga teachers, yogis and yoga lovers joined the event. Suddenly it began to rain but performers still showed several different yoga styles at the opening ceremony.
Organized by Futian District Cul-ture and Sports Bureau and held by Shenzhen Association of Yoga and Shenzhen Community Construction Promotion Association, the event was also sponsored by the Special Funds to Promote Cultural and Sports Develop-ment of Futian District.
From June to July, 100 community yoga teachers, who are being trained by Shenzhen Association of Yoga free of charge, perform in 10 Futian subdis-tricts to better promote yoga.
A TOTAL of fi ve illegal structures and 16 security issues, such as hidden mechanical safety hazards, discharge of wastewater without treatment, blocked fi re control passageways and a lack of fi re extinguishers, were found at the Longqu Industrial Park on June 13.
In order to carry out the District Administration of Work Safety’s regu-lations on industrial park security issues and strengthen the sense of responsi-bility, district Party offi cials inspected Longqu Industrial Park in Fucheng Subdistrict for safety issues.
Around 13 problems were ordered to be rectifi ed at the site and three problems were given a set period to be solved. Additionally, a paper factory in the industrial park was found to be discharging wastewater directly into the sewer without treatment. The owner was criticized and the environmental protection department was instructed to closely track the issue.
(Nan Nan)
Thousands do yoga
Fucheng tackles safety issues
departments. After they apply, if they are approved, they will receive a certifi -cate that allows them to perform. From there, they are assigned to a designated area via a lottery system where they can perform during set times.
