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Thursday, April 19, 1973
TIN HAU FESTIVAL WILL BE CELEBRATED ON WEDNESDAY
Parade To Be Held In Yuen Long
Festival
One of Hong Kong's most colourful Chinese festivals
the Tin Hau
will be celebrated by boat people on Wednesday (April 25).
Thousands of holiday-makers are expected to flock to Yuen Long for
the annual parade spectacular. Boat people, in their gaily decorated junks,
will make their way to Joss House Bay to pay homage to Tin Hau.
Tin Hau, the "Goddess of Heaven", is the patron saint of the boat
people and others who depend on the sea for their livelihood.
There will also be celebrations at other Tin Hau temples on a number
of outlying islands on Wednesday.
The Commander British Forces, Lt.-Gen. Sir Richard Ward, and Lady
Ward, will be among 3,000 guests invited to watch the annual procession in
Yuen Long.
Local dignitaries, members of the Heung Yee Kuk, rural leaders as
well as senior Government officials have also been invited to the function.
Organised by the Shap Pat Heung Rural Committee, the procession will
feature altars to honour local gods, dragon, lion and unicorn dances, Chinese
folk dances, floats and stilt walkers.
It will start from the Eastern Bus Terminus and run along the southern
lane of the main road to the stadium where the celebration will be held.
For the convenience of visitors, additional bus services will be
operated between the Jordan Road Ferry Concourse and Yuen Long.
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