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Friday, November 23, 1973
TUIS YEAR'S FESTIVAL BRIGHTEST EVER SIR YUET-KEUNG
The following is the full text of Sir Yuet-keung Kan's address at the opening ceremony:
Your Excellency, Lady MacLehose, Ladies and Gentlemen:-
May I bid you a most hearty welcome on the happy occasion of
the opening of this, the Third Festival of Hong Kong.
Two years ago Your Excellency's first public engagement after
being sworn in was the opening of the Second Festival of Hong Kong, a
festive occasion which provided a most auspicious beginning to your term
of office here.
This year's Festival promises not only to be even more gay,
festive and enjoyable, but also to be an even greater success in terms
of community involvement. More than 750 events have been arranged, providing
an extremely wide and varied range of entertainment for all groups of
people in this Colony, including the old, the young and the physically
handicapped as well as people in outlying districts.
It is therefore with great pleasure that I now ask Your Excellency
to declare the 1973 Festival of Hong Kong open.