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Mr. Akers-Jones presented to her the Chairman and Vice-Chairmen
of the Heung Yee Kuk, the chairmen of the rural committees of Tsuen Wan,
Tsing Yi and Ma Wan, and 15 Justices of the Peace.
Anthem.
When the Queen mounted the dais the band played the National
of the green and gold dragon.
She was then invited to perform the ceremony of dotting the eyes
Seventy five yards long, the dragon was
worked by 54 Hong Kong Chinese members of the 31st Regiment of the Royal
Corps of Transport.
The Queen dotted the eyes and then went further, also dotting the
dragon's tongue and a protuberance on its forehead which is variously
described as ita +mind+, or +dignity+, The tradition is that the dragon is
asleep after it is made and cannot dance until the pupila have been painted
in with a calligraphic pen. The Queen used bright red paint.
She then returned to the dais to watch a performance of dances ·
by four schools, the Tak Ching Middle School, the Bishop Hall Jubilee
Middle School, the Sacred Heart Canossian and Mansfield College.
The dancers, all girls, did fan dances, ribbon dances and a flower
drum dance. They lightened a cloudy day with their costumes.
One group
of fan dancers wore light green dresses with dark green jackets and carried
pink fans, while another group had pink dresses with yellow fans.
They .
had imitation jewellery in their hair.
The ribbon dancers had light pink dresses and their ribbons were
dark red, While the flower drum dancers wore whites with red ribbons in
their hair.
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