FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 1976
IN HIS BRIEF REMARK THE LORD PROVOST DESCRIBED THE HONGKONG GROUP'S PERFORMANCE AS FANTASTIC AND ONE FULL OF BEAUTY AND GRACE''.
THE HONGKONG DANCERS CHALKED UP ANOTHER RESOUNDING SUCCESS WHEN THEY STOLE THE LIMELIGHT IN A FIREWORKS TATTOO HELD IN LINSFIELD STADIUM IN THE EVENING OF AUGUST 10 BEFORE AN AUDIENCE OF 6,000. THE TATTOO FEATURED, AMONG OTHER THINGS, MARCHING BANDS, CHINESE DANCES, MASSED CHOIRS AND PIPERS CULMINATING IN THE ORCHESTRAL PERFORMANCE OF TCHAIKOVSKY'S 1812 OVERTURE AND A SPECTACULAR FIREWORKS DISPLAY.
THREE DANCES WERE PERFORMED BY THE GROUP THAT NIGHT. THEY WERE THE ''FLOWER DRUM DANCE'', AND DANCE OF SUNFLOWERS' AND THE NORTHERN LION DANCE,
THE DANCE GROUP MADE ITS DEBUT IN THE EVENING OF AUGUST 7 (SATURDAY), A FEW HOURS AFTER THE FESTIVAL WAS DECLARED OPEN, WHEN THEY MADE A PROCESSION DANCE WITH FLOWER DRUMS ALONG UNION STREET, ABERDEEN'S THOROUGHFARE. PARTICIPANTS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES ALSO TOOK PART IN THE SAME MARCH WHICH ATTRACTED HUNDREDS OF ON-LOOKERS.
MRS. ELEANOR LEE, LEADER OF THE HONG KONG SCHOOLS' CHINESE DANCE TEAM SAID THAT IT WAS EXTREMELY ENCOURAGING THAT THE GROUP HAD RECEIVED SUCH TREMENDOUS ACCLAIM. I FEEL VERY PROUD OF OUR DANCERS' MAGNIFICENT PERFORMANCE'', SHE SAID.
AFTER FIVE HECTIC DAYS OF CONTINOUS PERFORMANCE AND AN APPEARANCE IN THE GRAMPIAN TELEVISION, THE DANCERS WERE ENJOYING THE IR FIRST FREE DAY IN SCOTLAND AND TOURING AROUND THE CITY OF ABERDEEN.
MORE THAN 1,300 PARTICIPANTS FROM 16 COUNTRIES TOOK PART IN THIS YEAR'S FESTIVAL. THE INAUGURAL CEREMONY WAS HELD IN THE MUSIC HALL ON THE MORNING OF AUGUST 7. THE HONGKONG COMMISSIONER IN LONDON, MR. S.T. KIDD WAS AMONG THE DISTINGUISHED GUESTS,
BILL TO EXTEND MASS TRANSIT COMPENSATION PERIOD
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THE GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO EXTEND THE PERIOD FOR WHICH CLAIMS CAN BE MADE FOR COMPENSATION FOR PECUNIARY LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE TEMPORARY OF INDEFINITE CLOSURE OF A STREET BECAUSE OF WORK O'. THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY.
THE NEW PROVISION, WHICH WILL ALSO COVER LOSSES CAUSED BY SUBSTANTIAL ALTERATIONS TO A STREET, WOULD EXTEND THE PERIOD FOR WHICH CLAIMS CAN BE MADE TO ONE YEAR FROM THE RE-C-ENING OR REINSTATEMENT OF THE STREET.
DETAILS ARE GIVEN IN THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY (LAND RESUMPTION AND RELATED PROVISIONS) (AMENDMENT) BILL FUILISHED IN TODAY'S GOVERNIET GAZETTE.
THE BILL WILL GO BEFORE 'THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AFTER IT RESUMES BUSINESS.