TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1977
NEW TWIST TO NEW TERRITORIES YAN YAT PARTI
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THE ANNUAL YAN YAT PARTY HOSTED BY THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES, WILL CELEBRATE ITS 21ST +BIRTHDAY+ IN STYLE AND IN A DIFFERENT STYLE - ON THURSDAY EVENING (FEBRUARY 24).
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IN A BREAK FROM THE TRADITIONAL YAN YAT LUNCHES, MR. AKERS-JONES HAS ARRANGED A 90-MINUTE PROGRAMME OF CLASSICAL CHINESE MUSIC AND DANCING FOR MORE THAN 1,600 INVITED GUESTS BEFORE THEY SHARE A SEVEN-COURSE SPRING FEAST AT A KOWLOON RESTAURANT.
AND THE ENTERTAINERS ALL COME FROM THE AMATEUR ARTS GROUPS THAT ARE NOW FLOURISHING IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
MR. AKERS-JONES HAS INVITED PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES TO THE PARTY, ALONG WITH GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, ARMED SERVICES AND POLICE OFFICERS AND UMELCO MEMBERS.
+ IN PREVIOUS YEARS, OUR YAN YAT PARTIES WERE LUNCHTIME AFFAIRS,+ MR. AKERS-JONES SAID. +THEY WERE ALWAYS ENJOYABLE OCCASIONS, BUT WITH SO MANY GUESTS AND SO LITTLE TIME, WE THOUGHT THAT A DINNER AND ENTERTAINMENT PROVIDED BY LOCAL GROUPS WOULD ADD A GREATER NEW TERRITORIES FLAVOUR.
+THERE WILL ALSO BE MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PEOPLE FROM VARIOUS AREAS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES TO MEET AND MINGLE.
+BUT JUST AS IMPORTANT, IT WILL GIVE MEMBERS OF THE ENTHUSIASTIC AND HARD-WORKING N.T. CULTURAL GROUPS A CHANCE TO DISPLAY THE IR CONSIDERABLE TALENTS.+
THE ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME WHICH STARTS AT 5 P.M. IS BEING JOINTLY PRESENTED BY THE ARTS PROMOTION ORGANISATIONS OF YUEN LONG, TAI PO AND TSUEN WAN.
CHINESE MUSIC AT THE PARTY WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE CHINESE YOUTH ORCHESTRA OF THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT ARTS COMMITTEE WHILE ORIENTAL FOLK DANCES WILL BE PRESENTED BY THE TAI PO SIX DISTRICTS ARTS ADVANCEMENT ASSOCIATION.
THE TSUEN WAN CULTURAL AND RECREATION CO-ORDINATION ASSOCIATION HAS ARRANGED A PERFORMANCE BY THE TSUEN WAN GIRLS' CHOIR.
ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE EVENING IS EXPECTED TO BE A RENDITION OF HAKKA FOLKSONGS BY MR. CHAN WAH-HING, A POPULAR HAKKA FOLKS INGER FROM THE TAI PO DISTRICT.
THIS PORTION OF THE PROGRAMME HAS BEEN ARRANGED BY MR. LAU YAM-MAN, CHAIRMAN OF THE SHA TAU KOK RURAL COMMITTEE.
+THE ARTS PROMOTION ORGANISATIONS IN YUEN LONG, TAI PO AND TSUEN WAN HAVE DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB IN JOINTLY PUTTING TOGETHER THIS PROGRAMME,+ MR. AKERS-JONES SAID.
+AS THE NEW TERRITORIES YAN YAT PARTIES STARTED BACK IN 1956, WE THINK THIS IS A FITTING WAY TO CELEBRATE ITS 'COMING OF AGE'.+
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