THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1977
YUEN LONG STAGES GRAND PARADE FOR THE QUEEN'S SILVER JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS
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A SPECTACULAR HALF-MILE LONG PROCESSION WILL BE STAGED IN YUEN LONG TOMORROW (FRIDAY), THE CLIMAX OF MORE THAN 100 INDIVIDUAL EVENTS WHICH ARE BEING HELD IN THE NEW TERRITORIES TO CELEBRATE THE QUEEN'S SILVER JUBILEE.
MOST OF THE
MORE THAN 2,500 PEOPLE WILL TAKE PART IN THE PROCESSION WHICH HAS BEEN ORGANISED AT A COST OF $300,000 MONEY BEING RAISED IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.
ORGANISERS EXPECT A CROWD OF UP TO 50,000 AT THE GRAND
PARADE.
THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. DAVID AKERS- JONES, WHO WILL OFFICIATE AT THE FUNCTION, SAID TODAY THE PROCESSION PROMISED TO BE ONE OF THE MOST COLOURFUL EVENTS SEEN IN THE NEW TERRITORIES FOR MANY YEARS.
+ IT IS GRATIFYING TO SEE A LOCAL COMMUNITY RESPOND ING SO ENTHUSIASTICALLY AND SO GENEROUSLY FOR SUCH AN IMPORTANT
OCCASION.+
THE PROCESSION WILL START AT 6.30 P.M. AT THE BUS TERMINUS IN FRONT OF KAI TEI AND PROCEED DOWN YUEN LONG MAIN ROAD TO THE STADIUM AND THEN ALONG KAU YUK ROAD AND HOP YICK ROAD, AND BACK TO THE STARTING POINT. IT WILL LAST MORE THAN ONE AND A HALF HOURS.
THERE WILL BE NINE COLOURFULLY-DECORATED FLOATS, THREE BANDS, LANTERN DANCES BY 60 LOCAL SCHOOLGIRLS IN TRADITIONAL COSTUMES, GYMNASTICS DISPLAYS AND DRAGON, LION
AND UNICORN DANCES.
MR. AKERS-JONES NOTED THAT THE QUEEN'S SILVER JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, WHICH STARTED ON NOVEMBER 20 AND WILL END ON DECEMBER 4, HAD PROVED A GREAT SUCCESS.
+THE EVENTS HAVE BEEN MANY AND VARIED AND HAVE CATERED EVERYONE FROM THE VERY OLD TO THE VERY YOUNG, HE SAID.
+AT LEAST 10,000 PEOPLE HAVE ACTUALLY PARTICIPATED, OR WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN THE 100 EVENTS THAT HAVE BEEN ARRANGED BY THE LOCAL DISTRICT COMMITTEES AND WE ESTIMATED THAT WELL OVER A QUARTER OF A MILLION PEOPLE WILL HAVE WATCHED THE EVENTS BY THE TIME THE PROGRAMME ENDS, HE ADDED.
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