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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1978
SNT TO HOST YAN YAT PARTY
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ABOUT 1,700 COMMUNITY LEADERS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES HAVE BEEN INVITED TO THE ANNUAL YAN YAT PARTY WHICH WILL BE HOSTED BY THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES AT OCEANIA RESTAURANT, OCEAN TERMINAL, TSIM SHA TSUI TOMORROW (MONDAY) NIGHT.
THE PARTY - TO CELEBRATE WHAT IS TRADITIONALLY EVERYBODY'S BIRTHDAY+ IN THE LUNAR CALENDER - HAS BECOME A FEATURE OF THE NEW TERRITORIES COMMUNITY LIFE SINCE IT WAS FIRST STAGED AS A SMALL GARDEN PARTY FOR RURAL LEADERS AT ISLAND HOUSE 28 YEARS AGO.
THE PARTY WAS INTRODUCED IN 1950 AS A MARK OF OFFICIAL RECOGNITION OF THE WORK PERFORMED BY COMMUNITY LEADERS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES. THIS YEAR'S PARTY IS TO BE ONE OF THE BIGGEST AND MOST ENTERTAINING.
FOLLOWING THE SUCCESSFUL INTRODUCTION OF AN ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME EY NEW TERRITORIES YOUNGSTERS AT LAST YEAR'S PARTY, A SIMILAR BUT MORE STREAMLINED PROGRAMME HAS BEEN JOINTLY ORGANISED THIS YEAR BY ARTS PROMOTIONS ORGANISATIONS IN YUEN LONG, TAI PO, TSUEN WAN AND TUEN MUN.
THE TWO-HOUR PROGRAMME FEATURES CHINESE MUSICAL AND CHORAL PERFORMANCES, CLASSICAL CHINESE DANCES AND A MODERN CHINESE OPERA.
ALL THE PERFORMERS ARE NEW TERRITORIES YOUNGSTERS WHO ARE MEMBERS OF A LARGE NUMBER OF CULTURAL AND ARTS GROUPS WHICH HAVE MUSHROOMED IN THE DISTRICT IN RECENT YEARS. THE PERFORMANCES WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A DINNER RECEPTION.
THE GUEST LIST WILL INCLUDE MEMBERS OF UMELCO AND HEUNG YEE KUK, RURAL COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN, REPRESENTATIVES FROM 651 VILLAGES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, MEMBERS OF THE SEVEN NEW TERRITORIES DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARDS, CHAIRMEN OF MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES, HEADS OF CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE AND MEMBERS OF OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS THROUGHOUT THE NEW TERRITORIES.
SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS WHO WORK CLOSELY WITH NEW TERRITORIES AFFAIRS WILL ALSO ATTEAD.
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