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THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1978
CONGESTION AT PUBLIC PIERS
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THE MARINE DEPARTMENT TODAY APPEALED TO OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF PLEASURE CRAFT TO USE BLAKE PIER DURING WEEKENDS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS TO AVOID CONGESTION AT QUEEN'S AND KOWLOON PUBLIC PIERS.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE MARINE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT HEAVY CONGESTION USUALLY OCCURRED AT KOWLOON PUBLIC PIER AND QUEEN'S PIER DURING WEEKENDS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS, WHERE LARGE NUMBERS OF PLEASURE CRAFT WAIT TO EMBARK AND DISEMBARK PASSENGERS.
HE SAID THE DEPARTMENT HAD ALREADY ISSUED A NOTICE TO OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF PLEASURE CRAFT ON AUGUST 3 REMINDING THEM THAT BERTHING FACILITIES AT BLAKE PIER, ESPECIALLY FOR LARGER LAUNCHES, CAN ALSO BE USED.
THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT STAFF FROM THE DEPARTMENT WERE POSTED ON SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS AT THE THREE PIERS TO CONTROL CRAFT.
THUNDEROUS RECEPTION FOR SCHOOLS DANCE TEAM IN CANADA
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THUNDEROUS APPLAUSE ENGULFED THE HONG KONG SCHOOLS CHINESE
DANCE TEAM AT THE END OF A LION DANCE GIVEN DURING THE
OPENING OF THE COMMONWEALTH CARNIVAL AT EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA.
CANADIAN NEWSPAPER COLUMNISTS DESCRIBED THE APPEARANCE OF
THE HONG KONG TEAM AS THE HIGH POINT OF THE EVENING.
THE 20 STRONG GROUP LEFT HONG KONG ON JULY 21 TO UNDERTAKE A HECTIC THREE-WEEK LONG SCHEDULE OF PERFORMANCES AND GOODWILL FUNCTIONS IN ALBERTA'S CAPITAL CITY.
THE EDMONTON SUN'S, DAVE BELLINGTON SAID OF THE LION DANCERS: +THEY EXECUTE THE IR ROUTINES WITH SUD FINESSE THAT YOU FORGET THAT WHEN THE LION REARS UP ON HIS HIND LEGS, THOSE TWO FRONT PAWS ARE THE FEET OF THE FRONT ACROBAT.+
AND DESCRIBING THE PRECEEDING +SONG OF THE SUN FLOWERS+ THE ENTERTAINMENT JOURNAL'S, LIZ OSCROFT COMMENTED: +FOLK DANCE IS COMBINED WITH AN EXPLORATION OF THE MYTHOLOGY AND CLASSICAL DANCE TRADITIONS OF THEIR CULTURES.+
AFTER THEIR PERFORMANCE THE LIONS, ESCORTED BY PRETTY ATTENDANTS, ROMPED UP AN AISLE OF THE ARTISTS VILLAGE AUDITORIUM MINGLING WITH AN ENTHUSIASTIC AUDIENCE.
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