FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1979
YUEN LONG EXHIBITION PROVES POPULAR
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THE PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION NOW ON DISPLAY AT THE YUEN LONG TOWN HALL HAS BEEN A BIG HIT WITH LOCAL PEOPLE.
ENTITLED
SINCE ITS OPENING ON MONDAY (MARCH 5) THE EXHIBITION +YUEN LONG: THE SPIRIT OF PROGRESS+ HAS ATTRACTED MORE THAN 3,000 VISITORS DAILY FROM YUEN LONG ITSELF AND OTHER PARTS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES.
IT HAS PROVED TO BE MOST POPULAR WITH LOCAL PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO HAVE TURNED OUT IN FORCE TO GAIN AN INSIGHT INTO THE TOWN WHICH HAS GROWN IN POST-WAR YEARS FROM A TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURAL MARKETING CENTRE TO A THRIVING MINI- METROPOLIS.
PRODUCED BY THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION AND DESIGNED BY GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES, THE EXHIBITION IS A PICTORIAL EASSY ON THE DISTRICT'S PAST, ITS GROWTH AND ITS PLANS FOR THE NEXT DECADE.
IT HAS 20 LARGE PHOTOGRAPHIC MURALS ON EACH AND EVERY IMPORTANT ASPECT OF YUEN LONG MOUNTED ON A 18-FOOT-HIGH PAGODA-L IKE STRUCTURE AND LIT BY SPOTLIGHTS.
FITTED INTO THE STRUCTURE IS A SCALE MODEL OF THE FUTURE TOWN WHICH THE GOVERNMENT IS PLANNING TO SPEND $726 MILLION TO DEVELOP AS ONE OF THE SIX NEW TOWNS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
ONE VISITORS, 40-YEAR-OLD CHAN SIU-WAH, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY) : +THIS IS THE BEST EXHIBITION I HAVE EVER BEEN TO IN MY SIX YEARS OF RESIDENCE IN YUEN LONG.
+ IT IS VERY INFORMATIVE. VIEWING THE EXHIBITS IS JUST AS ENLIGHTENING AS READING A 50-PAGE BOOK ABOUT THE DISTRICT.. AND THE STRUCTURE IS SO SUPERBLY DESIGNED THAT WHEN I FIRST ENTERED THE EXHIBITION HALL, COULD SENSE THE 'FEELING OF YUEN LONG.+
ANOTHER VISITOR, 14-YEAR-OLD FORM II STUDENT, MAN KWOK-KIN SAID THE EXHIBITION REALLY OPENS MY EYES.
UNTIL TODAY, I NEVER KNEW THAT YUEN LONG HAS SUCH A LONG HISTORY AND THAT MY FAMILY IS CLOSELY RELATED TO MAN TIN-CHEUNG, VICE-CHANCELLOR OF THE SOUTHERN SUNG DYNASTY, WHO IS A HERO IN
CHINESE HISTORY.
+IT HAS GIVEN ME MUCH FOOD FOR THOUGHT AND MADE ME FEEL PROUD TO BE A MEMBER OF THE MAN CLAN.
THE VISITORS ARE ALSO FULL OF PRAISE FOR THE VARIETY AND QUANTITY OF INFORMATION MATERIAL THE ORGANISERS HAS MADE AVAILABLE FOR SALE AND FREE DISTRIBUTION.
THE ADMINISTRATION