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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 1979
H.M. QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS
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SPORT AND MUSICAL EVENTS WILL HIGHLIGHT THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS ON ESTURDAY.
THE CELEBRATIONS ARE SCHEDULED TO START WITH A SPORTS-FOR-ALL+ PROGRAMME WHICH WILL BE HELD SIMULTANEOUSLY FROM 9.30 A.M. TO NOON AT 10 DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT HONG KONG.
ORGANISED BY THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, THE PROGRAMME WILL TAKE PLACE IN VICTORIA PARK, MORSE PARK FA HUI PLAYGROUND AND VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN YUEN LONG, TUEN MUN, TSUEN WAN, TAI PO, SHA TIN, SAI KUNG AND OUTLYING ISLANDS,
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IT WILL FEATURE, AMONG OTHER ITEMS, LION DANCES, MARTIAL ART DEMONSTRATIONS, MARCHING BANDS, GYMNASTIC DISPLAYS, TELEMATCHES AND GAMES, SPORTS COMPETITIONS AND SWIMMING GALAS,
THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR JACK CATER, WILL BE GUEST OF HONOUR AT THE MORSE PARK PROGRAMME.
THE MORSE PARK AND VICTORIA PARK EVENTS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY CONCERTS TO BE PRESENTED BY THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE PIPES AND DRUMS AND THE GURKHAS.
THREE MORE PUBLIC CONCERTS WILL BE PRESENTED BY THE ARMY AT 4 P.M. AT EDINBURGH PLACE, SOUTHORN PLAYGROUND IN WANGHAI AND AT SHA TSUI ROAD PLAYGROUND IN TSUEN WAN.
THE CELEBRATIONS WILL BE ROUNDED OFF IN THE EVENING BY A SPECIAL ORCHESTRAL CONCERT ORGANISED BY THE URBAN COUNCIL AT THE CITY HALL CONCERT HALL AT 8 P.M.
THE CONCERT TO BE PRESENTED BY THE HONG KONG PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA UNDER GUEST CONDUCTOR CHEN LIANG-SHEN WILL BE ATTENDED BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE.
TO MARK THE OCCASION, THE PROGRAMME WILL INCLUDE THE WORK BY A BRITISH COMPOSER, BENJAMIN BRITTEN.
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