THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1979
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SNT TO OFFICIATE AT CELEBRATION OF
YUEN LONG'S FA CUP TRIUMPH
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THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES WILL OFFICIATE AT A COLOURFUL PAGEANT TO BE HELD AT THE YUEN LONG STADIUM ON WEDNESDAY (JULY 11) TO CELEBRATE YUEN LONG'S RECENT FA CUP TRIUMPH.
THE EVENT HAS BEEN ORGANISED BY THE YUEN LONG SPORTS
ASSOCIATION.
ALSO ATTENDING THE PAGEANT WILL BE PROMINENT LOCAL DIGNITARIES, CIVIC AND RURAL COMMUNITY LEADERS, SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND SOME 4,000 INVITED GUESTS AND TEAM SUPPORTERS.
MORE THAN 1,000 PEOPLE WILL TAKE PART IN A PARADE WHICH WILL START AT 6 P.M. AT THE YUEN LONG EASTERN BUS TERMINUS AND PASS THROUGH YUEN LONG MAIN ROAD BEFORE REACHING THE STADIUM WHERE THE MAIN CELEBRATION WILL BE STAGED.
THE PROGRAMME FEATURES A VARIETY OF PERFORMANCES INCLUDING THE 145-FOOT SILVER DRAGON WHICH MADE ITS DEBUT DURING HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS, THE PRINCE OF WALES VISIT TO YUEN LONG IN MARCH THIS YEAR, EIGHT LIONS, TWO BRASS BANDS, A FLAG MARCHING TEAM AND A FLORAL VEHICLE CARRYING ALL MEMBERS OF THE WINNING TEAM AND THE FA CUP.
ABOUT 300 STUDENTS FROM A LOCAL SECONDARY SCHOOL WILL PERFORM A CHINESE FOLK DANCE.
NOTE TO EDITORS.
YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE CELEBRATION OF YUEN LONG'S RECENT FA CUP TRIUMPH TO BE OFFICIATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES AT THE YUEN LONG STADIUM AT 6.30 P.M. ON WEDNESDAY (JULY 11) PRESS TRANSPORT WILL BE PROVIDED. A GOVERNMENT VAN (AM 2088) WILL LEAVE KOWLOON PUBLIC PIER FOR THE STADIUM AT 4.45 P.M. SHARP.
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THREE MORE KOWLOON MAXICAB ROUTES TO BE INTRODUCED
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THREE MORE KOWLOON MAXICAB ROUTES WILL COME INTO OPERATION FROM SATURDAY.
THEY ARE KOWLOON MAXICAB ROUTE NO. 23 FROM WAN HON STREET IN KWUN TONG TO CHA KWO LING ROUTE NO. 24 FROM LAM TIN (SOUTH) TO SAM KA TSUEN FERRY TERMINAL AND ROUTE NO. 25 FROM SAM KA TSUEN FERRY TERMINAL TO KO CHIU ROAD.
FARES FOR ROUTES 23 AND 24 ARE 50 CENTS AND THE FARE FOR ROUTE 25 IS 40 CENTS.
THIS BRINGS TO 21 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF KOWLOON MAXICAB ROUTES NOW IN OPERATION.
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