WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 1980
NEW TERRITORIES TO TAKE PART IN QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS
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THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY ON APRIL 21 WILL BE CELEBRATED IN THE NEW TERRITORIES AT OVER 20 VENUES IN VARIOUS DISTRICTS.
MAJOR CELEBRATIONS WILL BE HELD AT YUEN LONG STADIUM, FANLING RECREATION GROUND, TUEN MUN PLAYGROUND, AND SHA TSUI ROAD PLAYGROUND IN TSUÉN WAN.
THE PROGRAMME AT YUEN LONG STADIUM WILL BEGIN AT 9.30 AM AND WILL COMPRISE SPORTS, DANCE AND MARTIAL ARTS DEMONSTRATIONS AS WELL AS GAMES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND CHILDREN.
IN THE AFTERNOON AT 4 PM THERE WILL BE A DIVISION A FRIENDLY FOOTBALL MATCH.
IN TUEN MUN, THERE WILL ALSO BE SPORTS EVENTS FOR PARTICIPATION, THESE INCLUDE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENTS FOR BOTH MEN AND WOMEN.
THE MAIN ATTRACTION AT THE FANLING RECREATION GROUND WILL BE TELEGAMES FOR ADULTS AND A ROLLER-SKATING DEMONSTRATION. OTHERS MAY JOIN IN A CROSS COUNTRY RUN.
A MASS DEMONSTRATION OF TAI CHI AND MORNING EXERCISES BY THE ELDERLY WILL SET THE STAGE FOR THE CELEBRATION PROGRAMME AT THE SHA TSUI ROAD PLAYGROUND IN TSUEN WAN. YOUNG CHILDREN WILL BE INVITED TO TAKE PART IN A THREE-HOUR MEDLEY PROGRAMME OF SPORTS GAMES.
RESIDENTS ON OUTLYING ISLANDS WILL ALSO SHARE THE FESTIVITIES, THERE WILL BE SPORTS DEMONSTRATIONS AND COMPETITIONS ON CHEUNG CHAU AND AT MUI WO ON LANTAU, THERE WILL BE A LONG DISTANCE RACE STARTING AT 10 AM.
MISS HONG KONG 1979, MISS OLIVIA CHENG WILL ATTEND THE PROGRAMME AT LEK YUEN COMMUNITY HALL IN SHA TIN BEGINNING AT 10 AM.
DISTRICT OFFICERS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION AS WELL AS LOCAL PERSONALITIES WILL OFFICIATE AT THE CEREMONIES IN ALL THESE FUNCTIONS.
NEW TERRITORIES RESIDENTS WHO WISH TO TAKE PART IN THE COMPETITIONS ARE WELCOME TO OBTAIN APPLICATION FORMS FROM THE IR DISTRICT OFFICE OR LOCAL RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE OFFICE. ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE CELEBRATION PROGRAMMES CAN BE MADE BY TELEPHONE TO RSS OFFICES: SHA TIN - 12-620170- TAI PO-12-677111 EXT. 140= SAI KUNG 3-2814683- ISLANDS -- 5-454616- TSUEN WAN 12-404361- TUEN MUN 12-813210 EXT. 260- AND YUEN LONG 12-764246.
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