MONDAY, MAY 5, 1980
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FESTIVAL EXCITEMENT IN YUEN LONG
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MORE THAN 7 000 PEOPLE FROM 36 ORGANISATIONS WILL TAKE PART IN THIS YEAR'S TIN HAU FESTIVAL PROCESSION TO BE HELD IN YUEN LONG ON WEDNESDAY (MAY 7).
ANOTHER 50 000 PEOPLE IN YUEN LONG STADIUM AND ALONG THE ROUTE ARE EXPECTED TO WATCH THE PROCESSION, WHICH WILL BE OFFICIATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES,
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A MEDLEY OF FLOATS AND PERFORMANCES WILL BE ON PARADE INCLUDING FOUR GOLDEN DRAGONS, TWO SILVER DRAGONS, FOUR UNICORNS AND A NUMBER OF SOUTHERN AND NORTHERN LIONS.
THERE WILL ALSO BE PERFORMANCES OF CHIU CHOW GONGS AND DRUMS, LANTERN-BEAUTY TROUPES AND TRADITIONAL CHINESE FOLK DANCES AND
MUSIC.
THE EVENT, ORGANISED BY SHAP PAT HEUNG RURAL COMMITTEE, CELEBRATE THE BIRTHDAY OF TIN HAU (THE QUEEN OF HEAVEN).
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THE PROCESSION WILL SET OFF FROM EASTERN BUS TERMINUS AT 10.30 AM, ARRIVING AT YUEN LONG STADIUM VIA FUNG CHEUNG, CASTLE PEAK AND TAI YUK ROADS.
IT WILL TAKE ABOUT ONE AND A HALF HOURS TO PASS THROUGH THE STADIUM BEFORE 4 000 INVITED GUESTS.
IT WILL THEN MAKE ITS WAY TO THE TIN HAU TEMPLE AT TAI SHUE HA WHERE RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES WILL TAKE PLACE.
THE TRADITIONAL +FA PAU+ DRAW WILL BE HELD AT 4 PM.
NOTE TO EDITORS.
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO SEND YOUR REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE TIN HAU FESTIVAL PROCESSION AT YUEN LONG STADIUM BEGINNING AT ABOUT 11.30 AM ON WEDNESDAY (MAY 7). TRANSPORT WILL BE PROVIDED, TWO GOVERNMENT VEHICLES, AM 2088 AND AM 3214, WILL LEAVE KOWLOON PUBLIC PIER AT 9.45 AM SHARP FOR YUEN LONG. SPECIAL BADGES FOR MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES ARE NOW AVAILABLE FOR COLLECTION FROM THE GIS DUTY OFFICER.
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