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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1980
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SHE WAS CROWNED BY MISS HONG KONG 1980, MISS WANDA TAI WHOSE PRETTY FACE APPEARED IN MAJOR NATIONAL NEWSPAPERS PUBLICISING THE FESTIVAL,
THE FESTIVAL QUEEN CONTEST WAS FOLLOWED BY A 'LIVE' STAGE SHOW OF TVB'S +ENJOY YOURSELF TONIGHT+. IT WAS A CHANCE FOR MOST OF LONDON'S CHINESE POPULATION TO MILL AROUND THE STAGE AND SHARE THEIR FAVOURITES - ROMAN TAM, LYDIA SHUM, KWAN KUK-YING, ROWENA CORTES, LOUIE CASTRO, YUEN SHIU-FAI AND THE TVB DANCERS.
IT WAS ALL VERY NOSTALGIC FOR THE VAST HONG KONG CHINESE IN THE HUGE CROWD WHICH WAS SO DENSE AROUND THE STAGE, THAT THE POLICE STOPPED THE SHOW FOR A SHORT WHILE TO URGE THE PEOPLE BURSTING THROUGH THE SAFETY BARRIER TO MOVE BACK.
THE HONG KONG COMMISSIONER IN LONDON, MR DAVID FORD DESCRIBED RESPONSE TO THE FESTIVAL AS 'MARVELLOUS' AND SAID THE SIZE OF THE CROWD WAS WELL BEYOND EXPECTATION.
IT WAS REALLY HEART-WARMING, HE SAID, TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE ENJOYING THEMSELVES IN A TRULY HONG KONG ATMOSPHERE AND DEMONSTRATING SUCH ENTHUSIASM FOR EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN ORGANISED FOR THEM.
MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS
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SPECIAL TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE INTRODUCED ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 TO FACILITATE THIS YEAR'S MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL.
BETWEEN 7 PM ON TUESDAY AND 2 AM THE FOLLOWING DAY, THE SECTION OF GLOUCESTER ROAD SOUTHBOUND BETWEEN THE DOWN-RAMP OF VICTORIA PARK FLYOVER AND SUGAR STREET WILL BE CLOSED TO ALL TRAFFIC.
VEHICLES TRAVELLING ALONG VICTORIA PARK FLYOVER WILL BE
DIVERTED TO THE WESTBOUND CARRIAGEWAY OF GLOUCESTER ROAD.
EASTBOUND TRAFFIC ON GREAT GEORGE STREET WILL BE ALLOWED TO TURN RIGHT TO CAUSEWAY ROAD VIA THE ROXY CAR PARK. SUGAR STREET WILL BE CLOSED TO ALL TRAFFIC.
CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL BUS ROUTE NOS. 102 AND 106 ON LEAVING THE CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL WILL BE DIVERTED VIA WATERFRONT ROAD, VICTORIA PARK ROAD, WING KING STREET AND KING'S ROAD.
CROSS HARBOUR EXPRESS COACH ROUTE NO. 200 WILL BE DIVERTED VIA GLOUCESTER ROAD EASTBOUND, VICTORIA PARK FLYOVER, GLOUCESTER ROAD WESTBOUND, O'BRIEN ROAD AND HENNESSY ROAD.
ALL METERED PARKING SPACES AT THE ROXY CAR PARK ADJACENT TO SUGAR STREET WILL BE SUSPENDED BETWEEN 5 PM ON TUESDAY AND 2 AM THE FOLLOWING DAY.
THE METERED PARKING SPACES IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE BUS STAND AT THE UPPER PEAK TRAM TERMINUS WILL BE SUSPENDED BETWEEN 2 PM ON TUESDAY AND 8 PM ON THURSDAY.
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