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SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 1981
THE MARATHON RACES ON THE SAME DAY FOR MEN AND WOMEN START AT 9 AM.
THE MEN WILL RUN OVER AN 8 400-METRE COURSE FROM NAI CHUNG TO SAI KUNG TOWN, WHILE THE WOMEN WILL RUN A 4 500-METRE RACE FROM KEI LING HA TO SAI KUNG TOWN.
THE EVENT WILL BE OPEN TO ALL WHO WORK OR LIVE IN SAI KUNG, AND ENTRANTS AGED UNDER 17 YEARS MUST HAVE THE IR PARENTS' CONSENT.
ALSO ON FEBRUARY 8 THERE WILL BE A NEW YEAR CARNIVAL CONSISTING MAINLY OF STALL GAMES. PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED TO WINNERS OF A STALL
DESIGN COMPETITION.
THE FOLLOWING DAY (FEBRUARY 9) THERE WILL BE A TELE-MATCH BETWEEN SIX TEAMS OF MEN AND WOMEN.
LOCAL ORGANISATIONS, INCLUDING SAI KUNG CHILDREN'S CHOIR AND SAI KUNG FOLK DANCE CLUB, WILL TAKE PART IN A TALENT SHOW ON THE EVENING OF FEBRUARY 10.
A +MUSIC FOR A MILLION+ PROGRAMME CLOSING THE FESTIVAL ON FEBRUARY 14 WILL BE STAGED BY THE MUSIC OFFICE SYMPHONIC ORCHESTRA AND THE HONG KONG GIRL GUIDES ASSOCIATION. IT WILL INCLUDE POPULAR SONGS, TELEVISION AND FILM THEME SONGS, SYMPHONIES, DANCES AND FOLK SONGS.
OTHER FESTIVAL EVENTS WILL INCLUDE A LION DANCE, NEW YEAR GREETINGS AND POTTED SPORTS FOR CHILDREN.
SAI KUNG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR CHAN SUI-JEUNG, AND LOCAL COMMUNITY LEADERS, MR CHENG CHIK-CHEE AND LEE YUN-SAU, WILL OPEN THE CEREMONY AT MAN Y REHOUSING PLAYGROUND AT NOON ON FEBRUARY 8.
MORE ACTIVITIES FOR LUNAR NEW YEAR
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THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE (RSS) HAS ORGANISED A NUMBER OF EVENTS IN FEBRUARY FOR THE LUNAR NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS.
THESE INCLUDE CARNIVAL STALLS GAMES AT CHEUNG CHAU AND MUI WO, A RECREATION CAMP AT THE LADY MACLEHOSE HOLIDAY VILLAGE, A RESIDENTIAL CAMP AT WU KAI SHA YOUTH VILLAGE, A LONG DISTANCE ROAD RACE, WALKS, EXCURSIONS FOR THE FAMILY AT ABERDEEN COUNTRY PARK AND FOR THE ELDERLY AT YUEN YUE TEMPLE.
THE EVENTS ARE IN ADDITION TO NUMEROUS OTHER ACTIVITIES PUT FORWARD BY THE RSS, WHICH RANGE FROM ARCHERY, BADMINTON, ICE-SKATING, AND RESIDENTIAL CAMPS, TO ORIENTAL DANCE.
THE RSS'S FULL PROGRAMME FOR THE MONTH INCLUDES 33 INDIVIDUAL GAMES, 10 TEAM GAMES, 68 OUTDOOR PURSUITS, 23 FITNESS COURSES, SEVEN ATHLETIC AND AQUATIC MEETS, SIX DANCES AND MOVEMENTS, AND 15 OTHER PROJECTS.
A PAMPHLET CONTAINING FULL PARTICULARS OF THE EVENTS CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICES, NEW TERRITORIES DISTRICT OFFICES, AND OFFICES OF THE RSS.
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