MONDAY, APRIL 6,
APRIL 6, 1981
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TIN HAU FESTIVAL IN YUEN LONG
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THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, AND HIS WIFE WILL OFFICIATE AT THIS YEAR'S YUEN LONG TIN HAU FESTIVAL PROCESSION TO BE HELD ON APRIL 27.
THE EVENT, ORGANISED BY YUEN LONG SHAP PAT HEUNG RURAL COMMITTEE, CELEBRATES THE BIRTHDAY OF TIN HAU, THE QUEEN OF HEAVEN.
ABOUT 40 ORGANISATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO TAKE PART IN THE PROCESSION WHICH WILL INCLUDE LION, DRAGON AND UNICORN DANCES, CHIU CHAU GONGS AND DRUMS, FLOATS, ACROBATIC DISPLAYS AND TRADITIONAL CHINESE FOLK DANCES AND MUSIC.
THE TWO-HOUR PROCESSION WILL START AT 10.30 AM FROM YUEN LONG EASTERN BUS TERMINUS AND PASS IN FRONT OF 4 000 INVITED GUESTS IN YUEN LONG STADIUM,
AFTERWARDS, IT WILL MAKE ITS WAY TO THE TIN HAU TEMPLE AT TAI SHUE HA WHERE RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES WILL BE STAGED.
LARGE CROWDS, ATTRACTED BY THE BELIEF THAT BLESSINGS WILL RESULT, ARE EXPECTED AT THE +FA PAU+ DRAW WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE AT 3 PM.
TIN HAU FESTIVAL CELEBRATIONS IN YUEN LONG GO BACK TO THE 17TH CENTURY, WHEN IT WAS A COASTAL FISHING VILLAGE.
THE FESTIVAL IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT TO BOAT PEOPLE WHO PRAY TO TIN HAU FOR GOOD FISHING AND FAIR WEATHER.
EVEN THOUGH YUEN LONG IS NOW A NEW TOWN AND FEWER LOCAL PEOPLE EARN THEIR LIVING FROM THE SEA, THE TRADITION IS STILL MAINTAINED.
THE TIN HAU FESTIVAL IS ONE OF HONG KONG'S MOST COLOURFUL FESTIVALS AND IS CELEBRATED BY PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE.
EVERY YEAR, TIN HAU CELEBRATIONS ARE ALSO HELD AT JOSS HOUSE BAY AND THE MANY TIN HAU TEMPLES BUILT IN AREAS ASSOCIATED WITH FISHING.
SCHOOL HEADS TO DISCUSS MORAL EDUCATION ***
THE PRINCIPALS OF SOME 200 SECONDARY SCHOOLS WILL ATTEND A ONE-DAY SEMINAR ON MORAL EDUCATION TO BE HELD ON APRIL 14 AT NORTHCOTE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION.
PARTICIPANTS WILL ENGAGE IN GROUP AND PANEL DISCUSSIONS, AND LISTEN TO SPEECHES BY PANELISTS,
THEY WILL DISCUSS THE TERM MORAL EDUCATION, AND WHETHER A SEPARATE SUBJECT SHOULD BE SET UP IN SCHOOLS OR BE INTEGRATED INTO THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM.
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