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TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1981
LASER SHOW FOR MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL AT SHA TIN
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HONG KONG'S FIRST EVER OUTDOOR LASER SHOW WILL BE GIVEN AT SHA TIN RACECOURSE NEXT MONTH.
THE SHOW IS PART OF AN ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME TO CELEBRATE THE MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL ON SEPTEMBER 12, 13 AND 14 FROM 8 PM - 10.30 PM.
DETAILS OF THE PROGRAMME WERE GIVEN AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY (TUESDAY) BY SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES- UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE FESTIVAL STEERING COMMITTEE, MR WAI HON-LEUNG, MR CHAM SIU-LEUN AND MR LIU YUN-SUM- MR DAVID YAU OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB THE CHAIRMAN OF THE FESTIVAL PROGRAMME SUB-COMMITTEE, MISS MARIA WAN- AND THE FESTIVAL CO- ORDINATOR, MR CHUNG LING-HO1.
THE LASER SHOW WOULD BE THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE TWO-AND-A-HALF- HOUR PROGRAMME, MR AKERS-JONES SAID.
LASERS WILL BE USED TO CREATE A VARIETY OF HIGHLY COLOURFUL EFFECTS ON AND OVER HILLS SURROUNDING THE RACECOURSE.
+I AM SURE THE
APPEAL TO ALL AGES,
EFFECT WILL BE DRAMATIC AND EXCITING, AND
MR AKERS-JONES SAID.
THE LASER SHOW WILL BE SPLIT INTO THREE SEGMENTS AT THE BEGINNING, MIDDLE AND END OF THE SHOW. IT IS BEING STAGED BY AN ENGLISH COMPANY, LASER CREATIONS.
THE PROGRAMME ALSO INCLUDES A LANTERN DANCE BY 230 SCHOOL CHILDREN FROM THE BISHOP HALL JUBILEE SCHOOL KIANGSU-CHEKI ANG COLLEGE FUNG KA MIDDLE SCHOOL SACRED HEART CANOSSIAN COLLEGE- ST. MARGARET GIRLS' SCHOOL (KOWLOON) AND TAK CHING GIRLS' MIDDLE SCHOOL- A MASS LION DANCE WITH 18 LIONS BY THE YUEN LONG COMMUNITY- MILITARY BAND MUSIC BY THE QUEEN'S OWN HIGHLANDERS AND A VARIETY SHOW BY HK-TVB ARTISTES.
SOME 12 000 PEOPLE A NIGHT WOULD BE ABLE
TO ATTEND +THIS UNIQUE WAY OF CELEBRATING THE MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL+,
ALTHOUGH THE SHOW WILL BE STAGED IN SHA TIN, IT WILL BE A TERRITORY-WIDE EVENT AND PEOPLE FROM ALL PARTS OF HONG KONG ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND.
TICKETS FOR THE FESTIVAL COST $5 AND WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM THURSDAY FROM 20 ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB OFF-COURSE BETTING CENTRES AND ALL BRANCHES OF TOM LEE PIANO LIMITED.
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