THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1981
FESTIVAL GOERS ADVISED TO USE PUBLIC TRANSPORT
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MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ATTENDING THE MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL AT SHA TIN RACE-COURSE ON SATURDAY, SUNDAY AND MONDAY EVENINGS ARE ADVISED TO USE PUBLIC TRANSPORT IN VIEW OF THE LIMITED AMOUNT OF PARK ING SPACE AVAILABLE IN THE AREA.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE SAID PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BRING THEIR CARS UNLESS THEY HAVE PURCHASED A PARKING PERMIT, ALL OF WHICH HAVE NOW BEEN SOLD.
HE SAID ILLEGAL PARK ING IN THE VICINITY OF THE RACE-COURSE WOULD BE STRICTLY FORBIDDEN.
EXTRA TRAINS AND BUSES HAVE BEEN ARRANGED FOR ALL THREE EVENINGS TO GET PEOPLE TO AND FROM THE SHA TIN RACE-COURSE,
THERE WILL BE TWO SPECIAL NORTHBOUND TRAINS LEAVING HUNG HOM AT 6.45 PM AND 7.07 PM. TWO SPECIAL SOUTHBOUND TRAINS WILL DEPART FROM LO WU AT 5.45 PM AND 6.30 PM.
TO GET PEOPLE HOME AFTERWARDS SOUTHBOUND TRAINS WILL DEPART FROM SHA TIN RACE-COURSE STATION AT 10.04 PM, 11.05 PM AND 11.25 PM AND NORTHBOUND TRAINS WILL DEPART AT 9.46 PM, 11.06 PM AND 11.27 PM.
EXTRA BUS ROUTES, NUMBERED 870M FROM KOWLOON TONG MTR STATION, 872 FROM TAI PO MARKET AND 888 FROM SHA TIN MARKET, WILL ALSO BE PROVIDED.
THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, WILL BE GUEST OF HONOUR ON THE FIRST NIGHT.
THE PROGRAMME, WHICH STARTS AT 8 PM AND LASTS TWO-AND-A- HALF HOURS, WILL FEATURE THE FIRST OUTDOOR LASER SHOW TO BE SEEN IN HONG KONG. IT WILL BE DIVIDED INTO THREE SEGMENTS AT THE BEGINNING, MIDDLE AND END OF THE SHOW.
OTHER ITEMS IN THE PROGRAMME INCLUDE MILITARY BAND MUSIC,
A LANTERN DANCE BY 230 GIRLS FROM SIX SCHOOLS, A MASSED LION DANCE AND A VARIETY SHOW WITH FAMOUS TELEVISION STARS PRODUCED BY HK-TVB.
DUE TO THE POPULARITY OF THE PROGRAMME, TICKETS FOR ALL THREE NIGHTS WERE COMPLETELY SOLD OUT WITHIN A FORTNIGHT OF THE SHOW BEING ANNOUNCED.
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