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TUESDAY, MARCH 30, 1982
QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
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THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT IS TO ORGANISE ABOUT 100 SPORTS AND RECREATIONAL EVENTS TO CELEBRATE THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY ON APRIL 21.
IN ADDITION, TWO CONCERTS PRESENTED BY THE DEPARTMENT'S MUSIC OFFICE WILL ALSO BE STAGED.
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE, YOUNG AND OLD AND OF ALL PHYSICAL ABILITIES, WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE PART IN A DAY OF FUN AND GAMES TO BE HELD IN PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY.
THOSE WHO WISH TO TAKE PART IN EVENTS SUCH AS BASKETBALL, BADMINTON, MINI-SOCCER, LAWN BOWLS, TABLE-TENNIS, ETC SHOULD SUBMIT APPLICATIONS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE,
APPLICATION FORMS ARE AVAILABLE AT ALL THE 19 OFFICES OF THE DEPARTMENT'S RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE.
THE CELEBRATIONS WILL START AT 9 AM ON HONG KONG ISLAND'S VICTORIA PARK WHERE MOST OF THE ACTIVITIES WILL BE HELD.
THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, MR JOHN BREMRIDGE, ACCOMPANIED BY THE COMMISSIONER FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE, MR ́BARRIE WIGGHAM, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE OPENING CEREMONY.
IN KOWLOON, TWO MAJOR VENUES FOR THE CELEBRATIONS WILL BE KOWLOON PARK AND THE KWUN TONG RECREATION GROUND.
ON THAT DAY, LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR MR F.K. HU, WHO IS A MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL FOR RECREATION AND SPORT WILL OFFICIATE AT KOWLOON PARK AT 9.30 AM WHEN ABOUT 4 000 PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN 20 EVENTS.
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE URBAN COUNCIL, MR HILTON CHEONG-LEEN, WILL START THE CELEBRATIONS AT THE KWUN TONG RECREATION GROUND AT 2.30 PM.
IN N.T. EAST, A MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL FOR RECREATION AND SPORT, MR CHARLES YEUNG, WILL START OFF THE CELEBRATIONS AT FANLING RECREATION GROUND AT 10 AM. AMONG THE 23 EVENTS PLANNED FOR THE REGION ARE A CROSS-COUNTRY RACE, A PARACHUTE PERFORMANCE AND A CANOEING FUN DAY.
IN N.T. WEST, A MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL FOR RECREATION AND SPORT, MR HOWARD YOUNG, WILL PERFORM THE OPENING CEREMONY AT SHA TSUI ROAD PLAYGROUND AT 10 AM. SOME 25 EVENTS ARE PLANNED FOR THE DISTRICT WHICH INCLUDES YUEN LONG AREA.
/A BAND