WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1982
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TIN HAU TEMPLE TO HOLD SPECIAL CEREMONY
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A SPECIAL CEREMONY WILL BE HELD TOMORROW (THURSDAY) TO CELEBRATE THE RECENTLY COMPLETED RENOVATION OF THE TIN HAU TEMPLE IN CAUSEWAY BAY, ONE OF THE OLDEST AND MOST POPULAR TEMPLES IN HONG KONG.
IN APRIL THIS YEAR, A SMALL FIRE OCCURRED AT THE TEMPLE, DAMAGING TWO STATUES.
THE TAI FAMILY WHO LOOK AFTER THE TEMPLE HAD TWO NEW STATUES MADE AND CARRIED OUT GENERAL RENOVATION OF THE TEMPLE.
THE CEREMONY, WHICH WILL START AT 1 PM, WILL INCLUDE A +HOI KWONG+ RITE TO BREATHE LIFE INTO THE NEW STATUES.
THERE WILL ALSO BE A LION DANCE FOLLOWING AN EYE-DOTTING CEREMONY.
THE TEMPLE WITH A HISTORY OF MORE THAN 250 YEARS WAS DECLARED A MONUMENT IN MARCH THIS YEAR.
AMONG OTHER ITEMS OF HISTORICAL INTEREST, THE TEMPLE HAS A BRONZE BELL CAST IN 1747 AND A STONE TABLET BEARING THE NAMES OF LOCAL MERCHANTS AND RESIDENTS WHO MADE DONATIONS
IN 1868 FOR THE REPAIR AND RENOVATION OF THE TEMPLE.
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CAUSEWAY BAY KAIFONG WELFARE ADVANCEMENT ASSOCIATION, MR SHUM CHOI-SANG, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE CEREMONY.
OTHER GUESTS WILL INCLUDE THE CITY DISTRICT COMMISSIONER (EASTERN), MR C. GATELY, THE DIRECTOR OF URBAN SERVICES, MR B.D. WILSON, THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICER (CAUSEWAY BAY-NORTH POINT), MR C.C. WAN, AND DR S.M. BARD AND MR Y.S. YIM OF THE ANTIQUITIES AND MONUMENTS OFFICE.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
NEW FRUITS MARKET OPENS TOMORROW
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A NEW WHOLESALE MARKET FOR FRUITS WILL BE OPENED IN WESTERN DISTRICT BY THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, MR JOHN RIDDELL-SWAN TOMORROW (THURSDAY).
THE 25-MILLION-DOLLAR MARKET REPLACES THE OLD WHOLESALE FRUITS MARKET LOCATED NEXT TO THE WESTERN MARKET IN SHEUNG WAN, THE SITE OF WHICH IS REQUIRED FOR MTR'S ISLAND LINE PROJECT.
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE NEW MARKET WHICH IS NEAR THE HILL ROAD FLYOVER, CONNAUGHT ROAD WEST, WESTERN, AT 10.45 AM TOMORROW.
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