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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1983
CALL ON GOVERNOR
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THE US SECRETARY OF STATE, MR GEORGE SHULTZ, CALLED ON THE GOVERNOR AT NOON TODAY AND WAS ENTERTAINED AFTERWARDS TO LUNCH.
MR SHULTZ WAS ACCOMPANIED BY THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS, MR PAUL WOLFOWITZ, THE DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE, MR THOMAS SHOESMITH AND THE US CONSUL-GENERAL IN HONG KONG, MR BURTON LEVIN.
+HAPPINESS AND PROSPERITY+ FOR TSUEN WAN RESIDENTS
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HAPPINESS AND PROSPERITY - THE TWIN THEMES OF TSUEN WAN'S FIRST DECORATION AND LIGHTING DISPLAY FOR THE LUNAR NEW YEAR WERE ILLUMINATED TONIGHT (WEDNESDAY) AT A SWITCH-ON CEREMONY PERFORMED BY LADY HADDON-CAVE, WIFE OF THE CHIEF SECRETARY.
LIGHTS ENCIRCLING TWO FIVE-METRE-TALL +GODS OF PROSPERITY+, SOME 1 200 COLOURFUL LIGHT BULBS FORMING A FOUR-METRE-HIGH CHINESE VASE WITH PEACH BLOSSOMS AND 750 MORE LIGHT BULBS IN THE SHAPE OF A PIG WENT AGLOW AT 6 PM AND WILL STAY ON EVERY NIGHT UNTIL FEBRUARY 27.
THE UNVEILING OF THE TWO GODS WAS PERFORMED AT THE PEDESTRIAN FOOTBRIDGE OUTSIDE FOU WAH CENTRE, WHILE THE SWITCH-ON CEREMONY WAS HELD AT THE TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL ELEVATED WALKWAY.
TSUEN WAN ALSO GREETED THE FESTIVITY WITH AN ARRAY OF RED AND GOLD LANTERNS, BANNERS OF THE SEASON'S GREETINGS AND A PAIR OF CHINESE NORTHERN LIONS ON MAJOR ROADS, WALKWAYS AND ON THE TSING YI BRIDGE.
THE LIGHTS AND DECORATIONS, COSTING $90 000 AND FUNDED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD, WILL BE SWITCHED ON BETWEEN 6 PM AND MIDNIGHT EVERY DAY.
SPEAKING AT THE SWITCH-ON CEREMONY, THE ACTING DISTRICT COMMISSIONER, MISS ELAINE CHUNG, SAID THE DECORATIONS NOT ONLY ADDED COLOUR TO THE FESTIVE ATMOSPHERE BUT WERE ALSO A SYMBOL OF HAPPINESS AND PROSPERITY.
+DESPITE THE FLOODS, STRIKES AND FACTORY CLOSURES DURING THE YEAR OF THE DOG, TSUEN WAN HAS GONE FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH IN TERMS OF COMMUNITY BUILDING AND DISTRICT SPIRIT, SHE SAID.
IN ADDITION, MORE THAN 60 PROGRAMMES, INCLUDING A VARIETY SHOW BY A LOCAL TELEVISION STATION, A LANTERN FESTIVAL, DANCING PARTIES, OUTINGS AND DINNERS FOR THE ELDERLY WOULD BE HELD TOGETHER ITH THE FIFTH TSUEN WAN ARTS FESTIVAL OPENED LAST FRIDAY.
FRE: TICKETS TO THE VARIETY SHOW. TO BE HELD AT THE KWA CHUNG SPRTSGROUND AT 8 PM ON FEBRUARY 19, MAY BE OBTAINED ON A FIRST-COME-FIRST-SERVED BASIS AT THE DISTRICT'S TOWN HALL AND PUBLIC ENQUIRIES COUNTERS FROM FEBRUARY 16.
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