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TUESDAY, MAY 17, 1983
SPORTS EVENTS FOR QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
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THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT IS TO ORGANISE MORE THAN 100 SPORTS AND RECREATIONAL EVENTS TO BE HELD ON JUNE 11, TO CELEBRATE THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY.
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 35 PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY.
THOSE WHO WISH TO TAKE PART IN THE EVENTS SUCH AS BASKETBALL, BADMINTON, MINI-SOCCER, LAWN BOWLS, AND TABLE-TENNIS, SHOULD SUBMIT APPLICATIONS AS SOON AS PCSSIBLE.
APPLICATION FORMS ARE AVAILABLE AT ALL THE 19 OFFICES OF THE DEPARTMENT'S RECREATION AND SPORTS SERVICE.
THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE, AND OTHER GUESTS WILL OFFICIATE AT THE OPENING CEREMONY AT MORSE PARK AT 9 AM. THE COMMISSIONER FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE, MR BARRIE WIGGHAM WILL ALSO ATTEND.
AT THE SAME TIME, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE URBAN COUNCIL, MR HILTON CHEONG-LEEN AND A NUMBER OF DISTRICT LEADERS WILL START THE CEREMONY AT KOWLOON PARK IN TSIM SHA TSUI,
ON HONG KONG ISLAND'S VICTORIA PARK, THE PRESIDENT, AMATEUR SPORTS FEDERATION AND OLYMPIC COMMITTEE OF HONG KONG, MR A. DE O. SALES, AND OTHER COMMUNITY LEADERS WILL OFFICIATE AT THE OPENING CEREMONY AT 9 AM. THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER FOP RECREATION AND CULTURE, MR CHRISTOPHER WONG WILL ALSO BE PRESENT,
A MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR CHEUNG YAN-LUNG, AND A NUMBER OF OTHER NEW TERRITORIES LEADERS WILL ATTEND THE OPENING AT FANLING AT 10 AM. THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE (RECREATION AND SPORTS) MR DICKEN YUNG WILL BE THERE AS WELL.
IN WEST NEW TERRITORIES, THE CEREMONY WILL BE STARTED AT 10 AM AT THE YUEN LONG PUBLIC SWIMMING POOL WHERE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HEUNG YEE KUK, MR LAU WONG-FAT WILL OFFICIATE.
ANNUAL BONSAI SHOW IN TUEN MUN
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THE ANNUAL BONSAI SHOW A DISPLAY OF MORE THAN 30 MINIATURE TREES AND POTTED PLANTS WILL BE HELD FOR 10 DAYS BEGINNING ON SATURDAY (MAY 21) AT THE CHING CHUNG KOON IN TUEN.
THE CHING CHUNG KOON, A TAOIST MONASTERY IN THE NEW TOWN, HAS BEEN PROMOTING THIS TRADITIONAL ART SINCE 1980, TOGETHER WITH THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT BOARD AND THE HONG KONG TOURIST ASSOCIATION.
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