NOTE TO EDITORS.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1983
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NEW REFUSE COLLECTION POINT PLANNED
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A REFUSE COLLECTION POINT AND A PUBLIC TOILET ARE BEING PLANNED ON A SITE AT LAN KWAI FONG IN CENTRAL.
TOMORROW, THE MEMBERS OF THE WAN CHAI, CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT BOARDS WILL VISIT THE SITE TO STUDY IF THE PROPOSAL WILL HAVE AN ADVERSE EFFECT ON THE ENVIRONMENT OF LAN KWAI FONG WHICH HAS RECENTLY BEEN DEVELOPED INTO A PLACE FOR SHOPPING AND EATING.
ACCOMPANIED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MISS LOLLY CHIU, AND THE DISTRICTS' URBAN SERVICES OFFICERS, MEMBERS WILL ALSO TOUR THE NEWLY-COMPLETED OFF-STREET REFUSE COLLECTION POINTS AT SING WO ROAD AND PATERSON STREET IN WAN CHAI.
MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES ARE INVITED TO COVER THE VISIT.
A GOVERNMENT VEHICLE WILL LEAVE QUEEN'S PIER, EDINBURGH PLACE, AT 9.20 AM FOR LAN KWAI FONG.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
'TA CHIU' RITES SET FOR SUNDAY
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YUEN LONG'S TRADITIONAL TA CHIU RITUAL, HELD ONCE EVERY 10 YEARS TO THANK GODS FOR BRINGING PEACE AND PROSPERITY TO THE COMMUNITY, WILL TAKE PLACE ON SUNDAY (NOVEMBER 27).
PERFORMING THE OPENING CEREMONY WILL BE THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, WHO ALSO OFFICIATED ON THE LAST TWO OCCASIONS FIRST IN 1963 IN HIS CAPACITY AS THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT OFFICER AND IN 1973 AS DISTRICT COMMISSIONER, NEW TERRITORIES.
SUNDAY'S TA CHIU CEREMONY --- THE SEVENTH SINCE IT STARTED IN 1923 - WILL BEGIN AT 5.30 PM AT THE OPEN SPACE OF SAI CHING STREET, SAI YUE CHUNG, YUEN LONG.
MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES ARE WELCOME TO COVER THE EVENT.
A GOVERNMENT VEHICLE, AM 5797, WILL LEAVE THE KOWLOON PUBLIC PIER AT 4 PM SHARP FOR YUEN LONG.
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