SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1983
YUEN LONG PEOPLE PRAISED FOR ACHIEVEMENT
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YUEN LONG'S ACHIEVEMENT DURING THE PAST 10 YEARS WAS THE RESULT OF A FIRM PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN A RESPONSIVE GOVERNMENT AND A LIVELY AND CIVIC-MINDED COMMUNITY, THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
+BUT IT IS THE COMMUNITY SPIRIT OF THE YUEN LONG PEOPLE WHICH HAS CONTRIBUTED MOST TO THE CONTINUED SUCCESS AND PROSPERITY OF YUEN LONG.+
+ IT IS THE PEOPLE AND WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THE IR COMMUNITY THAT IS IMPORTANT, WHICH ATTRACTS ATTENTION AND CAPTURES THE IMAGINATION, HE SAID.
HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE YUEN LONG KAI-FONG TA CHIU CEREMONY WHICH IS HELD EVERY 10 YEARS TO THANK GODS FOR BRINGING PEACE AND PROSPERITY TO THE DISTRICT.
MR AKERS-JONES ALSO OFFICIATED AT THE LAST TWO CEREMONIES IN 1963 IN HIS CAPACITY AS YUEN LONG DISTRICT OFFICER AND IN 1973 AS DISTRICT COMMISSIONER, NEW TERRITORIES.
HE SAID TODAY'S RITUAL MARKED ANOTHER MILESTONE OF 10 YEAR'S ACHIEVEMENT IN YUEN LONG'S HISTORY.
+THE TA CHIU ALSO OPENS A FRESH CHAPTER OF 10 YEARS IN YUEN LONG'S HISTORY, AND THERE ARE CHALLENGING TIMES AHEAD, HE SAID,
+DURING THIS TIME, THE POPULATION OF THE NORTH WEST WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND, TIN SUI WAI AND THE CORRIDOR BETWEEN YUEN LONG AND TUEN MUN WILL BECOME PART OF A GREAT NORTH WEST CONURBATION, TRANSPORT LINKS WITH KOWLOON AND THE REST OF THE NEW TERRITORIES, PERHAPS EVEN WITH GUANGZHOU, WILL BE STRENGTHENED.
+YUEN LONG WILL CONTINUE ITS PROGRESS TOWARDS BECOMING, NOT
A MARKET, NOT A TOWN, BUT A GREAT CITY.+
FOLLOWING TODAY'S OPENING, RITUAL CEREMONIES WILL BE PERFORMED FOR FOUR DAYS AND FIVE NIGHTS IN THE DISTRICT BY TAOIST PRIESTS FROM THE YUEN YUEN INSTITUTE.
AS A RESPECT FOR THE GODS, ALL SLAUGHTERING ACTIVITIES WILL BE STOPPED FOR ONE DAY ON TUESDAY (NOVEMBER 29) AND MOST RESTAURANTS IN THE DISTRICT WILL ONLY SERVE VEGETARIAN FOOD.
IN ADDITION, CANTONESE OPERAS BY THE CHOR FUNG MING OPERA TROUPE WILL BE STAGED FOR FIVE DAYS STARTING FROM DECEMBER 9.
MORE THAN $800 000 IS BEING SPENT ON THIS YEAR'S TA CHIU WHICH HAS BEEN HELD SINCE 1923.
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