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ENTERTAINMENT INCLUDED A LION DANCE, BAND PERFORMANCES, -CROBATIC AND MAGIC SHOWS, SONGS AND DANCES.
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AS IN PREVIOUS YEARS, THE 'CANNON BALL EXPRESS' WAS THERE TAKE CHILDREN ROUND THE FUN FAIR GROUNDS.
THERE WERE 16 GAMES STALLS ORGANISED BY VARIOUS DIVISIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT.
EACH CHILD WAS GIVEN A GIFT PARCEL AND RED PACKET.
THE AFTERNOON FUN FAIR CONCLUDED WITH A RAFFLE DRAW.
ZOO DRAWS LARGE CROWDS AT WEEKENDS
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DESPITE THE COOLER INTER WEATHER THE ZOOLOGICAL AND BOTANICAL GARDENS ARE STILL ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR RECREATIONAL FACILITIES ON HONG KONG ISLAND.
PEOPLE ARE DRAWN TO THE GARDENS AT WEEKENDS FOR MANY -EASONS. SOME, PARTICULARLY THE MIDDLE-AGED AND ELDERLY, JUST WANT TO HAVE A QUIET PLACE WHERE THEY CAN SIT AND CHAT SURROUNDED BY GREENERY.
OTHERS, ESPECIALLY YOUNGER VISITOR, ARE KEEN TO TRY OUT A NEW CAMERA AND TO ADD SHOTS OF FAMILY GROUPS, GIRLFRIENDS AND BOYFRIENDS TO THE IR PHOTO-ALBUMS.
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AND THERE ARE THOSE WHO TAKE A KEEN INTEREST SHRUBS AND FLOWERS AND WHO COME TO THE GARDENS REGULARLY TO STROLL AROUND AND ENJOY THE EVER-CHANGING SHAPES AND COLOURS OF THE FLORAL SCENE.
YET THE BIGGEST SINGLE ATTRACTION, UNDOUBTEDLY, IS THE COLLECTION OF WILD ANIMALS AND BIRDS A SOURCE OF ENDLESS FASCINATION FOR YOUNG AND OLD ALIKE.
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THE ZOOLOGICAL SCENE TOO IS, LIKE THE PLANTS, CONSTANTLY CHANGING ONE, AS NEW BIRDS AND BEASTS ARE ADDED TO THE COLLECTION AND AS EXISTING ANIMALS BREED AND HAVE THEIR OFFSPRING TO DISPLAY AS WELL AS THEMSELVES.
PERSUADING ANIMALS TO BREED IN CAPTIVITY IS NOT AN EASY BUSINESS. BUT THE ZOOLOGICAL STAFF IN THE GARDENS HAVE
CHIEVED MANY SUCCESSES THROUGH PATIENCE AND SKILL. FACT HONG KONG'S MINI-ZOC HAS NOW EARNED ITSELF A CONSIDERABLE PEPUTATION FOR BREEDING EF RARE AND ENDANGERED SPECIES,
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