THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1986
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DECORATED WITH POSTERS. THE BROADCAST VEHICLES WILL VISIT
FOUR DISTRICTS DAILY FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM, TOURING BUSY AND POPULATED AREAS, SUCH AS HOUSING ESTATES, MARKET PLACES AND COMMERCIAL AND SHOPPING CENTRES.
THE TAPE WILL ALSO BE USED AT DISTRICT PUBLICITY FUNCTIONS, EXHIBITIONS, VARIETY SHOWS AND FORUMS.
SHA TIN HERALDS NEW YEAR WITH LIGHTS
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SHA TIN TOWN CENTRE WAS BRIGHTLY LIT UP WITH DECORATIVE LIGHTS THIS (THURSDAY) EVENING TO HERALD THE LUNAR NEW YEAR,
AT THE FLICK OF A SWITCH, THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY (DESIGNATE), MR PIERS JACOBS TURNED ON THE FESTIVE LIGHTINGS ALONG THE 200-METRÊ SAND MARTIN BRIDGE ACROSS THE SHING MUN RIVER.
THE DECORATIVE LIGHTS DEPICT FLOWERS AND PETS, SYMBOLISING PROSPERITY AND FORTUNE IN THE YEAR OF THE TIGER.
SPEAKING AT THE CEREMONY, MR JACOBS SAID TIGER IS KNOWN FOR ITS BRAVERY AND MIGHT AND, IN THE CHINESE ALMANAC, THESE SYMBOLISE POWER AND BOLDNESS.
SEEING THE RAPID DEVELOPMENTS OF SHA TIN IN RECENT YEARS, HE HAD NO DOUBT THAT THESE VIRTUES OF THE TIGER HAD BEEN SHARED BY ALL THOSE CONCERNED, HE SAID.
THE SWITCHING-ON CEREMONY WAS FOLLOWED BY LION DANCE PERFORMED BY THE DISTRICT'S JUNIOR POLICE CALL MEMBERS.
ALSO PRESENT AT THE CEREMONY WERE THE SHA TIN DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR NG CHAN-LAM; DISTRICT OFFICER, MR LAM WOON-KWONG: CHAIRMAN OF PLANNING COMMITTEE ON THE FESTIVE LIGHTINGS IN SHA TIN, MR LAM HUNG-CHIUS OTHER DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS AND THE CHAIRMEN OF AREA COMMITTEES.
TEMPORARY TRAFFIC PLAN IN WESTERN DISTRICT
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THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (THURSDAY) THAT FROM MIDNIGHT ON SATURDAY (FEBRUARY 8) TO 8 AM THE NEXT DAY, THE LOADING AND UNLOADING AREA FOR GOODS VEHICLES ON KENNEDY TOWN NEW PRAYA BETWEEN HOUSE NO. 32 AND ITS JUNCTION WITH CADOGAN STREET WILL Dà SUSPENDED.
AND THE SECTION OF CATCHICK STREET BETWEEN SMITHFIELD AND SANDS STREET WILL BE CLOSED TO TRAFFIC FROM 8 AM TC 9.30 AM ON TUESDAY (FEBRUARY 11).
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