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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1986
THERE WILL BE A SHORT TALK ON THE PRINCIPLES OF THE REVISION AND A GROUP DISCUSSION ON THE PROCEDURES AND TECHNIQUES IN THE TEACHING OF ENGLISH WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO PRIMARY FOUR TO SIX.
SCHOOL HEADS WISHING TO NOMINATE TEACHERS TO THE SEMINARS SHOULD SEND THEIR APPLICATIONS TO THE SENIOR INSPECTOR, ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING CENTRE, 9A, BONHAM ROAD, HONG KONG, BEFORE MARCH 13.
NEW SHRINE FOR SHUN FUNG WAI VILLAGERS
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AN ENSHRINEMENT CEREMONY WILL BE HELD TOMORROW (TUESDAY) MORNING TO MARK THE COMPLETION OF A NEW SHRINE IN SHÚN FUNG WAI VILLAGE IN TUEN MUN.
THE SHRINE WAS ERECTED AT SITE NEAR THE VILLAGE, AT 22-AND-A-HALF MILESTONE IN CASTLE PEAK ROAD, TO REPLACE ONE WHICH WOULD BE DEMOLISHED TO MAKE WAY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT SYSTEM IN TUEN MUN.
THE CEREMONY WILL CONSIST OF A LION DANCE, RITUALS, AND THE PLANTING OF A BANYAN TREE, WHICH IS TRADITIONALLY ACCEPTED BY VILLAGERS AS THEIR GODFATHER. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A FEAST FOR ABOUT 700 VILLAGERS AND GUESTS.
TUEN MUN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR STEPHEN SELBY, CHAIRMAN OF THE TUEN MUN RURAL COMMITTEE, MR LAU WONG-FAT; PROJECT MANAGER, MR KWEI SZE-KAN DISTRICT LANDS OFFICER, MR RON CROSS AND THE POLICE DIVISIONAL COMMANDER, MR MARTIN BROWN, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE CEREMONY AT 10 AM.
SHUN FUNG WAI VILLAGE, WITH MORE THAN 1 000 INDIGENOUS VILLAGERS, IS AT THE NORTH-EASTERN PART OF TUEN MUN AND HAS A HISTORY OF SEVERAL HUNDRED YEARS.
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