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SUNDAY, APRIL 27, 1986
INSIDE THE PAVILION, THERE WILL BE REGULAR SHOWINGS OF A MULTI-SCREEN SLIDE PRESENTATION, INVOLVING 66 PROJECTORS. WHICH WILL RUN FOR NINE AND A HALF MINUTES. THE 4 000 SLIDES WILL SHOW HOW HONG KONG KEEPS IN TOUCH WITH THE WORLD BY USING THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY, AND AT THE SAME TIME ILLUSTRATE THE VITALITY AND VERSATILITY OF THE PEOPLE.
DANCERS FROM HONG KONG WILL PERFORM DURING THE SHOW AND WILL BE CHOREOGRAPHED TO MATCH ITS PACE AND RHYTHM.
APART FROM SPECIAL BOOKLETS ON HONG KONG, VISITORS TO THE PAVILION WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO COLLECT POSTCARDS BEARING THE MESSAGE 'HONG KONG IN TOUCH WITH THE WORLD'. EACH POSTCARD WILL HAVE A PERSONAL MESSAGE FROM PEOPLE IN HONG KONG TO 'A FRIEND SOMEWHERE IN THE WORLD',
THE POSTCARDS WERE FLOWN TO VANCOUVER AFTER A MASSIVE EXERCISE IN HONG KONG IN WHICH LARGE NUMBERS OF SCHOOL CHILDREN AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TOOK PART. A CONTEST HELD AMONG SCHOOLS DURING THE EXERCISE WAS WON BY PUPILS FROM ST CATHERINE'S SCHOOL FOR GIRLS IN KWUN TONG. THEIR PRIZE WAS A TRIP, FOR FIVE PUPILS AND A TEACHER, TO EXPO IN JULY.
THE BUDGET FOR MOUNTING THE HONG KONG PAVILION TOTALLED AROUND $15 MILLION, WHICH WAS RAISED AMONG THE COMMUNITY, COMMERCIAL CONCERNS, THE HONG KONG TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, THE HONG KONG TOURIST ASSOCIATION AND THE GOVERNMENT.
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LAM KAM ROAD FLYOVER TO BE BUILT
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A 750-METRE-LONG FLYOVER IS TO BE BUILT IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, THE VISUAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF WHICH HAVE BEEN A MAJOR CONSIDERATION IN ITS DESIGN.
THE LAM KAM ROAD FLYOVER WILL BE A DUAL TWO-LANE ELEVATED STRUCTURE TO BRIDGE THE NEW TERRITORIES TRUNK ROAD OVER ROUNDABOUTS AT THE JUNCTIONS WITH LAM KAM ROAD AND HONG LOK YUEN ACCESS ROAD.
THE FLYOVER WILL HAVE SMOOTH, ROUND PARAPET BEAMS TO MINIMISE OBTRUSIVE VISUAL EFFECTS THROWN BY THE CONCRETE FLYOVER ONTO THE RURAL ENVIRONMENT.
PIERS WILL ALSO BE CAREFULLY SHAPED AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE SMOOTH-LOOKING APPEARANCE OF THE STRUCTURE SO AS TO BLEND WITH THE SURROUNDINGS.
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