MONDAY, MAY 12, 1986
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THE ACTING REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES,
*R PETER NG, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE CEREMONY.
THE BUN FESTIVAL, HELD TC APPEASE THE SPIRITS OF PEOPLE KILLED BY PIRATES IN THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE ISLAND, HAD BEEN HELD UNDISTURBED EACH YEAR FOR ABOUT 100 YEARS.
A SMALLER SCALE PROCESSION WILL ALSO BE HELD ON MONDAY (MAY 19).
THE BUN FESTIVAL ACTUALLY STARTS ON THURSDAY (MAY 15) WITH WEEK-LONG DAILY CANTONESE OPERA SHOWS, WITH THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE FESTIVITIES BEING SUNDAY'S PROCESSION.
AS A SIGN OF SINCERITY AND HUMBLENESS, THE ISLANDERS WILL ABSTAIN FROM MEAT FOR THREE CONSECUTIVE DAYS FROM FRIDAY AND ANIMALS WILL NOT BE SLAUGHTERED DURING THIS PERIOD.
THE BUNS OF THE THREE 15-METRE-TALL BUN TOWERS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED ON MONDAY (MAY 19) MORNING.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE CHEUNG CHAU BUN FESTIVAL AT 2 PM ON SUNDAY AT THE RECLAMATION SITE OF PRAYA STREET. THERE WILL BE A PRESS POSITION FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS AND TELEVISION CREW NEAR THE VIP STAND.
YOU ARE REMINDED THAT MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO MOVE ONTO THE PATH OF THE PROCESSION DURING THE FESTIVAL. PRESS BADGES WILL BE ISSUED BUT AS THE NUMBERS ARE LIMITED AN ORGANISATION WILL BE ENTITLED TO ONLY ONE BADGE.
THE PRESS BADGES, ON A FIRST-COME-FIRST-SERVED BASIS, ARE AVAILABLE FOR COLLECTION AT THE NEWS AND PUBLICITY DIVISION OF CNTA HEADQUARTERS, 12TH FLOOR, WORLD SHIPPING CENTRE, NO. 7 CANTON ROAD, TSIM SHA TSUI, KOWLOON.
A HONG KONG AND YAU MA TEI FERRY WILL LEAVE QUEEN'S PIER IN CENTRAL AT 12.30 PM SHARP TO TAKE PRESS MEMBERS AND INVITED GUESTS TO CHEUNG CHAU.
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