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SUNDAY, JULY 6, 1986
HK PERFORMERS TO LIGHT UP EXPO ON JULY 18
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE HONG KONG DAY AT EXPO '86 ON JULY 18 IN VANCOUVER.
THE CEREMONY, TO BE HELD AT 11 AM AT THE PLAZA OF NATIONS, WILL BE PRECEDED BY VARIOUS PERFORMANCES PRESENTED BY THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE BAND AND FAN DANCERS. POPULAR SINGER FRANCES YIP WILL ENTERTAIN THE AUDIENCE AFTER THE CEREMONY.
SIR EDWARD WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY THE SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND INFORMATION, MR JAMES SO, WHO IS ATTENDING IN HIS CAPACITY AS COMMISSIONER, HONG KONG PAVILION.
HONG KONG IS ALSO FLYING OVER A HOST OF ENTERTAINMENT AND SPECIAL EVENTS TO CELEBRATE THE AUSPICIOUS DAY.
OVER 100 PEOPLE, INCLUDING WELL-KNOWN SINGERS AND ARTISTES FROM ASIA TELEVISION LTD. AND HONG KONG TELEVISION BROADCASTING CO. LTD., WILL PUT ON A NUMBER OF ATTRACTIONS ON THAT DAY.
OTHER OFFICIATING GUESTS INCLUDE THE COMMISSIONER GENERAL OF EXPO, MR PATRICK REID, A FEDERAL CANADIAN GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVE AND A PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVE.
LION DANCERS WILL GATHER OUTSIDE THE HONG KONG PAVILION AT 2.30 PM AND PERFORM AT THE PLAZA OF THREE CONTINENTS AS SIR EDWARD ARRIVES AT 3 PM TO PRESENT THE HONG KONG CUP TO THE CHAMPION TEAM OF THE FIRST ANNUAL VANCOUVER DRAGON BOAT RACES, THE FALSE CREEK CANOE RACING CLUB.
THE FALSE CREEK CANOE RACING CLUB WAS FIRST RUNNER-UP OF THIS YEAR'S HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL DRAGON BOAT RACES.
TO ROUND OFF THE OCCASION, TEAMS FROM SEVERAL INTERNATIONAL PAVILIONS WILL TAKE PART IN A SPECTACULAR INTER-PAVILION DRAGON BOAT CHALLENGE RACE WHICH WILL BE STAGED AT THE INTERNATIONAL DOCK.
AT THE SAME TIME, FIVE STUDENTS FROM ST. CATHARINE'S SCHOOL, THE WINNING SCHOOL OF THE POSTCARD DRAWING COMPETITION HELD EARLY THIS YEAR, AND A TEAM OF COMMUNITY YOUTH CLUB (CYC) MEMBERS WILL ENTERTA IN VISITORS WAITING OUTSIDE THE HONG KONG PAVILION BY DEMONSTRATING THE IR DRAWING SKILL ON POSTCARDS.
THE FIVE STUDENTS AND A TEACHER OF THE SCHOOL WERE FLOWN OUT BY COURTESY OF THE HONG KONG TOURIST ASSOCIATION AND CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS.
LOCAL ARTIST BILL YIM, WHO WILL START DOING CARICATURE AT THE EXPO FOR A MONTH AS FROM JULY 10, WILL ALSO DO CARICATURE FOR VISITORS NEAR THE PAVILION ENTRANCE ON THE AFTERNOON OF THAT DAY.
/AN AMAZING