PRESS
RELEASE
Royal Visit
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1986
GIANT GOLDEN CROWN IN THE SKY WILL BE SPECTACULAR FIREWORKS SALUTE TO QUEEN, DUKE
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THE CROWNING GLORY OF TOMORROW NIGHT'S ROYAL FIREWORKS DISPLAY WILL BE A HUGE GOLDEN CROWN TO BE FIRED OFF SIMULTANEOUSLY FROM ALL THREE BARGES IN MID-HARBOUR.
+THIS WILL BE A SPECTACULAR SALUTE IN THE SKIES TO THE ROYAL COUPLE,+ SAID MR SANDY OGAWA, ADVISER OF THE JAPAN FIREWORKS ARTISTS ASSOCIATION, WHEN SHOWING THE MEDIA OVER FIREWORKS PREPARATIONS TODAY AT GREEN ISLAND.
+ ALTOGETHER ALMOST 7 000 SHELLS WILL BE FIRED IN THE 25-MINUTE DISPLAY - EASILY THE BIGGEST FIREWORKS SHOW EVER STAGED IN HONG KONG,+
MR OGAWA SAID THAT EMPHASIS HAD BEEN PLACED ON INTERNATIONALITY, AND THE FIREWORKS WOULD COME FROM BRITAIN, CHINA, THE UNITED STATES AND JAPAN.
THE FIREWORKS, PRE-PACKED IN JAPAN, WERE TAKEN TO GREEN ISLAND TODAY BY LIGHTER FROM AN EXPLOSIVES DEPOT IN PIPER'S HILL.
PREPARATIONS ARE GOING ON DURING THE AFTERNOON TO ARM+ THE MORTARS ON THE THREE BARGES FOR TOMORROW'S SPECTACULAR BIG BANG.
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HALF WILL BE FIRED ELECTRICALLY, THE OTHERS IGNITED BY
THE BIGGEST OF THE MORTAR SHELLS ARE 12 INCHES IN DIAMETER, AND THE SMALLEST TWO INCHES.
MR OGAWA AND FIREWORKS MASTER TERUHIKO MUTO ARE +PRAYING TO THE WEATHER GODS+ FOR ANOTHER FINE DAY NIGHT -- TOMORROW.
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/+IF IT'S