SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1986
THOUSANDS HAVE FUN AT CARNIVAL
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THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS HAD AN AFTERNOON OF FUN, GAMES AND ENTERTAINMENT AT A CARNIVAL AT THE ABERDEEN PROMENADE REST GARDEN TODAY (SUNDAY).
THE CARNIVAL WAS ONE OF THE MAJOR EVENTS ORGANISED AS PART OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT FESTIVAL, AND ITS PROGRAMMES WERE DESIGNED TO SUIT THE INTERESTS OF PEOPLE OF ALL AGES.
TWO EXHIBITIONS ON SOUTHERN DISTRICT'S HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT AND ON THE FISHING INDUSTRY WERE HELD AT THE SAME TIME TO ENRICH RESIDENTS' KNOWLEDGE OF THE DISTRICT. MANY PEOPLE ALSO LOOKED OVER A MODERN FISHING VESSEL MOORED ALONGSIDE THE PROMENADE.
OPENING THE CARNIVAL, CHAIRMAN OF THE CARNIVAL WORKING GROUP, MR LAI CHI-TONG, SAID +SOUTHERN DISTRICT---YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW+ HAD BEEN CHOSEN AS THE CARNIVAL THEME IN SUPPORT OF THE DISTRICT'S CIVIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN.
+WE HOPE THAT BY GETTING TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE DISTRICT'S DEVELOPMENTS, RESIDENTS WILL HAVE A STRONGER SENSE OF BELONGING AND WILL WORK MORE READILY TO MAKE SOUTHERN DISTRICT A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE IN, HE SAID.
ANOTHER ATTRACTION OF THE CARNIVAL WAS FORMED BY 18 GAME STALLS ON THE THEME OF CIVIC EDUCATION.
THE CARNIVAL WAS OPENED AFTER THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR SIMON LORD, PERFORMED AN EYE-DOTTING CEREMONY FOR A LION DANCE.
OTHER OFFICIATING GUESTS INCLUDED DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR JASPER LAM FESTIVAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, MRS SO CHOW YIM-PING, DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS, MR PAUL YOUNG, MR KEUNG YIN-MAN AND MISS YEUNG CHUI-CHUN; AND URBAN COUNCILLOR, MR WALTER SULKE.
A PRIZE PRESENTATION CEREMONY FOR WINNERS OF THE DISTRICT'S +CITIZENS OF THE MONTH+ AWARD WAS HELD DURING THE CARNIVAL. TROPHIES WERE PRESENTED TO 12 WINNERS OF THE SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER AWARDS.
RUNNERS RACE AROUND WONG TAI SIN
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THE FIRST ROUND-THE-DISTRICT RACE IN WONG TAI SIN WAS HELD TODAY (SUNDAY) AS PART OF THE WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT FESTIVAL.
ABOUT 500 PEOPLE RAN THROUGH THE MAJOR ROADS IN THE DISTRICT, CHEERED ON BY SPECTATORS.
/WONG TAI