FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 1987
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FESTIVE LIGHTINGS TO BRIGHTEN UP VICTORIA PARK
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THE LUNAR NEW YEAR FESTIVE LIGHTINGS IN VICTORIA PARK WILL BE SWITCHED ON FROM MONDAY (JANUARY 26) UNTIL FEBRUARY 14,
MOUNTED BY THE EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD AT $43 500, THE LIGHTING DISPLAY DEPICTS A GOLDEN RABBIT, WITH NEW YEAR GREETING MESSAGES FROM THE BOARD AND THE URBAN COUNCIL.
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THE LIGHTS WILL BE PUT ON DAILY FROM 6 PM TO MIDNIGHT FROM 6 PM UNTIL 6 AM ON LUNAR NEW YEAR EVE (JANUARY 28). BETWEEN JANUARY 29 TO FEBRUARY 1, THE LIGHTS WILL BE ON FROM 6 PM TO 1 AM.
THE SWITCH-ON CEREMONY WILL BE HELD AT 6 PM ON MONDAY (JANUARY 26) OUTSIDE THE SQUASH COURT (NEAR THE HING FAT STREET ENTRANCE) IN VICTORIA PARK.
BEFORE THE CEREMONY, A HORTICULTURE SHOW OF 50 POTTED PLANTS WILL START AT 3 PM NEAR THE SQUASH COURT.
THE EASTERN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR BOWEN LEUNG, DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR SHUM CHOI-SANG, URBAN COUNCIL MEMBER, MRS CHOW CHEUNG WAI-BING, AND POLICE DISTRICT COMMANDER (EASTERN), MR G.W. ROPER, WILL SWITCH ON THE LIGHTING DISPLAY,
MEANWHILE, LAI-SEE PACKETS PRODUCED BY THE EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD ARE AVAILABLE FOR FREE DISTRIBUTION AT THE EASTERN DISTRICT OFFICE AND ITS SUB-OFFICES.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE SWITCH-ON CEREMONY ON MONDAY.
NEW YEAR FUN FOR TAI PO RESIDENTS
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RESIDENTS IN TAI PO WILL BE TREATED TO A SERIES OF ENTERTAINMENT, RECREATIONAL AND SPORTS ACTIVITIES DURING THE LUNAR NEW YEAR.
THE ACTIVITIES ARE ORGANISED BY DISTRICT ORGANISATIONS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE 1987 TAI PO DISTRICT LUNAR NEW YEAR PROGRAMME CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE.
THE PROGRAMME