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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1987
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"THAT WILL HELP LOCAL RESIDENTS
FOSTER A SENSE OF INTER ISLANDS RELATIONSHIP AND VISITORS TO DISCOVER MORE ATTRACTIONS IN OUR DISTRICT, HE SAID.
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"THE MAJOR EVENTS OPENING CEREMONY OUTSIDE THE HISTORIC PAK TEI TEMPLE, SAND SCRAPING COMPETITIONS AT THE BEAUTIFUL BEACHES OF TUNG WAN AND SILVERMINE BAY, LONG DISTANCE RACE ALONG THE SCENIC ROUTE FROM MUI WO TO SHAN SHEK WAN AND THE KITE CARNIVAL IN TUNG
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CHUNG WILL BE HELD AT WEEKENDS 50 THAT MORE ISLANDERS AND VISITORS CAN PARTICITPATE, MR CHUNG ADDED.
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PREPARATION WORK FOR THE ISLANDS DISTRICT FESTIVAL HAS GONE ON FOR ABOUT A YEAR. THE COSTS ARE ABOUT $300,000, WITH $100,000 FUNDED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD AND THE REST COMING FROM SPONSORS.
AN OPENING CEREMONY, ΤΟ BE FOLLOWED BY A VARIETY SHOW CO-ORGANISED WITH RADIO AND TELEVISION HONG KONG, WILL BE HELD AT PAK TEI PLAYGROUND ON CHEUNG CHAU AT 2 PM ON SUNDAY (NOVEMBER 15).
GOVERNOR TO VISIT ISLANDS DISTRICT
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, AND LADY WILSON WILL VISIT ISLANDS DISTRICT ON THURSDAY (NOVEMBER 12) AFTERNOON TO SEE ITS RECENT DEVELOPMENTS.
THEY WILL FIRST TOUR TAI O ON LANTAU ISLAND AND VISIT A FAMILY LIVING IN ONE OF THE STILTED STRUCTURES KNOWN AS "PANG UK'8". THEY WILL ALSO TOUR LUNG TIN ESTATE, THE FIRST RURAL
HOUSING ON LANTAU.
PUBLIC
LATER SIR DAVID AND LADY WILSON WILL FLY TO CHEUNG CHAU WHERE THEY WILL STROLL ALONG THE STREETS FROM TUNG WAN TO THE PRAYA. THEY WILL ALSO ATTEND A TEA RECEPTION AT AN OPEN AREA OUTSIDE PAK TEI TEMPLE AND MEET MEMBERS OF THE ISLANDS DISTRICT BOARD, RURAL COMMITTEES AND OTHER LOCAL PERSONALITIES.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED ΤΟ SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE GOVERNOR'S VISIT TO THE ISLANDS DISTRICT ON THURSDAY (NOVEMBER 12).
CENTRAL,
A PRESS LAUNCH WILL LEAVE THE MARINE DEPARTMENT PIER, FOR LANTAU AT 12.30 PM FOR THOSE COVERING THE TAI O PART OF THE VISIT.
ANOTHER LAUNCH, THE CLEMENTI, WILL LEAVE THE MARINE PIER AT 2 PM FOR CHEUNG CHAU.
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