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MONDAY, MAY 16, 1988
THE BUN FESTIVAL,
HELD TO APPEASE THE SPIRITS OF PEOPLE KILLED BY PIRATES ON THE ISLAND IN THE PAST, HAS BEEN ORGANISED WITHOUT INTERRUPTION EACH YEAR FOR A CENTURY.
WEEK-LONG FESTIVITIES BEGAN YESTERDAY (SUNDAY). THEY INCLUDE CANTONESE OPERA SHOWS, AN EYE-DOTTING CEREMONY FOR LIONS AND UNICORNS, A GHOST-WORSHIPPING CEREMONY, A SMALLER SCALE PROCESSION AND DISTRIBUTION OF BUNS. THE GRAND PROCESSION ON WEDNESDAY WILL BRING THE FESTIVAL TO A CLIMAX.
AS AN ACT OF SINCERITY AND HUMBLENESS, THE ISLANDERS WILL ABSTAIN FROM EATING MEAT FOR THREE CONSECUTIVE DAYS FROM TODAY (MONDAY) AND NO ANIMAL WILL BE SLAUGHTERED DURING THIS PERIOD.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
A PRESS BADGE AND DETAILS OF PRESS ARRANGEMENTS FOR COVERING THE CHEUNG CHAU BUN FESTIVAL PROCESSION ON WEDNESDAY (MAY 18), ISSUED BY THE CHEUNG CHAU RURAL COMMITTEE, HAVE BEEN MAILED TO MEDIA ORGANISATIONS.
AS THE NUMBER OF PRESS BADGES IS LIMITED, EACH ORGANISATION CAN BE GIVEN ONLY ONE BADGE.
GATHERING OF SHA TIN AREA COMMITTEE MEMBERS TOMORROW
ABOUT 120 MEMBERS OF THE EIGHT AREA COMMITTEES IN SHA TIN WILL GATHER AT THE LEK YUEN COMMUNITY HALL TOMORROW (TUESDAY) EVENING ΤΟ EXCHANGE VIEWS ON DISTRICT MATTERS BEFORE HOLDING THEIR FIRST MEETINGS LATER IN THE MONTH.
THE BIGHT AREA COMMITTEES ARE: CHE KUNG MIU, SHA KOK, YUEN WO, TAI WAI, SHING MUN EAST, TIN SUM, TOWN CENTRE AND TSANG TAI UK.
THE SHA TIN