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SUNDAY, JANUARY 29, 1989
LARGE LIGHTING DECORATIONS IN SHA TIN
LARGE-SCALE LIGHTING DECORATIONS WILL BE ATTRACTION IN SHA TIN DURING THE LUNAR NEW YEAR.
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THESE LIGHTS, PART OF THE $520,000 LIGHTING TIN FOR CHRISTMAS, NEW YEAR AND LUNAR NEW YEAR, WILL BE SWITCHED ON AGAIN BY THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR DONALD LIAO, ON TUESDAY (JANUARY 31) EVENING.
A FEATURE WILL BE A 10-METRE HIGH DIAMETER WOODEN VASE, WITH ELABORATE LIGHTING DECORATIONS IN THE FORM OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE PAINTING, AT A HILLTOP IN CENTRAL PARK.
A LARGE LIGHTING DECORATION SHOWING THE CHINESE CHARACTERS MEANING "LUCK" AND BUTTERFLIES WILL BE STAGED ON THE SAND MARTIN BRIDGE.
ANOTHER "GOOD LUCK" DECORATION WILL BE FLOATING ON THE SHING MUN RIVER NEAR THE BRIDGE.
OTHER FESTIVE LIGHTING DECORATIONS WILL BE SET UP ALONG THE TWO SIDES OF THE RIVER, CHE KUNG MIU ROAD, BANYAN BRIDGE, LEK YUEN BRIDGE AND IN CENTRAL PARK,
THE LIGHTS WILL BE SWITCHED ON BETWEEN 5.30 PM AND MIDNIGHT FROM TUESDAY TO FEBRUARY 12. FROM LUNAR NEW YEAR'S EVE TO FEBRUARY AND ON FEBRUARY 20, THEY WILL BE ON UNTIL 5 AM THE NEXT DAY.
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NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE SWITCH-ON CEREMONY OF LUNAR NEW YEAR LIGHTING IN SHA TIN AT 6.30 PM ON TUESDAY (JANUARY 31) AT ONE END OF THE LEK YUEN BRIDGE IN SHA TIN CENTRAL PARK, OPPOSITE SHA TIN TOWN HALL.
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