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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1989
LIGHTS TO CELEBRATE SHA TIN FESTIVAL
MORE THAN 20,000 COLOURED LIGHT BULBS WILL LIGHT UP SHING MUN RIVER FROM MONDAY (DECEMBER 18) EVENING TILL NEXT FEBRUARY TO CELEBRATE THE 1989-90 SHA TIN FESTIVAL.
THE LIGHT BULBS WILL BE ARRANGED AGAINST A PICTURE OF THE AMAH ROCK AND CHRISTMAS FLOWERS, MEASURING 6.3 METRES BY 33 METRES, ON SAND MARTIN BRIDGE.
DURING THE CHINESE NEW YEAR PERIOD, THE DESIGN WILL BE CHANGED TO THAT OF A GALLOPING HORSE TO GREET THE YEAR OF THE HORSE.
ANOTHER MAJOR ATTRACTION WILL BE A 3.3-METRE IN DIAMETER, 6.5-METRE TALL CHINESE LANTERN ROTATING AT A SPEED OF ONE CYCLE PER MINUTE ON A HILLTOP IN CENTRAL PARK.
ON THE LANTERN WILL BE PICTURES OF SHA TIN PAINTED BY FAMOUS ARTISTS IN CHINA.
ON BANYAN BRIDGE, A CHINESE PROVERB MEANING SUCCESS IN THE YEAR OF THE HORSE WILL WISH RESIDENTS GOOD LUCK.
IN ADDITION, THE LAMP POSTS ALONG TAI CHUNG KIU ROAD WILL BE DRESSED WITH COLOURFUL LIGHTING DECORATIONS.
THESE LIGHTING DECORATIONS, COSTING ABOUT $330,000, WILL BE SWITCHED ON BY THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR PETER TSAO, AT 6.15 PM ON MONDAY ON THE ROOFTOP GARDEN OF SHA TIN TOWN HALL.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE TIN FESTIVAL LIGHTING AT 6.15 PM ON ROOFTOP GARDEN, SHA TIN TOWN HALL.
SWITCHING-ON CEREMONY OF SHA MONDAY (DECEMBER 18) ON THE
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HOLIDAY TREAT OF FLOWERS AND PLANTS
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WILL SEE COLOURFUL DISPLAYS OF BLOOMING PINWHEEL AFRICAN VIOLETS IN A LARGE-SCALE CULTURAL EVENT IN NORTH DISTRICT DURING THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.
THE HYBRID PINWHEEL, A NEW LOOK IN AFRICAN VIOLETS WITH UNIQUE STRIPED COLOUR PATTERNS AND COMBINATIONS, WILL BE A DISTINCTIVE EXHIBIT AT THE THIRD NORTH DISTRICT (1989) FLOWER, BIRD, INSECT AND FISH SHOW, TO BE HELD FROM FRIDAY (DECEMBER 22) TO DECEMBER 26.
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