SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1989
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HK'S BIGGEST BIRTHDAY CAKE FOR SHA TIN
BELIEVED TO BE THE BIGGEST EVER
A 205 KILOGRAM BIRTHDAY CAKE IN HONG KONG
WILL BE THE MAIN FEATURE OF A SPECIAL CELEBRATION IN SHA TIN ON NEW YEAR'S DAY (MONDAY).
BAKED
—
EIGHT HUNDRED CHILDREN HAVE BEEN INVITED TO FEAST ON IT.
THE AGE OF THE CHILDREN ALL 10-YEAR OLDS, HAS A SPECIAL SYMBOLIC SIGNIFICANCE: SHA TIN'S DECADE OF PROGRESS.
ONCE A RURAL VALLEY, SHA TIN TODAY HAS A POPULATION IN EXCESS OF 500,000 WITH ALL THE FACILITIES AND AMENITIES OF A SELF-CONTAINED TOWNSHIP.
TO COMMEMORATE THIS, A TIME CAPSULE CONTAINING PUBLICATIONS OF THE SHA TIN FESTIVAL, A CASSETTE TAPE OF THE LAST DISTRICT BOARD MEETING, CHINESE AND ENGLISH NEWSPAPERS AND "WISH SLIPS" FROM THE CHILDREN WILL BE BURIED IN THE AMPHITHEATRE AREA IN THE TOWN'S CENTRAL PARK.
THE CAPSULE WILL BE RECOVERED ON NEW YEAR'S DAY IN THE YEAR 2000 FOR ANOTHER LARGE-SCALE BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION.
ANOTHER ATTRACTION ON MONDAY WILL BE THE PAINTING OF A MURAL ON A 17-METRE WIDE TRAPEZIUM WALL SURROUNDING THE AMPHITHEATRE BY 100 STUDENTS FROM FOUR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN SHA TIN,
THE MURAL WILL BE TITLED "SHA TIN
TOMORROW" AND WILL FEATURE AMAH ROCK.
YESTERDAY, TODAY,
NEARBY IN THE AZALEA GARDEN, CENTRAL PARK, A ONE METRE BY METRE "YOUTH PATH" WILL BE BUILT BY STUDENTS FROM TWO PRE-VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT.
SEVEN
AT THE
CHINESE WATER GARDEN, STUDENTS FROM SIX SECONDARY SCHOOLS WILL PLANT TREES TO MARK THE OCCASION.
OFFICIATING AT THIS "NEW SHA TIN 10-YEAR OLD BIRTHDAY PARTY" WILL BE OMELCO MEMBER MRS ROSANNA TAM; DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION, MR DONALD TSANG; LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR AND SHA TIN DISTRICT BOARD MEMBER, MR ANDREW WONG; SHA TIN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR VICTOR YUNG; DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR NG CHAN-LAM.
AND
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE "NEW SHA TIN 10-YEAR OLD PARTY" TO BE HELD IN THE AMPHITHEATRE AREA, CENTRAL PARK, MONDAY (JANUARY 1). THE PROGRAMME WILL BE AS FOLLOWS:
/1.45 PM :
BIRTHDAY
SHA
TIN ON