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MONDAY, JANUARY 1, 1990
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'KING SIZE' BIRTHDAY CAKE TO CELEBRATE NEW DECADE
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A BIRTHDAY CAKE
205 KILOGRAMS IN WEIGHT AND 152 CM BY 91 CM
FARE THE MAIN WAS
FOR SOME 800 TEN-YEAR-OLD BY 13 CM IN SIZE CHILDREN IN SHA TIN TODAY (MONDAY).
THE CAKE,
PROBABLY THE
BIGGEST EVER
IN
BAKED
HONG KONG, WITH AMAH ROCK IN THE
FEATURED AN ARTIST'S IMPRESSION OF SHA TIN, FOREGROUND AND MODERN BUILDINGS ON BOTH SIDES OF SHING MUN RIVER.
FROM A RURAL A POPULATION OF MORE
THIS WAS SYMBOLIC OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHA TIN VALLEY 10 YEARS AGO TO A MODERN TOWNSHIP WITH THAN 500,000 PEOPLE TODAY.
OF
TIN TEN-YEAR OLD BIRTHDAY ANOTHER EVENT OF TODAY'S "NEW SHA PARTY" WAS HAVING THESE CHILDREN JOT DOWN THEIR WISHES AND VISIONS SHA TIN IN THE NEXT DECADE.
MEMBER, MRS
ROSANNA
TAM,
AND
OF THE DIRECTOR
WHO BURIED A THE AMPHITHEATRE AREA
AN OMELCO ADMINISTRATION, MR DONALD TSANG, WERE AMONG THE GUESTS TIME CAPSULE CONTAINING THESE "WISH SLIPS" IN OF CENTRAL PARK.
YEAR, MRS TAM WISHING THE YOUNG PEOPLE GOOD LUCK IN THE
EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES AND URGED THEM TO ACTIVELY TAKE PART IN IN COMMUNITY BUILDING PROJECTS.
NEW
"I HOPE YOU WILL LIVE UP TO THE EXPECTATIONS
OF YOUR PARENTS
SHE SAID.
AND TEACHERS AND WILL WORK DILIGENTLY TOWARDS YOUR GOALS,"
MR TSANG, ON THE OTHER HAND, SAID FAST DEVELOPMENT OF THE DISTRICT, OFFICER EIGHT YEARS AGO.
WHICH
HE HE
WAS ENCOURAGED BY THE HAD SERVED AS DISTRICT
HE WAS CONFIDENT THAT WITH ESPECIALLY THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE YOUNGER GENERATION, BECOME A BETTER PLACE IN WHICH TO LIVE IN THE YEARS TO COME.
RESIDENTS' PARTICIPATION,
SHA TIN WOULD
2000, I HOPE WILL RE REALISED,
HE
"WHEN THE TIME CAPSULE IS RECOVERED IN THE YEAR ALL YOUR WISHES, FOR SHA TIN AND YOURSELVES, SAID.
PUBLICATIONS OF
TAPE OF THE LAST DISTRICT BOARD DISTRICT BOARD TERM REPORT
BESIDES THE TIME CAPSULE, WHICH ALSO CONTAINS THE SHA TIN FESTIVAL, A CASSETTE MEETING, CHINESE AND ENGLISH NEWSPAPERS, AND SHA TIN FACT SHEETS, A
TRAPEZIUM
OCCASION.
WALL
MURAL
SURROUNDING
THE
WAS PAINTED AMPHITHEATRE
ON A TO
17-METRE COMMEMORATE
WIDE
THE
/THE MURAL