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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1990
JOINING LADY WILSON AT THE OPENING CEREMONY WERE THE VICE
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE URBAN COUNCIL, MR STEPHEN LAU,
CHAIRMAN OF
THE REGIONAL COUNCIL, MR CHEUNG YAN-LUNG, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE URBAN COUNCIL'S RECREATION SELECT COMMITTEE, DR SAMUEL WONG, AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE REGIONAL COUNCIL'S RECREATION AND CULTURE SELECT COMMITTEE, MR TANG PUI-TAT.
VAN
IN HIS WELCOMING SPEECH, MR LAU SAID THIS YEAR'S SHOW BROUGHT TOGETHER A WIDE COLLECTION OF EXOTIC AND LOCAL FLORA WHICH INCLUDED ORCHIDS FROM TAIWAN, NEW GUINEA AND SOUTH EAST ASIA, RARE ORNAMENTAL
AS SPECIES FROM HAINAN PROVINCE AND OTHER PROVINCES
CHINA, AS SPECIAL AND NEW EXHIBITS FROM LOCAL CLUBS AND COMMERCIAL FIRMS.
OF
WELL
"ALL PARTICIPATING ORGANISATIONS HAVE PUT A GREAT EFFORT INTO SETTING UP THEIR STALLS FOR THE EXQUISITE DISPLAYS OF THE MAGNIFICENT COLLECTION OF FLORA FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD,' HE SAID.
MR JAMES
AND THE
THE CEREMONY WAS ALSO ATTENDED BY THE SECRETARY FOR MUNICIPAL SERVICES, MR AUGUSTINE CHUI; THE DIRECTOR OF URBAN SERVICES, SERVICES, MR HAIDER BARMA; SO; THE DIRECTOR OF REGIONAL DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, DR LAWRANCE LEE.
AT
WILSON
ALSO
THIS MORNING'S OPENING CEREMONY, LADY PRESENTED TROPHIES TO WINNERS OF THE "BEST DECORATED COUNTER"
FLOWER SHOW HELD COMPETITION, THE FIRST COMPETITION OF THE 1990 RECOGNITION OF THE VALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE PARTICIPANTS.
IN
ACCOMPANIED BY MR LAU AND MR CHEUNG AND THE OTHER MEMBERS OF
THEN THE OFFICIATING PARTY, LADY WILSON
AND TOURED THE SHOW GROUND VIEWED THE VARIOUS DISPLAYS PUT UP BY EXHIBITORS AND GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS INCLUDING THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT, HOUSING DEPARTMENT AND THE CORRECTIONAL. SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE
THE 10-DAY FLOWER SHOW WAS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC IN THE
MARCH AFTERNOON. IT WOULD REMAIN OPEN UNTIL
4. THE DAILY OPENING
HOURS ARE FROM 9 AM TO 10 PM.
BE BECAUSE OF THE LONGER SHOW PERIOD, THERE WILL
A BREAK FROM DURING WHICH THE 1 PM ON FEBRUARY 27 TO 1 PM ON FEBRUARY 28
FLOWER FLOWERS SHOW WILL BE TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED FOR REPLENISHMENT OF FRESH AND ADDING NEW EXHIBITS.
THE ADMISSION FEE IS $7 PER ADULT WHILE CHILDREN UNDER 14 YEARS OF AGE, STUDENTS AND ELDERLY OVER 60 YEARS OLD ARE CHARGED $3 EACH.
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