THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1992
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GRAND PROCESSION TO CELEBRATE TAI PO'S CENTENARY ANNIVERSARY
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A MASSIVE PROCESSION WAS HELD IN TAI PO TODAY (THURSDAY} CELEBRATE THE CENTENARY ANNIVERSARY OF ΤΑΙ PO MARKET, WHICH WAS FORMERLY KNOWN AS TAI WO SHI.
SPEAKING AT THE CEREMONY TO LAUNCH THE PROCESSION, THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR ALBERT LAM, SAID ΤΑΙ PO HAD UNDERGONE FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE SINCE IT WAS DEVELOPED INTO A MARKET PLACE A HUNDRED YEARS AGO.
HE SAID THE ELECTRIFICATION OF THE RAILWAY AND THE OPENING TATE'S CAIRN TUNNEL HAD FURTHER SPEEDED UP THE DEVELOPMENT.
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THE NEW PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES AND PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL FLATS BUILT IN RECENT YEARS HAD ALSO ATTRACTED MANY URBAN DWELLERS TO MOVE INTO THE DISTRICT.
HE SAID NOWADAYS THE DISTRICT HAD BEEN DEVELOPED INTO A MODERN COMMUNITY, WITH WELL-ESTABLISHED RESIDENTIAL AREAS AS WELL AS COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES.
"I HOPE BOTH THE NEW AND INDIGENOUS RESIDENTS WILL CONTINUE THEIR SUPPORT TO THE COMMUNITY SO AS ΤΟ CREATE A MORE PROSPEROUS FUTURE," MR LAM SAID.
THIS MORNING'S PROCESSION, INVOLVING 16 FLOATS, DRAGON AND LION DANCES, BAND PERFORMANCES AND "PIU SIK", ATTRACTED THOUSANDS OF SPECTATORS.
IT WENT THROUGH THE MAJOR STREETS IN TAI PO MARKET AND LAST ABOUT TWO HOURS.
A SPECTACULAR CARNIVAL WILL ALSO BE HELD ON TAI РО PLAYGROUND THIS EVENING. IT WILL FEATURE SINGING PERFORMANCES, PUPPET SHOW, GAMB STALLS, LION DANCES, BAND PERFORMANCES AND A VARIETY OF CHINESE FOLK ARTS DEMONSTRATIONS.
THE CELEBRATION WILL CONTINUE TOMORROW WITH THE BANQUET FOR THE ELDERLY IN THE DISTRICT.
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OFFICIATING GUESTS OF THE CEREMONY ALSO INCLUDED DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, DR LAWRENCE LEE; HEUNG YEE KUK CHAIRMAN, MR LAU WONG-FAT, AND REGIONAL COUNCIL CHAIRMAN, MR CHEUNG YAN-LUNG.
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