LAN KWAI FONG
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1993
ILLEGAL PARKING WILL NOT BE TOLERATED AT 10 STREETS IN THE AREA STARTING FROM 6 PM ON DECEMBER 31. NAMELY ARBUTHNOT ROAD, WYNDHAM STREET, GLENEALY, D'AGUILAR STREET, WELLINGTON STREET, STANLEY STREET, WO ON LANE, ON LAN STREET, ICE HOUSE STREET AND LOWER ALBERT ROAD.
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POLICE WILL TAKE ACTION TO RESTRICT THE INFLOW OF PEOPLE LAN KWAI FONG WHENEVER THE NUMBER OF THE VISITORS WITHIN THE AREA REACHES 5,000.
* PEOPLE WILL ONLY BE ALLOWED TO ENTER THE AREA ENTRANCE AT THE JUNCTION OF D'AGUILAR STREET WITH
THROUGH THE LOWER WELLINGTON STREET.
* PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO LEAVE VIA THE EXIT POINTS AT THE JUNCTIONS OF WELLINGTON STREET WITH WAI TAK LANE, WELLINGTON STREET WITH WO ON LANE, AND D'AGUILAR STREET WITH WYNDHAM STREET.
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BIG BUDDHA ADDS MORE TO LIFE
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THE CALM, REFLECTIVE STATUE OF BUDDHA ON LANTAU IS A VISIBLE SYMBOL THAT THERE IS MUCH MORE TO THE LIFE OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, THE GOVERNOR, THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, SAID.
HE WAS JOINING THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TO CELEBRATE THE OPENING OF THE BIG BUDDHA STATUE TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MR PATTEN SAID IT WAS A SIGN THAT HONG KONG WAS NOT A CITY IN WHICH ONLY PROFITS WERE HELD IN HONOUR.
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'A SENSE OF SPIRITUALITY
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GIVES LIFE ITSELF HOPE AND PURPOSE.
OF MEANING BEYOND OUR DAILY LIVES
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"IT ENSURES THAT FOR MANY MILLIONS LIFE IS MORE THAN A UPHILL ROAD, HE SAID.
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THE GOVERNOR SAID RELIGIOUS FREEDOM WAS ONE OF THE HALLMARKS OF CIVILISED SOCIETY.
EQUALLY, A CIVILISED COMMUNITY LIKE HONG KONG RECOGNISED THAT EVERY HUMAN BEING WHATEVER THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS OR THEIR INFIRMITIES REFLECTS THE MAJESTY OF THE INFINITE AND THE WONDER OF THE UNKNOWN, HE SAID.
TODAY'S EVENT IS THE CULMINATION OF YEARS OF WORK BY THE MONKS, NUNS AND BUDDHIST COMMUNITY OF HONG KONG, WITH THE SUPPORT OF MANY OTHER BUDDHISTS IN CHINA AND FROM AROUND THE WORLD.
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IDEA WAS FIRST PROPOSED IN 1974 AND WAS REALISED WITH HELP OF SCULPTORS, CRAFTSMEN, ARCHITECTS AND CHINA'S EXCELLENT BRONZE CASTERS.
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