WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1994
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HK SALUTES COMMONWEALTH GAMES IN VICTORIA
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TO COMMEMORATE HONG KONG'S PARTICIPATION IN THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES IN VICTORIA, THE HONG KONG ECONOMIC AND TRADE OFFICE IN CANADA HAS ORGANISED A SERIES OF ACTIVITIES IN VICTORIA AND VANCOUVER FROM AUGUST 18 TO 28.
THE HONG KONG TEAM, COMPRISING 53 ATHLETES AND 13 OFFICIALS, WILL COMPETE IN EIGHT EVENTS: ATHLETICS, GYMNASTICS, SHOOTING AND SWIMMING.
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A 41-MEMBER DELEGATION OF DANCERS AND MUSICIANS FROM THE KONG ACADEMY FOR PERFORMING ARTS HAS BEEN INVITED BY THE VICTORIA COMMONWEALTH GAMES SOCIETY TO PERFORM AT THE GAMES' CLOSING AS WELL AS AT THE CITY FEST STAGE AND MARKET SQUARE STAGE IN VICTORIA THROUGHOUT THE GAMES.
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LEADING THE TWO DELEGATIONS WILL BE THE SECRETARY RECREATION AND CULTURE, MR JAMES SO. THE NEW DIRECTOR OF HONG KONG BCONOMIC
TRADE AFFAIRS IN CANADA, MR LEUNG CHIN-MAN, WILL ALSO ATTEND THE GAMES.
ON SUNDAY (AUGUST 21), THE HONG KONG ECONOMIC AND TRADE OFFICE WILL LAUNCH A SERIES OF "HONG KONG DAY" CELEBRATIONS IN VICTORIA.
THE PROGRAMME WILL START WITH A LUNCHEON RECEPTION IN THE UNION CLUB OF BRITISH COLUMBIA IN VICTORIA. CANADIAN DIGNITARIES AND POLITICIANS FROM THREE LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT, COMMONWEALTH REPRESENTATIVES, LOCAL BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS, AS WELL AS HONG KONG ATHLETES AND PERFORMERS HAVE BEEN INVITED.
DIGNITARIES ATTENDING WILL INCLUDE THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, THE HONOURABLE DAVID LAM, MINISTER OF NATIONAL REVENUE, THE HONOURABLE DAVID ANDERSON AND ACTING MAYOR OF VICTORIA, MS HELEN HUGHES.
LATER IN THE AFTERNOON, A PARADE FEATURING DRAGON AND LION DANCES AND DRAGON BOAT RACES EXHIBITION WILL BE HELD. THERE WILL BE A TAOIST BLESSING CEREMONY OF THE DRAGON BOATS AND A DRAGON-AWAKENING CEREMONY TO BE OFFICIATED BY THE HONOURABLE DAVID LAM.
THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE CELEBRATIONS WILL BE A "HONG KONG WELCOME" CEREMONY AT THE INNER HARBOUR CAUSEWAY IN THE EVENING ON THE MAIN STAGE OF THE HARBOUR FESTIVAL.
GOODWILL MESSAGES WILL BE BROUGHT TO CANADIAN AUDIENCE, COMMONWEALTH GAMES PARTICIPANTS AND HARBOUR FESTIVAL SPECTATORS FROM THE HONOURABLE DAVID LAM ON BEHALF OF CANADA, AND MR JAMES SO ON BEHALF OF HONG KONG.
THE HONG KONG DAY WILL CONCLUDE WITH A HALF-HOUR PERFORMANCE BY DANCERS AND MUSICIANS FROM THE HONG KONG ACADEMY FOR PERFORMING
ARTS, ALSO ON THE MAIN STAGE.
ON AUGUST 24, MR SO WILL ADDRESS A HONG KONG-CANADA BUSINESS ASSOCIATION LUNCHEON MEETING ON "CAPITALISING ON FLOURISHING BROADCASTING INDUSTRY IN HONG KONG AND ASIA",
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