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WEDNES
APRIL 25, 1975
NO OTHER EVENT WILL BE ENJOYED DIRECTLY BY SO MANY PEOPLE ALL AT ONCE THAN THE FIREWORKS DISPLAY.
AS PART OF THE DISPLAY, WHICH HAS BEEN DONATED, TWO LARGE AREAS OF LAND AT HUNG HOM AND WAN CHAI WILL BE OPENED FOR EVERYONE.
NOT ONLY WILL THEY BE GREAT PLACES TO WATCH THE FIREWORKS, PEOPLE WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO ENJOY +FIREWORKS FAIRS+ AS THE AREAS WILL BE OPEN TO HAWKERS FROM ALL OVER HONG KONG. NO LICENCES WILL BE REQUIRED AND ABOUT THE ONLY CONTROLS WILL BE ASSISTANCE FOR THE HAWKERS TO ARRANGE THEMSELVES IN ROWS.
MR. BRAY POINTED OUT THAT MORE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INVITED TO FUNCTIONS THAN EVER BEFORE ON A ROYAL VISIT BUT, EVEN SO MANY WHO HAVE GIVEN SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY COULD NOT BE FITTED IN.
+THIS IS A MATTER FOR REGRET BUT GUEST LISTS HAVE HAD TO BE REPRESENTATIVE NOT EXHAUSTIVE. ALL WALKS OF LIFE, ALL FIELDS OF SERVICE ARE REPRESENTED -- NOT EVERYBODY FROM EVERY WALK OF LIFE BUT SOME FROM MOST.+
REFERRING TO THE COSTS, MR. BRAY SAID IT WAS' DOUBTED IF ANYONE WOULD EVER DO A PRECISE CALCULATION OF ALL THE COSTS AND ALL THE BENEFITS OF THE VISIT. +MONEY WILL BE SPENT BUT MOST OF IT WILL NOT BE TAXPAYERS MONEY+.
IN FACT PUBLIC FUNDS WILL GAIN ABOUT $9 MILLION FROM THE SALE OF THE GOLD COINS STRUCK TO COMMEMORATE THE OCCASION. THE BIGGEST ALLOCATION OF PUBLIC MONEY WILL BE FOR THE EXHIBITION OF HONG KONG MANUFACTURED GOODS.
HE SAID THE FULL AMOUNT BEING SPENT BY THE GOVERNMENT ON THE VISIT IS $1.5 MILLION.
MR. BRAY ADDED: +1 HAVE ALREADY SAID THE FIREWORKS DISPLAY IS DONATED. EVERY ITEM IN THE NATHAN ROAD PROCESSION IS SPONSORED. MILITARY BANDS HAVE TURNED OUT. FISHERMEN HAVE GIVEN A DAY AT SEA TO DISPLAY THEIR BOATS, SHOP-KEEPERS IN THE OCEAN THE WAN CHAI HOM FIREWORKS FAIRS ARE JUST FUN IN A TYPICALLY HONG KONG WAY WHICH COSTS NOBODY ANYTHING THEY DO NOT WANT TO PAY. AND SO IT GOES ON. PEOPLE EVERYWHERE HAVE BEEN DOING WHAT THEY CAN TO MAKE THE OCCASION A SUCCESS.+
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