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FRIDAY, DAY, 1975

ARRANGEMENTS FOR PUBLIC TO SEE FIREWORKS DISPLAY

IN WAN CHAI AND HUNG HOM

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MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WILL BE ABLE TO WATCH THE FIREWORKS DISPLAY, ONE OF THE MANY SPECTACULAR PROGRAMMES TO CELEBRATE THE VISIT OF THE QUEEN AND THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH, AT A CLOSE DISTANCE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE HARBOUR ON MAY 5.

TWO LARGE AREAS OF LAND AT THE WAN CHA1 AND HUNG HOM RECLAMATIONS HAVE BEEN SET ASIDE FOR THIS PURPOSE.

THE 25-MINUTE FIREWORKS DISPLAY WILL BE LAUNCHED AT 8.30 P.M. FROM A PONTOON SITUATED BETWEEN HUNG HOM AND THE ROYAL HONG KONG YACHT CLUB.

THE AREA AT THE WAN CHAI RECLAMATION IS A LARGE STRETCH OF LAND FACING THE WATERFRONT FROM THE WAN CHAI FERRY PIER TO THE FLYOVER BEFORE THE ENTRY TO THE CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL.

THREE VIEWING SITES ARE PROVIDED IN THIS AREA. ONE IS AT THE OLD C.M.A. EXHIBITION GROUND OPPOSITE THE WAN CHAI FERRY PIER AND IS ACCESSIBLE BY AN ENTRANCE AT TONNOCHY ROAD.

THE SECOND SITE, SIMILAR IN SIZE TO THE FIRST ONE, IS A PIECE OF VACANT GROUND BOUNDED BY TONNOCHY ROAD, HUNG HING ROAD AND MARSH ROAD. THIS SITE WILL HAVE THREE ENTRANCES, ONE AT EACH OF THE THREE ROADS.

THE THIRD SITE IS A SMALLER PIECE OF VACANT LAND CLOSE TO A FOOTBRIDGE AND IS BOUNDED BY HUNG HING ROAD AND WAN SHING STREET. THE ENTRANCE WILL BE AT HUNG HING ROAD FACING THE STEPS OF THE FOOTBRIDGE.

THE THREE SITES WILL BE OPEN FROM 5.30 P.M. ON MAY 5 TO 8.00 A.M. THE NEXT DAY.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICE (WAN CHAI) ADVISED MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO GO TO THE WAN CHAI SITES TO WATCH THE FIREWORKS DISPLAY TO MAKE USE OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT AS FAR POSSIBLE AS THERE WOULD BE ONLY A LIMITED NUMBER OF METERED PARKING SPACES IN FRONT OF THE WAN CHAI FERRY PIER AND HARBOUR ROAD.

HE POINTED OUT THAT EXCEPT THE METERED PARKING SPACES, PARKING WOULD BE PROHIBITED IN THE THREE SITES AND THEIR VICINITY.

IN KOWLOON, PEOPLE, CAN WATCH THE FIREWORKS DISPLAY AT A VIEWING SITE AT THE PORTION OF THE HUNG HOM RECLAMATION OFF THE NEW RAILWAY TERMINUS. THE SITE LIES TO THE SOUTHERN END OF THE ENTRANCE TO THE CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL AND STRETCHES TOWARDS TSIM SHA TSUI.

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