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SUNDAY, APRIL 18, 1976.

QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS IN N.T.

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THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE OPENING OF A FUN FAIR TO BE HELD IN TSUEN WAN ON WEDNESDAY (APRIL 21) TO CELEBRATE THE BIRTHDAY OF THE QUEEN.

HE WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY MRS, AKERS-JONES.

THE FAIR, COMPRISING 13 STALLS, WILL BE HELD IN THE SHA TSUI ROAD PLAYGROUND BEGINNING AT 2 P.M. MR. AKERS-JONES WILL GIVE A SHORT ADDRESS BEFORE DOTTING THE EYES OF A COMPLETELY NEW DRAGON. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A DRAGON DANCE AND A MULTIPLE LIONS DANCE.

AMONG THE OFFICIALS PRESENT WILL BE MR. PETER YEUNG, CHAIRMAN OF THE TSUEN WAN RURAL COMMITTEE, WHO IS ALSO CHAIRMAN OF THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION COMMITTEE MR. HO TSE-PING, CHAIRMAN OF THE TSUEN WAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MR. TANG YUEN-PUI, CHAIRMAN OF THE TSING YI RURAL COMMITTEE- MR. SIMON YEUNG. MR. CHAN PO- FONG, JP, AND STAFF MEMBERS OF THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICE.

THE PROGRAMME ALSO INCLUDES GROUP SINGING, A FOLK DANCE PERFORMED BY TWO SCHOOL SPORTS ASSOCIATIONS IN TSUEN WAN, AN ACROBATIC SHOW AND A KUNG FU DEMONSTRATION,

IN OTHER PARTS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES, A WIDE RANGE OF ACTIVITIES HAS ALSO BEEN ARRANGED TO CELEBRATE THE OCCASION:

THESE INCLUDE A FUN FAIR IN YUEN LONG, A CROSS-COUNTRY RACE IN TUEN MUN, AND A VARIETY SHOW IN SA1 KUNG. THERE WILL ALSO BE CONCERTS AND FILM SHOWS, FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL TOURNAMENTS AND CHESS AND SINGING COMPETITIONS.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND MEMBERS OF YOUR STAFF TO COVER THE FAIR IN TSUEN WAN. THEY SHOULD BE AT THE SHA TSUI ROAD PLAYGROUND, TSUEN WAN, SHORTLY BEFORE 2 P.M. MR. HAROLD KWOK DEPUTY DISTRICT OFFICER, TSUEN WAN, WILL BE ON HAND TO HELP PRESS

REPRESENTATIVES.

COPIES OF THE DETAILED PROGRAMME OF NEW TERRITORIES EVENTS ORGANISED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICES TO CELEBRATE THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY ARE AVAILABLE FOR COLLECTION FROM THE G.1.S. PRESS ROOM.

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