TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 1977
A DAY OF ENJOYMENT IN N.T.
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A FESTIVE FLAVOUR WILL PREVAIL THROUGHOUT THE NEW TERRITORIES ON THURSDAY (APRIL 21) WHEN A WIDE VARIETY OF CELEBRATION ACTIVITIES WILL TAKE PLACE TO MARK THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY AND SILVER JUBILEE.
THE DAY WILL SEE AN EXTENSIVE PROGRAMME OF ENTERTAINMENT, RECREATION AND SPORTS ACTIVITIES GOING ON IN VARIOUS DISTRICTS TO GIVE THE YOUNG AND THE OLD A DAY OF RELAXATION AND ENJOYMENT.
THE PROGRAMME IS BEING JOINTLY ORGANISED, AFTER MONTHS OF PREPARATION, BY THE DISTRICT OFFICES, THE RECREATION AND SPORTS SERVICES, THE HEUNG YEE KUK, RURAL COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THERE WILL BE A SERIES OF POTTED SPORTS CONTESTS SPECIALLY ARRANGED FOR CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 14.
YOUTHS WILL COMPETE WITH EACH OTHER IN VARIOUS SPORTS EVENTS SUCH AS VOLLEYBALL, BASKETBALL, MINI-SOCCER, TABLE-TENNIS, BADMINTON AND HILL-CLIMBING COMPETITIONS.
FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES, THERE WILL BE A LONG-DISTANCE RUN IN TSUEN WAN, A WALK-FOR-ALL AND A CROSS-COUNTRY WALK IN FAN LING.
THROUGHOUT THE DAY, PARTICULARLY IN THE EVENING, ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMMES WILL BE STAGED ONE AFTER ANOTHER IN VARIOUS SPORTS GROUNDS AND PLAYGROUNDS IN TSUEN WAN, TAI PO, YUEN LONG, TUEN MUN, SHA TIN, SAI KUNG AND OUTLYING ISLANDS.
THE PROGRAMME IN TSUEN WAN WILL FEATURE A TWO-AND-HALF- HOUR VARIETY SHOW STARTING AT 3 P.M. AT THE YEUNG UK ROAD SPORTS GROUND, THE SHOW WILL INCLUDE AN ANCIENT AND MODERN FEMALE COSTUME PARADE, DRAGON AND LION DANCE, BRASS BAND PERFORMANCE, MASS DANCE AND GYMNASTIC DISPLAY.
OTHER ENTERTAINMENT ACTIVITIES INCLUDE DEMONSTRATIONS ON TRAMPOLINING, ROLLER-SKATING, CYCLING AND MARTIAL ARTS, FOLK SONGS AND PERFORMANCES BY CHINESE ORCHESTRAS.
ON THURSDAY AT 9 A.M., THE SECREATARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES, WILL OFFICIATE AT A CEREMONY AT THE YEUNG UK ROAD SPORTS GROUND, TSUEN WAN, TO MARK THE OPENING OF THE N.T. WEST SPORTS EVENTS.
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