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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1978

MR. AKERS-JONES OPENS JAYCEES YUEN LONG WEEK

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THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES, TODAY (FRIDAY) PRAISED THE PEOPLE OF YUEN LONG FOR THEIR ADAPTABILITY AND COMMUNITY BONDS IN MEETING NEW CIRCUMSTANCES CREATED BY MASSIVE DEVELOPMENTS IN THE DISTRICT.

SPEAKING AT THE OFFICIAL OPENING CEREMONY OF THE +JAYCEES YUEN LONG WEEK+, MR. AKERS-JONES SAID: THERE IS NO PLACE IN HONG KONG WHERE THE PACE OF PHYSICAL CHANGE IS MORE DRAMATIC THAN YUEN LONG.

+I AM GLAD THAT THE PEOPLE OF YUEN LONG ARE ADAPTING AND STRENGTHENING THEIR OLD COMMUNITY BONDS TO MEET THE CHALLENGING NEW CIRCUMSTANCES OF TODAY.

*THE YUEN LONG JAYCEES ARE PART OF THIS PROCESS OF ADAPTATION AND I HOPE MANY MORE YOUNG PEOPLE WOULD COME FORWARD TO JOIN THEM IN THEIR GOOD WORK FOR THE COMMUNITY,

MR. AKERS-JONES ALSO PRAISED THE YUEN LONG JAYCEES FOR THEIR +INITIATIVE AND COMMUNITY CONSCIOUSNESS+ IN ORGANISING THE YUEN LONG WEEK WHICH WILL BE OPENED UNTIL NEXT THURSDAY (OCTOBER 26).

THE PRESIDENT OF THE YUEN LONG JAYCEES, DR. S.T. TANG, SAID IN HIS WELCOMING SPEECH THAT ACTIVITIES FOR THE +JAYCEES YUEN LONG WEEK+ WOULD INCLUDE A FUN FAIR, A POP-FOLK SHOW, AN ORCHESTRAL CONCERT, A FIVE-DAY EXHIBITION AND FOOTBALL MATCHES.

HE ADDED THAT THE ACTING DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, DR. C.T. WONG, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE +EXHIBITION ON YUEN LONG+ ON SUNDAY (OCTOBER 22).

THE EXHIBITION, TO BE OPENED DAILY AT THE YUEN LONG TOWN HALL UNTIL OCTOBER 26, WILL FEATURE A FULL RANGE OF LIVE FRESH WATER FISH BRED IN YUEN LONG DISTRICT AS WELL AS MODELS OF PLASTIC NET HOUSES, TRACTORS, LATEST IRRIGATION SYSTEMS AND MAPS AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF HONG KONG'S COUNTRY PARKS.

TODAY'S OPENING CEREMONY AT THE YUEN LONG STADIUM WAS FOLLOWED BY A VARIETY SHOW WITH PERFORMANCES BY ARTISTES OF THE HONG KONG TELEVISION BROADCASTING LIMITED AND LOCAL PERFORMERS.

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