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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1979

YUEN LONG TO CELEMATE HID¬AUTUMN FESTIVAL

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THE POPULATION OF YUEN LONG NEW TOWN ARE EXPECTED TO TURN OUT IN FORCE FROM TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY) EVENING TO ATTEND A SERIES OF ACTIVITIES ORGANISED FOR THEN IN CELEBRATION OF THE MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL.

ORGANISED BY THE YUER LONG DISTRICT OFFICE AND A NUMBER OF LOCAL ORGANISATIONS WITH DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD FUNDS, THE WEEK-LONG CELEBRATION WILL FEATURE A WIDE VARIETY OF CULTURAL EVENTS DAILY.

THE CELEBRATION WILL BEGIN WITH A GRAND OPENING AT THE YUEN LONG HEUNG YEE KUK SECONDARY SCHOOL TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY) AT 8 P.M. WHEN THE REGIONAL COMMISSIONER (NORTHWEST) OF THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, MR. JIMMY SWEETHAN OFFICIALLY STARTS THE ACTIVITIES WHICH WILL LAST UNTIL OCTOBER 9.

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THE PROGRAMME WILL FÉCLUDE A CONCERT BY THE YUEN LONG YOUTH AND CHILDREN CHOIR, A FUN FAIR FOR 6 000 PEOPLE, A BALLET, CANTONESE OPERA PERFORMANCES BY THE OPERA CLASS OF THE TUỀN LONG ARTS

COMMITTEE, A VARIETY SHOW AND A LANTERN DESIGN COMPETITION WHICH HAS ATTRACTED OVER 1 000 ENTRIES.

YUEN LONG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR. K.K. FUNG SAID TODAY (TUESDAY) THE CELEBRATION PROGRAMNE REPRESENTED A CONCERTED EFFORT OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND VARIOUS GOVERNMENT. DEPARTMENTS,

+ IT HAS BEEN ORGANISED NOT ONLY TO ENTERTAIN THE LOCAL PEOPLE AND TO PROMOTE THEIR INTEREST IN CULTURAL ACTIVITIES, BUT ALSO TO BUILD UP THE COMMUNITY AND TO DEVELOP A STRONGER SENSE OF BELONGING, HE SAID.

+JUDGING FROM ALL THE PLANNED ACTIVITIES, THE ENTHUSIASM OF THE PARTICIPATING ORGANISATIONS AND THE FAVOURABLE PUBLIC RESPONSE, 1 CAN SAY THAT THE OBJECTIVES HAVE ALREADY BEEN ACHIEVED.

MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNMENT RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE AND LOCAL MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES ARE HELPING WITH THE DECORATIONS OF THE NEW TOWN TO GIVE IT A FESTIVE LOOK.

AT THE EASTERN AND WESTERN ROUNDABOUT IN THE TOWN CENTRE, TWO SEVEN-METRE-HIGN LANTERNS HAD BEEN ERECTED WHILE THE MAIN STREETS ARE BEING FLOODED WITH COLOUR FLAGS AND LANTERNS.

NOTE TO EDITORS 1

YOU ARE WELCOME TO SEND A REPORTER AND/OR PHOTOGRAPHER TO COVER THE OPENING OF THE YUEN LONG MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL CELEBRATION AT YUEN LONG HEUNG YEE KUK SECONDARY SCHOOL AT 8 P.M. TOMORROW. LIAISON STAFF OF THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT OFFICE WILL BE ON HAND TO ASSIST MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES.

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