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SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 1980

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PROGRAMME LINE-UP FOR QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY

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MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO JOIN THE CELEBRATIONS FOR THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY ON MONDAY (APRIL 21) CAN TAKE THEIR PICK OF SOME 25 PLACES TO GO.

MORE THAN 100 ENTERTAINMENT AND SPORTS EVENTS WILL BE HELD AT THESE PLACES, UNDER THE ARRANGEMENT OF THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE AND THE MUSIC OFFICE, AND WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE BAND AND THE ARMY.

THE PROGRAMME WILL APPEAL TO PEOPLE OF ALL AGES, PHYSICAL ABILITIES AND INTERESTS.

ON HONG KONG ISLAND, THE CELEBRATIONS WILL TAKE PLACE IN VICTORIA PARK, BEGINNING AT 9 AM AND ENDING AT NOON. THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE WILL CUT THE RIBBON AT THE OPENING CEREMONY. IT WILL BE HIGHLIGHTED BY A DRAGON DANCE, A BAND DISPLAY AND PERFORMANCES BY TV DANCERS.

CELEBRATIONS WILL BE HELD AT THREE PLACES IN KOWLOON. A GROUP OF CIVILIAN PARACHUTISTS, THE +FLYING DRAGONS+, WILL DEMONSTRATE SPECTACULAR FREE-FALL TECHNIQUES AT MORSE PARK. ANOTHER HIGHLIGHT OF THE PROGRAMME THERE WILL BE ACROBATIC MANOEUVRES ON MOTORCYCLES BY MEMBERS OF THE GURKHA TRANSPORT REGIMENT.

THE EVENT WILL BE STARTED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE URBAN COUNCIL, MR A. DE O. SALES AT 9.30 AM AND WILL LAST TILL NOON.

AT KOWLOON PARK, UNOFFICIAL LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR, MR ALLEN LEE WILL LAUNCH A PROGRAMME OF ACTIVITIES AT 9.30 AM, THERE WILL BE BAND AND DANCE PERFORMANCES AS WELL AS DEMONSTRATIONS IN TAE KWON DO AND TAI CHI. FOR THE ELDERLY,

FOR THE ELDERLY, THE PROGRAMME WILL INCLUDE A ROUND-THE-PARK WALK. CHILDREN WILL BE ABLE TO WATCH OR TAKE PART IN A KARTING RACE.

IN THE AFTERNOON, BEGINNING AT 3 PM, A 300-STRONG COMBINED YOUTH BAND WILL PLAY POPULAR LIGHT MUSIC AND THE POLICE BAND WILL PRESENT A BAGPIPE DRILL AT THE MAPLE STREET PLAYGROUND IN SHAM SHUI PO.

THE DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE, MR E.B. WIGGHAM WILL ATTEND AND WILL PRESENT SOUVENIRS TO THE PARTICIPANTS.

CELEBRATIONS AT VENUES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES WILL BE OFFICIALLY STARTED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICERS AND PROMINENT MEMBERS OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES.

THE MAIN EVENTS WILL BE HELD AT YUEN LONG STADIUM, TUEN MUN PLAYGROUND AND SHA TSUI ROAD PLAYGROUND IN TSUEN WAN WHERE THE ARMY +RED DEVILS+ WILL GIVE SEPARATE PERFORMANCES THROUGHOUT THE MORNING.

THEY WILL JUMP FROM SOME 2 000 METRES AND WILL ONLY OPEN THEIR RED, WHITE AND BLUE PARACHUTES AT 900 METRES. THE JUMPERS WILL THEN DESCEND, STACKED IN A VARIETY OF FORMATIONS.