THURSDAY, MAY 15, 1980
IN DRAWING UP ITS REPORT, THE CONSULTANTS HAD DETAILED DISCUSSIONS WITH SEVERAL GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS DIRECTLY INVOLVED
IN THE PROVISION OF RECREATION AND LEISURE FACILITIES AND WITH COMMUNITY GROUPS REPRESENTING DIFFERENT SECTORS OF THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THEIR EXTENSIVE CONTACTS WITH THE PUBLIC. +MANY OF THEIR SUGGESTIONS HAVE BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THE PROPOSED PLANNING STRATEGY FOR THE VICTORIA BARRACKS PARK, MR BARNES SAID.
THE CONSULTANTS ADVISE THAT NO CONSTRUCTION WORK SHOULD COMMENCE BEFORE A MASTER PLAN IS PREPARED. THEIR ESTIMATE OF THE CAPITAL COSTS INVOLVED IS $79 MILLION BUT THE REPORT EMPHASISES THAT THIS SHOULD BE TAKEN AS ONLY A ROUGH INDICATION OF EXPENDITURE, PENDING THE COMPLETION OF THE MASTER PLAN AND DETAILED DESIGN WORK.
COPIES OF THE CONSULTANTS' REPORT ARE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AND CITY DISTRICT OFFICES.
BUN FESTIVAL TIME AGAIN ON CHEUNG CHAU
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THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE OPENING OF THIS YEAR'S BUN FESTIVAL PROCESSION ON CHEUNG CHAU ON MONDAY (MAY 19).
THE PROCESSION IS THE MAJOR EVENT OF THE FIVE DAY FESTIVAL WHICH IS HELD EVERY YEAR TO PLACATE THE SPIRITS OF THOSE KILLED BY PIRATES IN PAST CENTURIES.
MORE THAN 20 000 PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO LINE THE STREETS OF THE ISLAND TO WATCH THE PROCESSION PASS. IT BEGINS AT 2.30 PM AND LASTS ONE AND A HALF HOURS.
TO ENSURE THE CELEBRATIONS ARE CONDUCTED IN AN ORDERLY MANNER, THE BUN SCRAMBLE WILL NOT TAKE PLACE. INSTEAD, BUNS, WHICH ACCORDING TO LEGEND BRING GOOD LUCK TO THE RECIPIENTS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR, WILL BE DISTRIBUTED ON TUESDAY (MAY 20), THE DAY AFTER THE MAIN PROCESSION.
THIS YEAR, MORE THAN 2 000 PEOPLE FROM 23 LOCAL ORGANISATIONS, SCHOOLS AND SPORTS ASSOCIATIONS WILL TAKE PART IN THE PROCESSION WHICH INCLUDES A PARADE OF ALL THE SHRINES FROM THE ISLAND'S TEMPLES, THE FAMOUS SWORD FROM PAK TI TEMPLE, FLOATS, UNICORN AND LION DANCES, FAMOUS CHIU CHOW GONGS AND DRUM PERFORMANCES, AS WELL AS TRADITIONAL CHINESE MUSIC AND DANCES,
THE FESTIVAL STARTS TOMORROW (FRIDAY) AND ENDS NEXT TUESDAY WITH A REPEAT OF THE PREVIOUS DAY'S PROCESSION,
ONE OF THE FESTIVAL'S AIMS IS TO BRING PEACE TO ALL LIVING THINGS SO WHILE IT LASTS THE ISLANDERS DO NOT EAT MEAT OR FISH.
THERE WILL
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