XN000022-1981-04-15 — Page 2

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 1981

QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS ******

THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY WILL BE CELEBRATED IN HONG KONG ON APRIL 27, A PUBLIC HOLIDAY WITH A WIDE RANGE OF OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES APPEALING TO PEOPLE OF ALL AGES.

THE PROGRAMME WILL CONS1&T OF MORE THAN 70 RECREATION AND SPORT EVENTS AT 32 LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT HONG KONG, AND IS ORGANISED BY THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF THE BRITISH FORCES.

ON TOP OF THIS, THERE WILL BE A MUSICAL CARNIVAL AT QUEEN ELIZABETH STADIUM AND A CONCERT IN TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL TO BE STAGED BY THE MUSIC OFFICE.

THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, WILL GIVE A GARDEN PARTY AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE TO MEMBERS OF THE CITY DISTRICT COMMITTEES AND DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARDS IN THE AFTERNOON AND ATTEND THE TSUEN WAN CONCERT IN THE EVENING,

ON HONG KONG ISLAND, OUTDOOR CELEBRATIONS WILL BE HELD MAINLY IN VICTORIA PARK.

THEY WILL BEGIN WITH A MILITARY BAND DISPLAY AT 8.45 AM, TO BE FOLLOWED BY AN OPENING CEREMONY BY THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR DENIS BRAY. EVENTS WILL INCLUDE POTTED SPORTS FOR CHILDREN AND THE ELDERLY, A DISCO DANCE FOR THE MORE ENERGETIC ONES AND A WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL MATCH FOR THE HANDICAPPED. THE CELEBRATIONS WILL END WITH A PARACHUTING DISPLAY AT 11.30 AM,

OTHER OUTDOOR EVENTS ON THE ISLAND WILL BE A FOLK DANCE FOR ALL AT SOUTHORN STADIUM, POTTED SPORTS FOR CHILDREN AT FORBES STREET PLAYGROUND AND MINI-SOCCER MATCHES AT WONG CHUK HANG FOOTBALL GROUND.

FOR THE MUSIC LOVERS, THERE WILL BE A QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY CARNIVAL AT QUEEN ELIZABETH STADIUM AT 3 PM FEATURING PERFORMANCES BY THE HONG KONG YOUTH SYMPHONIC BAND AND LOCAL POP SINGERS INCLUDING LOUIS CASTRO, ROWENA CORTES AND ELIZA CHAN.

IN KOWLOON, A +SPORTS FOR ALL WILL BE HELD AT THE KOWLOON PARK BETWEEN 9 AM AND 1 PM. UNOFFICIAL LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR, THE REV JOYCE BENNETT WILL LAUNCH THE PROGRAMME AT 9.30 AM WHICH WILL INCLUDE TAE KWON DO AND TAI CHI DEMONSTRATIONS.

THERE WILL ALSO BE A DANCE-IN AT MACPHERSON PLAYGROUND, HALF-COURT BASKETBALL MATCHES AT FÅ HUI PARK, POTTED SPORTS FOR CHILDREN AT ARGYLE STREET PLAYGROUND, A TABLE TENNIS COMPETITION AT MORSE PARK AND BASKETBALL GAMES AT KYUN TONG RECREATION GROUND.

CELEBRATIONS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES WILL TAKE PLACE AT 21 VENUES, MAINLY AT RECREATION GROUNDS IN THE NEW TOWNS. THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES WILL START THE PROGRAMME FOR EASTERN NEW TERRITORIES AT FANLING SPORTS GROUND AT 9.30 AM. THERE WILL BE AN ACROBATIC SHOW, A MOTORCYCLE DISPLAY BY THE HONG KONG MILITARY SERVICE CORPS, A PERFORMANCE BY THE BAND OF THE GURKHAS BRIGADE, A WATER-POLO COMPETITION AND A SPECTACULAR *FREE FALL+ BY A CROUP OF PARACHUTISTS, THE +FLYING DRAGONS+.

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