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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1982

TUEN MUN RESIDENTS CELEBRATE LANTERN FESTIVAL

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TWEN MUN RESIDENTS WILL CELEBRATE THE LANTERN FESTIVAL (THE FIRST FULL MOON OF THE LUNAR YEAR) WITH A VARIETY SHOW ON MONDAY (FEBRUARY 8).

THE "TUEN MUN DISTRICT HAPPY GATHERING ON FIRST FULL MOON' WILL BE HELD AT SHUN TAK FRATERNAL ASSOCIATION LEUNG KAU KUI COLLEGE.

OFFICIATING AT THE EVENT WILL BE THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR BILLY LAM, AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE RURAL COMMITTEE, MR LAU WONG-FAT.

THE PROGRAMME HAS BEEN ORGANISED BY A COMMITTEE COMPRISING REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE DISTRICT OFFICE, THE COMMUNITY AND YOUTH OFFICE, LOCAL SCHOOLS AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES.

PERFORMANCES WILL START AT 6.30 PM, AND INCLUDE CHINESE MUSIC, FOLK DANCES, CANTONESE POP SONG SINGING, MAGIC AND ACROBATIC SHOWS, SINGING BY THE LOCAL CHILDREN'S CHOIR AND A LUCKY DRAW. THERE WILL ALSO BE A LANTERN RIDDLE-SOLVING CONTEST.

TICKETS WHICH ARE FREE ARE AVAILABLE AT THE DISTRICT OFFICE, THE ON TING/YAU OI ESTATE COMMUNITY AFFAIRS BRANCH OFFICE, SAM SHING ESTATE OFFICE, TAI HING COMMUNITY HALL, THE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION TUEN MUN OFFICE AND THE RURAL COMMITTEE OFFICE.

NOTE TO EDITORS.

WATER SPORTS CENTRE ***

THE SECRETARY FOR CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, WILL OFFICIALLY LAY THE FOUNDATION STONE AT THE CHONG HING WATER SPORTS CENTRE AT THE HIGH ISLAND RESERVOIR, SAI KUNG AT 3 PM, TOMORROW (THURSDAY).

YOU ARE INVITED_TO_COVER THE CEREMONY WHICH WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A DEMONSTRATION OF CANOEING AND SAILING ON THE ARTIFICIAL LAKE BETWEEN THE COFFER DAM AND THE MAIN DAM OF THE RESERVOIR.

TRANSPORT TO THE CENTRE WILL BE PROVIDED AND MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES ARE REQUESTED TO BOARD A COACH WHICH WILL BE STATIONED BEHIND THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION IN MIDDLE ROAD, TSIM SHA TSUI, NOT LATER THAN 1 PM TOMORROW (FEBRUARY 4).

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