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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1982

SECRETARY FOR CNTA TO GIVE PRESS CONFERENCE

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THE SECRETARY FOR CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, WILL GIVE A PRESS CONFERENCE ON THE COMING URBAN DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS AT 11.30 AM TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY) IN THE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES THEATRE, BEACONSFIELD HOUSE, FIFTH FLOOR.

ALSO PRESENT WILL BE THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR GRAHAM BARNES, AND THE DEPUTY REGIONAL SECRETARY, MR ALBERT LAM,

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE CONFERENCE.

CARNIVAL FOR MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL IN SHA TIN

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A COLOURFUL AND VARIED ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME, THE LARGEST OF ITS KIND EVER ORGANISED IN SHA TIN, WILL BE LAUNCHED IN THE DISTRICT TO CELEBRATE THE MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL NEXT MONTH.

ITS MAJOR FEATURES ARE A LASER SHOW, LANTERN EXHIBITIONS, LANTERN RIDDLES, LION DANCES, CHINESE DANCES AND SINGING PERFORMANCES TO BE HELD AT THE SHA TIN JOCKEY CLUB TEMPORARY SPORTS GROUND ON THE NIGHT OF OCTOBER 2 THE EVENING FOLLOWING THE FESTIVAL, TRADITIONALLY KNOWN AS THE MOON-CHASING NIGHT+.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE SAID ATTENDANCE WOULD BE LIMITED TO 2 000 LOCAL RESIDENTS WHO WOULD BE ISSUED WITH FREE ADMISSION TICKETS TO THE $60 000 PROGRAMME.

+THE 30-MINUTE LASER DISPLAY ALONE WILL COST $20 000, BUT IT IS A WORTH-WHILE ITEM AS VIRTUALLY EVERY SHA TIN RESIDENT CAN ENJOY IT FROM HIS DOORSTEP, HE SAID.

THE MID-AUTUMN CARNIVAL IS A JOINT EFFORT BY THE SHA TIN DISTRICT OFFICE, THE FOUR AREA COMMITTEES, THE COMMUNITY YOUTH OFFICE AND THE SOCIAL SERVICES AGENCIES. THE INITIAL PLANNING WORK BEGAN IN JULY,

ALL ENTRIES FOR A LANTERN DESIGN COMPETITION NOW UNDER WAY WILL BE DISPLAYED AT THE COMMUNITY HALLS IN THE DISTRICT FROM SEPTEMBER 30 TO OCTOBER 2.

ADDITIONALLY, EACH OF THE FOUR AREA COMMITTEES IN SHA TIN WILL PREPARE A SPECIALLY-DESIGNED LANTERN FOR DISPLAY AT THE CARNIVAL.

RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG WILL ALSO STAGE A SHOW THE SAME EVENING FEATURING WELL-KNOWN SINGERS, INCLUDING LI LUNG-K AND THE JENNY CHUNG SISTERS.

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