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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1982
FESTIVE DECORATIONS LIGHT UP SHA TIN
SOME 25 000 LIGHT BULBS BLINKED ON TONIGHT (TUESDAY) IN SHA TIN NEW TOWN WITH THE SHING MUN RIVER GOING ALIGHT WITH COLOURFUL CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS.
THE SEASONAL LIGHTING, WHICH WAS SWITCHED ON BY THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR JAN MACPHERSON AT 7 PM, WILL STAY ON UNTIL JANUARY 2 AND WILL SHINE AGAIN FOR 10 DAYS DURING THE LUNAR NEW YEAR.
THE DECORATIONS ARE FINANCED BY THE SHA TIN DISTRICT BOARD, THE RURAL COMMITTEE AND PRIVATE DONATIONS.
THE DISTRICT BOARD IS ALSO ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO RECORD THE FESTIVE SPIRIT IN SHA TIN WITH THEIR CAMERAS. AN OPEN PHOTO CONTEST, WITH PRIZES TOTALLING $15 000 IS BEING ORGANISED AND DETAILS ARE AVAILABLE AT ALL DISTRICT OFFICES.
TRAFFIC RE-ROUTING AT STUBBS ROAD ****
THE SOUTHBOUND CARRIAGEWAY ON STUBBS ROAD NEAR ITS JUNCTION WITH SHIU FAI TERRACE AS WELL AS ITS JUNCTION WITH QUEEN'S ROAD EAST WILL BE CLOSED IN STAGES DURING OFF PEAK PERIODS FROM BOXING DAY (DECEMBER 26) TO JANUARY 2, 1983. ONE LANE TWO-WAY TRAFFIC WILL BE MAINTAINED DURING THIS PERIOD, A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN ANNOUNCED TODAY (TUESDAY).
THIS IS TO ALLOW FOR SLOPE REPAIR WORKS, HE ADDED.
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