SATURDAY, JUNE 11, 1983
GOVERNOR AND LADY YOUDE ATTEND TSUEN WAN CONCERT
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THE GOVERNOR AND LADY YOUDE TONIGHT ATTENDED A QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION CONCERT AT THE TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL PRESENTED BY THE MUSIC OFFICE OF THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT.
THE CONCERT WAS PERFORMED BY THE HONG KONG YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA (A) AND THE HONG KONG YOUTH CHINESE ORCHESTRA.
MR MIRAN KOJIAN, CONCERTMASTER OF THE HONG KÒNG PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, WAS THE GUEST CONDUCTOR OF THE HONG KONG YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA (A) AND HE CONDUCTED HANDEL'S 'WATER MUSIC SUITE AND RESPIGHI'S 'PINES OF ROME'.
THE PROGRAMME OF CHINESE MUSIC PLAYED BY THE HONG KONG YOUTH CHINESE ORCHESTRA INCLUDED 'LANTERN FESTIVAL REVELRY'. 'MORNING SONG OF HAI NAN', 'THE HARVEST DRUM SONG' 'GAMES', 'THE DRAGON BOAT RACE AND CAPRICCIO ON LIU SAN-CHÉ'.
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EARLIER IN THE AFTERNOON, THE MUSIC OFFICE ALSO PRESENTED A MATINEE CONCERT AT THE LANDMARK, CENTRAL, PERFORMED BY THE HONG KONG YOUTH SYMPHONIC BAND.
THOUSANDS MARK QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY
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MANY MAJOR PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS IN HONG KONG WERE TODAY (SATURDAY) PACKED WITH PEOPLE, INCLUDING THE HANDICAPPED, WHO WERE TAKING PART IN SPORTS AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES ORGANISED BY THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT TO CELEBRATE THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY.
MORE THAN 100 FUN AND SPORTS EVENTS WERE ORGANISED FOR PEOPLE OF VARIOUS AGES AND HELD AT 35 PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS.
IN A CARNIVAL-LIKE ATMOSPHERE, THOUSANDS SAW ARMY BAND DISPLAYS, FANCY PARACHUTE JUMP SHOWS, AND TOOK PART IN VARIOUS GAMES AND SPORTS MATCHES.
AT MORSE PARK IN KOWLOON EAST, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE, ACCOMPANIED BY THE COMMISSIONER FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE, MR BARRIE WIGGHAM, OFFICIATED AT THE OPENING CEREMONY AT 9 AM.
BEFORE THE CELEBRATION BEGAN AN ARMY BAND PERFORMED. AT 9.30 AM A PARACHUTE JUMP DISPLAY WAS PUT ON.
A VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES RANGING FROM TEAM-GAMES, AND TOURNAMENTS TO DANCE-IN WERE ALSO ORGANISED.
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