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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1984
LANTERN CARNIVAL FOR ISLANDERS
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TWO LARGE-SCALE LUNAR NEW YEAR CELEBRATION ACTIVITIES WILL BE STAGED FOR CHEUNG CHAU RESIDENTS FROM THIS (THURSDAY) EVENING.
STARTING AT 8 PM, A LANTERN CARNIVAL WITH SINGING AND CANTONESE OPERA SHOWS WILL BE HELD AT THE SEASIDE NEAR THE CHEUNG CHAU FERRY PIER ON THREE NIGHTS UNTIL SATURDAY.
ON SUNDAY (FEBRUARY 19), A FOUR-HOUR CARNIVAL FOR 500 ELDERLY PEOPLE WILL BE HELD AT THE CHEUNG CHAU PAK DAI RECREATIONAL GROUND STARTING AT 1 PM.
THE PROGRAMME WILL INCLUDE SINGING AND DANCING PERFORMANCES BY STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT, AND 10 GAMES STALLS WILL BE PUT UP. RED PACKETS WILL ALSO BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE ELDERLIES.
THE ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICER, MR WILLIAM YAP, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE CARNIVAL ON SUNDAY.
SPONSORED BY THE ISLANDS DISTRICT BOARD AT ABOUT $14 400, THE LUNAR NEW YEAR ACTIVITIES ARE ORGANISED BY THE CHEUNG CHAU RURAL COMMITTEE AND LOCAL ORGANISATIONS.
NOTE TO EDITORS :
ARTS FESTIVAL OPENS TOMORROW
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THE FOURTH YUEN LONG ARTS FESTIVAL WILL START TOMORROW (FRIDAY) EVENING WITH A FREE PERFORMANCE BY THE HONG KONG PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA AT LUT SAU HALL.
FOR THE FOLLOWING TWO WEEKS, MORE THAN 30 PROGRAMMES FEATURING OPERAS, DRAMAS, DANCES, FILM SHOWS, SEMINARS AND EXHIBITION WILL BE STAGED AT VARIOUS VENUES IN THE DISTRICT.
PRIOR TO TOMORROW'S CONCERT, THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR NEW TERRITORIES, MR IAN MACPHERSON, WILL OFFICIATE AT AN OPENING CEREMONY AT 7 PM.
YOU ARE WELCOME TO COVER THE OPENING CEREMONY. A GOVERNMENT VEHICLE WILL LEAVE KOWLOON PUBLIC PIER AT 5.30 PM SHARP FOR YUEN LONG.
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