SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1984
FAIR A BIG SUCCESS
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THOUSANDS OF VISITORS FLOCKED TO THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT'S AUTUMN FAIR AT STANLEY THIS (SATURDAY) AFTERNOON.
MRS LAURA FANG, WIFE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR DR HARRY FANG, PERFORMED THE RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMONY TO OPEN THE 32ND AUTUMN FAIR AT THE FOOTBALL FIELD NEXT TO STANLEY PRISON.
BUY.
STALLS WERE SOON SURROUNDED BY SHOPPERS LOOKING FOR A GOOD
A WIDE SELECTION OF PRODUCTS, MADE BY PRISONERS, WAS OFFERED FOR SALE, INCLUDING STUFFED TOYS, TOY HOUSES, RATTAN FURNITURE, WOODEN FURNITURE, POTTED PLANTS AND MANY OTHER ITEMS. THERE WERE ALSO SNACK STALLS AND GAME STALLS.
ENTERTAINMENT INCLUDED MARCHING DISPLAYS BY THE CAPE COLLINSON BAND AND THE TAI TAM GIRLS' PIPERS AND PRECISION MARCHING TEAM AS WELL AS A MOTOR CYCLE DISPLAY BY 29 SQUADRON, ROYAL CORPS OF TRANSPORT.
ALL FAIR PROCEEDS WILL BE DONATED TO WORTHY CAUSES, INCLUDING THE HONG KONG SOCIETY FOR REHABILITATION, THE HONG KONG DISCHARGED PRISONERS' AID SOCIETY, THE PRISONERS' WELFARE DONATION ACCOUNT AND THE DEPARTMENTAL STAFF WELFARE FUND.
GRAND START FOR SPORTS FESTIVAL ***
THE SHAM SHUI PO SPORTS FESTIVAL GOT OFF TO A GRAND START TODAY (SATURDAY) AS HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE TOOK PART IN THE OPENING CEREMONY AT MONG KOK STADIUM.
THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR DAVID AKERS- JONES, OFFICIATED AT A RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMONY TO MARK THE OPENING OF THE TWO-WEEK FESTIVAL.
AMID A CARNIVAL ATMOSPHERE THOUSANDS OF SPECTATORS WERE TREATED TO A HOST OF EVENTS THAT INCLUDED MARCHING BAND PARADES, DRAGON AND LION DANCES, AEROBIC AND MASS DANCES AND AN EXHIBITION SOCCER MATCH BETWEEN TWO TOP FIRST DIVISION CLUBS.
THERE WAS ALSO EXCITEMENT AMONG THE SPECTATORS WHEN THE FINALISTS OF THE SHAM SHUI PO BEST ATHLETE AWARD CONTEST PITTED THE IR SKILLS AGAINST EACH OTHER.
THE FESTIVAL IS A JOINT EFFORT OF THE SHAM SHUI PO SPORTS -SSOCIATION, THE DISTRICT BOARD, THE URBAN COUNCIL AND THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT.
/PAIRING TH
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