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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1984
CHRISTMAS CARNIVAL AT VICTORIA PARK
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A CARNIVAL WITH A WIDE VARIETY OF ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMMES WILL BE STAGED AT VICTORIA PARK ON CHRISTMAS EVE TO CELEBRATE THE FESTIVE SEASON.
+CHRISTMAS EVE AT VICTORIA PARK+ WILL BE THE FIRST REGIONAL CHRISTMAS CARNIVAL ON HONG KONG ISLAND.
THE EVENT IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD, THE URBAN COUNCIL AND THE LIONS CLUB OF HONG KONG NORTH. THREE OTHER DISTRICT BOARDS - WAN CHAI, SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL AND WESTERN - ARE ALSO HELPING.
DETAILS OF THE CARNIVAL WERE ANNOUNCED TODAY (TUESDAY) AT A PRESS CONFERENCE BY THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE, MADAM CHRISTINA TING.
BESIDES PROVIDING FREE ENTERTAINMENT, THE CARNIVAL SHOULD HELP FOSTER COMMUNITY SPIRIT AMONG LOCAL ORGANISATIONS, SHE SAID.
THE CARNIVAL WILL START OFF WITH A CHILDREN'S PROGRAMME AT 6.30 PM. POPULAR TV CARTOON CHARACTERS WILL BE ON HAND TO PLAY WITH CHILDREN AND THE EASTERN DISTRICT CHILDREN'S CHOIR WILL BE PERFORMING.
THERE WILL ALSO BE A DRAMA PERFORMANCE BY A GROUP FROM THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT.
THE OPENING CEREMONY, AT 8 PM, WILL BE PRESIDED OVER BY THE DEPUTY REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR ALBERT LÁM, AND URBAN COUNCILLOR, MR SHUM CHOI-SANG, TO BE FOLLOWED BY A LION DANCE ORGANISED BY THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT BOARD.
THERE WILL ALSO BE PERFORMANCES BY POPULAR SINGERS AND DEMONSTRATIONS OF AEROBIC DANCES AND BREAK DANCES.
THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE NIGHT'S PROGRAMME WILL BE A TWO-HOUR ALL-STAR EXTRAVAGANZA FEATURING SOME OF HONG KONG'S WELL-KNOWN ARTISTES. PRODUCED BY THE URBAN COUNCIL, THE SHOW WILL CONCLUDE WITH CHRISTMAS CAROL SINGING AT MIDNIGHT.
THE EASTERN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR LUI HAU-TUEN, SAID THE HING FAT STREET CAR PARK WILL BE CLOSED THAT DAY, AND ONLY AUTHORISED VEHICLES WILL BE ALLOWED INTO VICTORIA PARK THAT EVENING.
HE SAID TRAMS AND BUSES WILL BE RUNNING UNTIL AFTER THE CARNIVAL AND URGED THE PUBLIC TO MAKE USE OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT.
/HE ALSO
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