MONDAY, JULY 21, 1986
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HONG KONG DAY BREAKS RECORDS AT EXPO
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ATTENDANCE AT THE HONG KONG DAY CELEBRATIONS ON FRIDAY (JULY 18) BROKE ALL RECORDS FOR ADMISSION TO THE GROUNDS OF THE EXPO '86 SITE IN VANCOUVER,
EXPO AUTHORITIES HAVE REVEALED THAT 175 000 PEOPLE VISITED THE GROUNDS LAST FRIDAY, COMPARED WITH A HIGH OF 150 000 FOR ANY PREVIOUS DAY.
ONE OFFICIAL SAID, I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT SINCE EXPO BEGAN.+
THE CROWDS ATTENDING THE OPENING CEREMONY FOR HONG KONG DAY, HELD IN THE PLAZA OF THE NATIONS, NUMBERED SOME 10 000, COMPARED WITH ATTENDANCES OF 1 000 TO 2 000 AT THE NATIONAL DAY CEREMONIES OF MOST OTHER PAVILIONS SO FAR.
AN OFFICIAL OF THE HONG KONG PAVILION SAID THAT 9 800 VISITORS HAD PASSED THROUGH THE PAVILION THAT DAY, COMPARED WITH THE PREVIOUS MAXIMUM FIGURE OF 9 000,
THE BIGGEST DRAW OF THE DAY'S PROGRAMME WAS A SPECIAL GALA CONCERT STAGED IN THE XEROX INTERNATIONAL THEATRE ON FRIDAY EVENING. ALTHOUGH THE SHOW WAS NOT DUE TO START TILL 10 PM, A QUEUE BEGAN TO FORM AT 10 AM WHICH, BY 4 PM HAD SWELLED TO OVER 1 000.
THE QUEUE CONTINUED TO BUILD, DESPITE THE FACT THAT XEROX INTERNATIONAL THEATRE COULD HOLD A MAXIMUM OF 1 500.
IT IS ESTIMATED THAT, AT ONE STAGE OF THE EVENING, SOME 5 000 PEOPLE WERE WAITING FOR ADMISSION. EIGHT TELEVISION MONITORS MOUNTED OUTSIDE THE THEATRE ENABLED THESE CROWDS TO SEE SOMETHING OF THE PROGRAMME INSIDE.
CONTRACT SIGNED FOR LAM KAM ROAD FLYOVER
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A CONTRACT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE LAM KAM ROAD FLYOVER, SPECIALLY DESIGNED TO BLEND WITH THE RURAL ENVIRONMENT IN TAI PO, WAS SIGNED THIS (MONDAY) MORNING,
THE 750-METRE-LONG ELEVATED ROAD PROJECT, WHICH IS THE LAST TO BE BUILT FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES TRUNK ROAD SYSTEM, WAS SIGNED BY ACTING DIRECTOR OF HIGHWAYS, MR K.K. TANG, AND A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE CONTRACTORS, KUMAGA1 GUMI (HK) LIMITED.
/COSTING $61.5
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