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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1986

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MOON FESTIVAL WILL BE EXPO HIGHLIGHT

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THE COLOURFUL TRADITIONS OF THE MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL WILL PROVIDE HONG KONG WITH ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO DISPLAY ITS RICH FOLKLORE AT EXPO 86 IN VANCOUVER LATER THIS MONTH.

THE HONG KONG PAVILION IS ORGANISING A LANTERN PARADE ON SEPTEMBER 19 AND 5 000 HAND-MADE PAPER LANTERNS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED.

TRADITIONALLY FALLING ON THE 15TH DAY OF THE EIGHTH MOON, THE EVENT PROMISES TO BE AMONG THE MOST MEMORABLE FOR VISITORS TO EXPO.

OFFICIALS PLAN TO INVITE REPRESENTATIVES FROM OTHER PAVILIONS AND CHILDREN FROM THE LOCAL CHINESE COMMUNITY TO JOIN THE LANTERN PARADE AS IT SETS OUT FROM THE HONG KONG PAVILION AT 8.10 PM. WILL BE LED OFF BY AN ELABORATELY COSTUMED +MOON LADY+ ACCOMPANIED BY A GIANT MOONCAKE.

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CARRYING BATTERY-LIT LANTERNS IN A VARIETY OF SHAPES RANGING FROM RABBITS TO AEROPLANES, THOSE TAKING PART WILL WEND THEIR WAY FROM THE PLAZA OF THE THREE CONTINENTS PAST THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES AND U.S.A. PLAZAS TO THE KODAK BOWL,

FOLLOWING THE ARRIVAL OF THE PROCESSION AT THE BOWL ABOUT 8.30 PM, A VARIETY SHOW WILL GET UNDERWAY. THE PERFORMERS WILL INCLUDE TWO LEADING HONG KONG SINGERS, MICHAEL KWAN AND PATRICIA CHAN, AND THERE WILL ALSO BE CHINESE DANCING AND OTHER CULTURAL DISPLAYS.

TO ENCOURAGE AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE TO ATTEND THE VARIETY SHOW, AND LEARN MORE ABOUT HONG KONG'S CULTURE AND CUSTOMS, FREE ADMISSION TICKETS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE DAY AT THE HONG KONG PAVILION.

AS AN ADDED ATTRACTION, LANTERNS AND MOONCAKES WILL BE HANDED OUT ON A FIRST-COME-FIRST-SERVED BASIS AS PEOPLE ENTER THE KODAK BOWL, WHICH CAN ACCOMMODATE ABOUT 10 000.

DURING THE SHOW, THE SIX-FOOT DIAMETER MOONCAKE - MADE IN FACT OF PAPIER MACHE - WILL BE CUT SYMBOLICALLY BY THE EXPO COMMISSIONER GENERAL, MR PATRICK REID.

ANOTHER HIGHLIGHT WILL BE A LUCKY DRAW OF TWO VANCOUVER-HONG KONG RETURN AIR TICKETS DONATED BY CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS.

THE VARIETY SHOW WILL CONCLUDE ABOUT 9.45 PM.

THE FESTIVAL CELEBRATION IS BEING ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG PAVILION, AND SPONSORED BY THE HONG KONG TOURIST ASSOCIATION, CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS, SING TAO LIMITED, KEEFER CHINESE BAKERY, ASIA TELEVISION LIMITED, AND BRAINCHILD PRODUCTIONS LIMITED.

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