TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1986
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CARNIVAL FUN FOR WAN CHAI RESIDENTS
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MORE THAN 500 RESIDENTS IN WAN CHAI SPENT AN ENJOYABLE EVENING AT THE HARBOUR ROAD GARDEN CELEBRATING THE MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL WITH A LANTERN CARNIVAL TONIGHT (TUESDAY).
THE EVENT WAS ORGANISED BY THE WAN CHAI FESTIVAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT OFFICE, THE DISTRICT BOARD AND THE URBAN COUNCIL.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE WAN CHAI FESTIVAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE, MR LEE KON, NOTED THAT THE EVENT WAS FINANCED BY SURPLUS FUNDS RAISED FOR THE WAN CHA I FESTIVAL HELD IN JANUARY.
HE EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT THE FESTIVE SPIRIT GENERATED BY THE WAN CHAI FESTIVAL WOULD BE CARRIED ON IN THE COMING FESTIVAL AND THAT ALL WAN CHAI RESIDENTS COULD TAKE PART AND SHARE IN THE FUN.
THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT OFFICER, MR ROGER GARCIA, SAID THAT THE PUBLIC, APART FROM TAKING PART IN CULTURAL ACTIVITIES, SHOULD ALSO PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS.
A CIVIC EDUCATION EXHIBITION ON CIVIC RIGHT AND RESPONSIBILITIES WOULD BE ORGANISED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICE AT HENNESSY CENTRE FROM SEPTEMBER 26 TO 29 AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WERE WELCOME TO ATTEND, HE SAID.
OTHER OFFICIATING GUESTS INCLUDED THE DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MRS PEGGY LAM, AND MEMBERS OF THE WAN CHAI FESTIVAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE.
THE CARNIVAL COMPRISED MAGIC SHOWS, AND ACROBATIC, SINGING AND BAND PERFORMANCES. LANTERNS WERE ALSO DISTRIBUTED TO RESIDENTS.
LANTERN CARNIVAL FOR YAU MA TEI RESIDENTS
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A LANTERN CARNIVAL WILL BE ORGANISED BY THE YAU MA TEI DISTRICT BOARD IN THE URBAN COUNCIL CENTENARY GARDEN ON THURSDAY (SEPTEMBER 18) FROM 7 PM TO 11 PM TO CELEBRATE THE MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL.
ANNOUNCING DETAILS OF THE CARNIVAL TODAY (TUESDAY), CHAIRMAN OF THE DISTRICT BOARD, MR YIP WAH, SAID: +A SUM OF $20 000 FROM DISTRICT BOARD FUNDS HAS BEEN ALLOCATED FOR THE EVENT TO PROVIDE FUN AND ENTERTAINMENT FOR RESIDENTS.+
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