MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1986
VARIETY SHOW TO OPEN SOUTHERN DISTRICT FESTIVAL
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THE SECOND SOUTHERN DISTRICT FESTIVAL WILL OPEN WITH A VARIETY SHOW AT AN URBAN COUNCIL SOCCER PITCH IN WONG CHUK HANG AT 7 PM ON SATURDAY (NOVEMBER 22).
THE THREE-HOUR SHOW WILL INCLUDE A LASER BEAM DISPLAY ACCOMPANIED BY POPULAR MUSIC AND PERFORMANCES BY SINGERS PATRICIA CHAN, MAK KIT-MAN, SANDY LAM AND ALBERT AU.
THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR T.H. CHAU, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE OPENING CEREMONY.
AS A PRELUDE TO THE SHOW, DECORATED VANS WILL TOUR THE DISTRICT'S SIX AREAS EARLIER IN THE DAY TO DISTRIBUTE PROGRAMME LEAFLETS.
THE VANS WILL ASSEMBLE AT THE VENUE IN THE EVENING, AND AREA COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVES WILL PUT TOGETHER A SOUTHERN DISTRICT BOARD LOGO DURING THE OPENING CEREMONY TO SYMBOLISE THE UNITY OF SOUTHERN DISTRICT RESIDENTS.
A TRADITIONAL ARCH WILL BE ERECTED AT THE ENTRANCE TO ENHANCE THE FESTIVE ATMOSPHERE.
FREE TICKETS FOR THE SHOW ARE OBTAINABLE ON A FIRST-COME-FIRST- SERVED BASIS AT THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OFFICE AND SUB-OFFICES IN ABERDEEN CENTRE, STANLEY AND WAH FU, AND AT THE AP LEI CHAU ESTATE COMMUNITY HALL.
RARE ANIMALS FLOWN TO PEKING
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THIRTEEN RARE ANIMALS PROTECTED UNDER THE ANIMALS AND PLANTS (PROTECTION OF ENDANGERED SPECIES) ORDINANCE WHICH ENFORCES THE SPIRIT OF THE CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES OF WILD FAUNA AND FLORA (CITES), FLEW OUT OF HONG KONG TODAY (MONDAY) FOR CHINA.
THE ANIMALS INCLUDE FIVE RHESUS MONKEYS, A CRAB-EATING MONKEY, A SERPENT EAGLE AND SIX PYTHONS, ONE OF WHICH MEASURING 2.7 METRES, WAS CAPTURED IN TIN FU TSAI, NEW TERRITORIES, IN EARLY SEPTEMBER.
THEY WILL BE TAKEN TO BREEDING COLONIES IN THE PEKING ENDANGERED ANIMALS BREEDING CENTRE.
HONG KONG
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