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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18. 1987

FESTIVE ILLUMINATIONS LIGHT UP SHA TIN

FESTIVE LIGHTINGS IN SHA TIN MADE UP OF MORE THAN 18,000 LIGHT BULBS WERE SWITCHED ON THIS (FRIDAY) EVENING BY THE REGIONAL SECRETARY (NT), MR MICHAEL SUEN, WHILE THE SHA TIN ART'S ASSOCIATION CHILDREN CHOIR SANG CHRISTMAS CAROLS.

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SPEAKING AT THE SWITCH-ON CEREMONY AT THE ROOF GARDEN OF THE TIN TOWN HALL, MR SUEN PRAISED THE DISTRICT BOARD, RURAL COMMITTEE, DISTRICT ORGANISATIONS AND RESIDENTS FOR PROMOTING AND PARTICIPATING IN VARIOUS COMMUNITY BUILDING PROJECTS IN THE DISTRICT.

"THE SETTING UP OF THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTING DECORATIONS IS A RESULT OF THEIR PARTICIPATION," HE SAID.

"THEY HAVE ALSO KEPT CLOSE IN TOUCH WITH THE SHA TIN DISTRICT OFFICE AND OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS IN REFLECTING RESIDENTS' VIEWS SO THAT PROBLEMS IN THE DISTRICT MAY BE RESOLVED AT THE EARLIEST POSSIBILITY.

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MR SUEN NOTED THAT YEARS AGO WHEN HE WORKED IN SIIA TIN THERE WERE ONLY 40,000 TO 50,000 PEOPLE, BUT THE POPULATION HAD NOW RISEN TO MORE THAN 400,000.

"IT IS NOW A BALANCED TOWNSHIP WITH GOOD INTERNAL NETWORK AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES,

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TRANSPORT

THE FESTIVE LIGHTING DECORATIONS IN SHA TIN ARE SET UP ALONG SHING MUN RIVER, LIGHTING UP THE SAND MARTIN BRIDGE, BANYAN BRIDGE AND RIVERSIDE PROMENADES.

THE MOST PROMINENT FEATURE IS A PICTURE 100 METRES WIDE AND SEVEN METRES HIGH LINED UP BULBS ON SAND MARTIN BRIDGE.

OF TWO ANGELS ABOUT WITH COLOURFUL LIGHT

IN ADDITION, THERE ARE 20 SETS OF BUNTING WITH COLOURFUL LIGITS PGT UP ON YUEN WO ROAD AND 14 SETS ON TAI CHUNG KIU ROAD.

THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTINGS WILL DE SWITCHED ON EVERY EVENING FROM 5.30 PM TO MIDNIGHT UNTIL JANUARY 10 NEXT YEAR. ON CHRISTMAS RVE, CHRISTMAS DAY, NEW YEAR'S EVE AND NEW YEAR'S DAY, THE LIGHTINGS WILL BE ON UNTIL 5 AM THE FOLLOWING DAY.

THE LIGHTING DECORATIONS WILE THEN BE REARRANGED FOR THE CHINESE NEW YEAR PERIOD WHEN THEY WILL BE SWITCHED ON UNTIL MARCHI 3.

THE FESTIVE LIGHTING DECORATIONS IN SHA TIN ARE FUNDED WITH $250,000 FROM THE SHA TIN DISTRICT BOARD. THEY ARE ALSO SPONSORED BY COMMERCIAL ESTBLISHMENTS.

MEANWHILE, A PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION IS BEING ORGANISED BY THE SHA TIN FESTIVE LIGHTING CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE. DEADLINE FOR ENTRY IS MARCH 12.

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ENTRY FORMS CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE SHA TIN DISTRICT OFFICE ENQUIRY CENTRE AND COMMUNITY HALLS IN THE DISTRICT. ENQUIRIES MADE ON 0-6048078 EXT. 331.

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