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MONDAY, APRIL 16, 1990

SPECIAL CELEBRATION FOR TIN HAU FESTIVAL

"TIN

A TWO-DAY CELEBRATION TO HONOUR SEAFARERS' PATRON GODDESS

SAI KUNG, HAU" WILL BE HELD AT JOSS HOUSE BAY,

STARTING ON TUESDAY

(APRIL 17).

ABOUT 60,000 WORSHIPPERS AND SIGHTSEERS ARE EXPECTED TO THE TIN HAU TEMPLE AT JOSS HOUSE BAY DURING THE PERIOD.

ΤΟ FLOCK

OFFICER, MR

IN VIEW OF THE LARGE CROWD, THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT FREDERICK TONG, URGED WORSHIPPERS TO MAKE USE OF SEA TRANSPORT.

ARRANGED BY THE

HONGKONG

SPECIAL FERRY SERVICES WOULD BE YAUMATI FERRY COMPANY TO TAKE WORSHIPPERS TO JOSS HOUSE BAY, HE SAID.

JOSS HOUSE

POINT EAST FERRY PIER AT THE FIRST FERRY WILL DEPART NORTH 10 AM ON TUESDAY (APRIL 17) AND THE LAST FERRY WILL LEAVE BAY AT THE END OF THE FESTIVAL AT 4 PM THE NEXT DAY.

BE

MR TONG POINTED OUT THAT SPECIAL TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS WOULD

NO PARKING CARRIED OUT ALONG CLEAR WATER BAY ROAD AND THERE WOULD BE FACILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC.

HE ALSO REMINDED

WORSHIPPERS THAT

AS

BE

MORE THAN THREE OFFERINGS INSIDE, BURNING JOSS STICKS INTO, AND THE BURNING PAPER OF

FIRE TO REDUCE

RISKS. THE TEMPLE WERE PROHIBITED SO

HOWEVER, THE PROVIDED OUTSIDE SUFFICIENT INCINERATORS WOULD

TEMPLE FOR

BURNING PAPERS AND JOSS STICKS.

TAKING

MR

TONG ALSO

ADVISED WORSHIPPERS

RUBBISH DISCARD INCENSE ASH IN LITTER BINS, AND NOT TO USE LOUD-SPEAKERS OR CASSETTE TAPES WITHIN THE TEMPLE AREA.

ΤΟ

AND

BROADCAST

WEDNESDAY (APRIL

MR WILLIAM MR TONG, AND THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN,

JOSS HOUSE BAY TIN HAU WAN, WILL ATTEND A WORSHIP CEREMONY AT THE

AND 18),

THEN TEMPLE AT 10 AM ON

CELEBRATE THE FESTIVAL AT LEUNG SHUEN WAN IN THE AFTERNOON.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

TIN

HAU

18).

SAI

9.30

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE WORSHIP CEREMONY FOR THE

BAY, HOUSE

SAT KUNG, FESTIVAL AT JOSS

ON WEDNESDAY (APRIL LEAVE THE CARPARK OF TRANSPORT FOR MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES WILL

AT KUNG GOVERNMENT OFFICES AT 34 CHAN MAN STREET, SAI KUNG TOWN AM SHARP.

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