SATURDAY, MAY 4, 1991
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FULL-TIME MASTER OF WEDDING IN ACTION
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LILAC-CARPETED HALL, WITH MATCHING CURTAINS AND GLITTERING RADIANCE OF THE LUCID CRYSTAL LIGHTS, ADDS TINTS OF SOLEMN MAJESTY TO THE TOUCHES OF ROMANCE.
TO MANY COUPLES, THIS IS THE MEMENTO OF THAT VERY DAY WHEN THEY MADE THEIR WEDLOCK PLEDGE.
TO MRS DEBORAH LEE, THIS IS THE PLACE WHERE SHE HELPS TIE THE LOVE KNOTS.
AS A DEPUTY REGISTRAR OF MARRIAGES, MRS LEE HAS IN THE PAST TWO-AND-A-HALF YEARS EXPLAINED TO HUNDREDS OF PAIRS OF LOVERS THE SOLEMN AND BINDING CHARACTER OF REGISTRY WEDDING, AND THE MONOGAMOUS NATURE OF MARRIAGE IN HONG KONG.
IN AN AUSPICIOUS DAY WHEN THE MARRIAGE HALLS ARE FULLY BOOKED, MRS LEE HAS TO PERFORM IN SOME 20 WEDDINGS, NON-STOP.
MONOTONOUS THOUGH IT MAY SEEM, MRS LEE, WITH A COMPLACENT SMILE, SAID: "EVERYTHING IS JOVIAL IN MARRIAGE. YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO SHARE OTHERS' JOY AND THIS IS WHAT MAKES THE WORK OF A DEPUTY REGISTRAR DIFFERENT FROM OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICES.
"OUR AIM IS ΤΟ MAKE THE WEDDING CEREMONY MEMORABLE," SHE SAID.
FALLING BACK INTO HER CHAIR, MRS LEE SAID UNWRITTEN AND YET STRICTLY FOLLOWED 'CODE OF DRESSING'. AND SUIT FOR MEN; DRESS AND MAKE-UP FOR WOMEN.
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*THE CHOICE OF COLOUR IS BY NO MEANS RANDOM,
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"FOR INSTANCE, AS WHITE IS TRADITIONALLY CONSIDERED BY CHINESE AS AN OMINOUS COLOUR, TO MATCH IT, ONE HAS TO WEAR SOME GLAMOROUS- COLOURED ACCESSORIES, SHE WENT ON.
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THE NEXT THING IS THE SETTING.
"INSTEAD OF THE CONVENTIONAL GLOWING RED, THE FURNISHINGS OF MARRIAGE HALLS ARE ADORNED IN SOFTER SHADES TO MAKE THEM LOOK WARM, SNUG AND TRENDY.
"THOSE IN OLDER HALLS, LIKE THE ONES IN THE CITY HALL, ARE ALSO BEING TOUCHED UP'.
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"BUT THE OUTSIDE SETTING IS AS IMPORTANT AS THAT OF THE INSIDE," MRS LEE SAID.
SITUATED NEXT DOOR TO THE YET-TO-BE-COMPLETED HONG KONG THE COTTON TREE DRIVE MARRIAGE REGISTRY IS TIPPED TO BECOME A ATTRACTION'.
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