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SATURDAY, MAY 4, 1991

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PROVIDE A WHEN THE PARK 19 OPENED LATER THIS MONTH, IT WOULD SUPERB SETTING FOR HUSBANDS- AND WIVES-TO-BE TO CAPTURE THEIR BUPHORIC MOMENTS, SHE SAID.

MORE

SOMETIMES THE INTERPOLATION OF EPISODES MAY MNEMONIC EFFECT, BOTH TO THE COUPLES AND TO THE DEPUTY REGISTRARS.

A CREATE

REMINISCING HER EXPERIENCES IN DIFFERENT MARRIAGE

REGISTRIES,

MRS LEE VOLUBLY RECOUNTED HER INTERESTING ENCOUNTERS.

ON

SOMETIMES A HIGH-SPIRITED PERSON MIGHT PUT THE WEDDING RING THE PARTNER'S WRONG FINGER OR THE RING MIGHT BE STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF IT DESPITE REPEATED ATTEMPTS TO FORCE IT THROUGH.

"THERE WERE ALSO CASES WHERE COUPLES, BEING TEASED BY GUESTS AND COULD NOT HELP BUT LAUGHING, ENDED UP IN 'STACCATOS' TAKING OATHS.

THEIR

WHEN

"BUT THE REAL FANFARE COMES WHEN THE PROTAGONISTS ARE MOVIE TV CELEBRITIES.

OR

SHOVING

"PEOPLE WERE EVERYWHERE WITH CAMERA-CLICKING REPORTERS

THE COUPLES WERE OFTEN HERE AND THERE FOR A GOOD SHOOTING ANGLE. REQUESTED TO EITHER PLAYBACK' A PARTICULAR EPISODE OF THE CEREMONY OR SIMPLY HAD IT DONE IN SLOW MOTION," SHE SAID.

AS THE 'MASTER OF WEDDING', MRS LEB HAS TO KEEP HER COUNTENANCE WHILE ON ON THE ONE HAND TO MAINTAIN THE SOLEMNITY OF THE CEREMONY,

NOT TO APPEAR TO0 ALIEN TO SPOIL THE OTHER SHE HAS TO BE CAREFUL JOY OF THE WEDDING.

IT IS NOT EASY TO STRIKE THE BALANCE, SHE CONFESSED.

TO THOSE OVER-EXCITED PAIRS, MRS LEE HAS ONE ADVICE TO GIVE. "DON'T WORRIED. THEY WOULD BE BRIEFED THOROUGHLY IN ADVANCE THE PROCEDURES.

"IF THEY STILL FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE, THEY CAN GO TO THE BEFORE THE WEDDING DAY AND ASK FOR AN ADVANCED READING OF THE STATEMENT, MRS LEE SAID.

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THE

ON

REGISTRY WEDLOCK

DEPUTY REGISTRARS

APART FROM PERFORMING IN WEDDING CEREMONIES, ARE ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR OFFICE ADMINISTRATION AND DOCUMENTATION.

BUT THEIR WORK IS NOT TOTALLY OFFICE-BOUND.

IN

LIVING THE MOBILE

IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A CONVENIENT SERVICE TO PEOPLE FAR-OFF PLACES, A DEPUTY REGISTRAR IS PUT IN CHARGE REGISTRY, ACCORDING TO CHIEF IMMIGRATION OFFICER, MR CHAN KI- WAI.

DEATHS AND MARRIAGE MR CHAN, WHO IS IN CHARGE OF THE BIRTHS,

REGISTRY WOULD REGISTRATION ADMINISTRATION SECTION, SAID THE MOBILE PROVIDE WEEKLY SERVICES TO RESIDENTS IN SAI KUNG AND CHEUNG CHAU, MONTHLY SERVICES TO THOSE ON LANTAU.

AND

/SOMETIMES, A