TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1992
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CELEBRATIONS TO MARK CENTENARY ANNIVERSARY
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A PROCESSION AND A CARNIVAL WILL BE HELD IN TAI PO ON THURSDAY (AUGUST 6) TO CELEBRATE THE CENTENARY ANNIVERSARY OF ΤΑΙ PO MARKET, WHICH WAS FORMLY KNOWN AS TAI WO SHI.
THE CELEBRATION WILL BEGIN WITH AN OFFERING TO ANCESTORS IN MAN MO TEMPLE, FU SIN STREET AT 8.30 AM.
A LAUNCHING CEREMONY OF THE PROCESSION WILL THEN BE HELD AT TAI PO PLAYGROUND, HEUNG SZE WUI STREET AT 10 AM.
OFFICIATING GUESTS WILL INCLUDE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR ALBERT LAM; DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, DR LAWRENCE LEE: HEUNG YEE KUK CHAIRMAN, MR LAU WONG-FAT; AND REGIONAL COUNCIL CHAIRMAN, MR CHEUNG YAN-LUNG.
THE PROCESSION, INVOLVING 16 FLOATS, DRAGON AND LION DANCES, BAND PERFORMANCES, AND "PIU SIK" WILL LAST FOR ABOUT TWO HOURS.
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IT WILL EN ROUTE THE MAJOR STREETS IN TAI PO MARKET, AND ROAD CLOSURE AND TRAFFIC DIVERSION MEASURES WILL BE IMPLEMENTED IN THE AREA FROM 9.30 AM TO 1.30 PM.
IN THE EVENING, A SPECTACULAR CARNIVAL WILL BE HELD AT TAI PO PLAYGROUND, BEGINNING AT 7.30 PM.
THE CARNIVAL WILL FEATURE SINGING PERFORMANCES, PUPPET SHOW, GAME STALLS, LION DANCES, BAND PERFORMANCES, AND A VARIETY OF CHINESE FOLK ARTS DEMONSTRATIONS.
THE CELEBRATION WILL CONTINUE ON THE NEXT DAY (FRIDAY) WITH THE HOLDING OF A BANQUET FOR THE ELDERLY IN TAI PO DISTRICT.
THE BANQUET, OFFICIATED BY THE TAI PO DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR HO YUNG-SANG; AND THE NORTH DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR PANG HANG-YIN; WILL BEGIN AT 4 PM AT A RESTAURANT IN HEUNG SZE WUI STREET.
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PRESS BADGES FOR ENTERING THE GUEST SPECTATOR STAND ON ΤΑΙ PO KWONG FUK ROAD WILL BE ISSUED AT THE RECEPTION COUNTER PUT UP AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE STAND,
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