WERE CELEBRATING OUR 25th ANNIVERSARY AND YOU’RE INVITED ~~~~~^""ty— 1 / Gv z~O Z/XA P7° l*^ —\/' Ar ' (7" / ' K JU/~\ /»F v Dragon Boat Festival. 3rd June’B4 V J J&s rs *” —jn_ / \5 F(I \ ZsfeW On this day for the past 24 centuries the ancient and ritual ' ''2 X /ZA/ £\ O\ £\ Z' Oy \ J \J. race of the Dragon Boats has been faithfully re-run. V_C Miff i vVljSrot A XXX. / // //\ Spectacularly adorned with carved dragon heads and tails, \ X7/X9A \2> aJv/A \ J XJ/r-’W fl rh <1 /AWZzvll 'T / I the traditional boats are crewed by 24 rowers, a coxswain and the i h XY* J/ jV )ulC\C7x\x/>f ] I y r /// 7 3' // // drummer, who pounds the frenzied beat that sets the paddles J v-i / —1 A \" i///\\r 2/Yxl \ /Am. yZ // thrashing for glon-in the South China Sea. ry/Z"”" x[ /to~ — Jf/7 TV.T —ll/Znb — e= ~ = 2E~7 y I This year the competition promises to be the toughest ever. . k. 7/ —x~f \ // V/V-2 111/' cTfvP r ~~'7// ■ with teams arriving from the USA, Europe, Australia, Hong 3 \ <? j/* JLijf \7''~'\ nr& # i //yCy A2 VV V' Kong and Japan to race against the local champions. Az” \y~~~4.— -x_ \y //(/ International Arts Festival. Bth — 24thjune ’84 0 \ w^^’-^T^Y-mZTz —)$>■ — / (£) '~~~YAx \ pg//c_ For two glorious weeks, some of the world’s most 7 — \ Vm& Kr* fe«?VMli \I/ // accomplished and acclaimed performers will entertain Singapore. VRi \ x —W -aai BiiwPilO.aZM -> i iX G ran ds Ballets Canadiens will dance to the \ X XT \ V 17 accompaniment of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, troupes T\r \ X. Z?ni from Thailand and the People’s Republic ofChina will perform Xj V If T'A classical and folk dances, the fascinating Black Light Theatre of X. j Prague will intrigue with their magic and music, the Herbie Mann 7~ Jazz Quanet will jam with their fans, Holland’s Penta Theatre will C. — . °Xrs jl_. iAV'm_Z~~X present a brilliant mime act, and Italy’s La Nuova Compagnia di /T- jf* — '—- ‘ Canto Popolare will sing their hearts out. These and many more shows will be presented both indoois h (x —-and out in the balmy tropical night air of Singapore. <rx^—- z F <Xs ‘WL_ ///mS ~~~~ Bird Singing Contest. Bthjuly’B4 — W x. /zi-r— Every Sunday morning throughout the year, equally X /X, 2-~i \ ' — ~ accomplished performers entertain in Singapore’s side-walk coffee V'Xsc ** Va> • | ‘XjC . t! fl ) shops. And on the Bth ofjuly, perfectly poised in their priceless f\ X ' x | Zzx\zf/~ r j VYX ’ L~> X- ———— gg //I A antique cages, breath takingly beautiful birds compete to sing the \ L /''■ | \ Y\\ —VX. TIW Z_ r~ most P er^cct son S’ * n a tradition as old as the world itself. 1 / n / /r-4— I IAA- . / /"X 1 Judges will elect the finest from six Asean nations—- > Jl \l•\ J . ' JX | j • /1 j • Zt/W • ’ /OX ' / ' • ' • ' I 'I Singapore, Brunei, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and the / Z'/il /X Z\Z^' S| -tUC ~i ' /// \\ I /" lo Philippines. ? ' \ J? } //ill \ \Wy / d lt\V-X~~X [/ ’ • —■ ! ~--/ W' National Day Parade. 9th August’B4 LzX®/ "(Ox jfe /XZ F~ 21 7' x AvnVn thhTT? ) > ty~ 777 JXX • . , eV Every year on this day, Singaporeans of different cultural / /X-Z\ u\ 1 l/rwXl /u I ///// Z*x- X \ ■ A " backgrounds and walks of life parade with pride as a tribute to this A, /"" A? \ VzXa / liill Hbx \ - - ''i \gggx Xj gr I X youngnation. / y J —"lr , f iWdRAC 1/ v\\ w ’ \h I uW) ’’ Q. This year the parade will be especially spectacular. In —77/ Zl iXI IV \y\Jv\ HI yt Iy2/ ) / addition to the colourful lion and dragon dancers, stilt walkers /" / I H r 1 111 Hl* and cultural dancers, there will be a float parade designed by an V / yj J j|p <p a /'Tv ~ expen from the spectacularly successful Pasadena Rose Parade. XX (gxth / a -44 L i rwfz j lx r 7 f kxX c 7 J' And at night, the tropical sky will come alive with a sky concert of } r-J /b 1 Ijm \ zt ’ y®Rßwdr / 'X (--> f fireworks brilliantly synchronised to music. y "XX X .zZY- /\ t /' U 'o A I V <ciS\. Zv y*'' \y x- The Chinese believe that on the 15 th day ofthe Bth lunar .: \ (Jp | Lx( (A \ \7jtL-7' V* J I month, the moon is at its brightest and most auspicious. You may I YWx 1 (\ / r Z I J Ar* 'aMr V* *fe"- v' even get a glimpse of the queen who exiled herself in the moon to \ '■ caff Z“x\w ( ( \' \f v r \ \ / \x save her people from ±e tyranny of a cruel king. X I \ \ /X / df f ZXvA j C It is a time for the romantics and young children. Throughout / / \ \ Tx/ il 7 \ Xl >\ the island, children in traditional costume form processions with / /r A W (• |/f JXz'~7lA\ ®IRP' I li ’ X-X their delicately crafted lanterns, in honour of the lovely lady. And / /<\~\ 7 d|»-A_ \ delicious little mooncakes, filled with sweet bean paste and lotus jU’’/, \ / 4 \ \ seeds, are baked for this special festival. v 'dtaF fPI 7th National Pugilistic Championships. > x~ Atlt — 23rd September’B4 T/yx X, jJj|Y| < A aX4..A> .A X?/ S > \X,V \ X /XV.Ai /1£ Z\j (La HU Vi WL/zC/sg 7/ lAa? i sA l //AZ//S<W In multi-cultural Singapore, Chinese and Malay Martial Arts I CIH ZwA iMX'A Hl y \ ■■■ f/7 are one of±e many traditional live arts enthusiastically preserved. zX7^\ v ■_ CXC (Tl \ \ h ® vTesXzJmT " -' And for one week in September, the finest exponents compete for \ im w Aj A \ \&4 /?€- /iT LfzT xXJfc // wV national championships, demonstrating a vast variety of ancient \ *— disciplines of unarmed combat. Unlike the melodramatic Kung-fu v i£ CJ XX\ Z^ movies, this is the real thing. \kAA|\ National Exhibition. 14th November—lsth December’B4 Singapore is now a world-famous crossroads. This major ■vA\ \ h exhibition highlights the underlying factors contributing to A Singapore’s success over the last 25 years, in the face of immense \ Xj ■= ( (ip) I ofhow Singapore’s innovative and ambitious development AX / u AxTN<ZrFA7A ■ v\ZL »Ar /} o c Xj vA programme for public housing, health and social services has v\ X l 7 .7 Arf\\ catapulted its quality oflife into that ofahighly developed Na W ffA \lr XJ l( \ | ' ' nation, how its electronic banking system has become one of the Z ( AAI mZ-XA/C Iph © rX-— WU ; A world’s most advanced, its sophisticated communications and air X ( \X -, 7/ *Vi k services capability, the dramatic growth of its port facilities into <y i 111 the world’s second largest, and its burgeoning tourism growth. -Z<^ : T l^^XX> X' I iB —7/^!( Pioneers of Singapore. December ’B4 ' \ €> \ wX\ ~>>-Zyl 11 iMMF ■£- y >- ipy-y // 1 Opening in December will be a marvellous Wax Museum //jk \\V ?/ F/ AAIAzZ —AjX-X' 11 dedicated to Singapore’s early history — from the 14th Century to * x\ \\ ’ A (/J ZzZ 7777 "/X~itX\ ' the 1930’5. Famous names and places to be featured will include !J V\'\ |\ j f r —~~ tam^orc i Raffles an d Major Farquhar, the Singapore river in 1830, Sheik Alkaff and a Chinese rickshaw puller in a 1930’s street x g-— \X.\ A'' v'/ - r 'v£ 77 scene, sam sui women at work and many many more fascinating y ~ I ‘ / XAwx reminders of Singapore’s unique multi-cultural heritage. y'lßnr -''''''7 ' •- ' •> ’ 1 \i I ~ Now is the time ' ~x »‘ <.'“/ T In 1984, Singapore offers a top quality holiday opportunity ** /7 Try 7/2 z—. r —,. > < J at surprisingly affordable prices. The island is alive with a calendar C 7//(f) /f/ A— \X A // I of colourful spectacles. Our space-age shopping centres are / \Xvx ' j^ =: —' / / //I / ’/ ’’ / z«JX/ 1 / bnmming with duty-free goods. The chefs of our exouc . >\ / * // // ('/ —T' M restaurants and outdoorstails are excelling themselves. And some "Xj// u, j— \s—-»'A\ of the world's greatest hotels are waiting to greet you. It’s a party f \\j /<77 Wf n // X ' / vou simply cannot afford to miss. After all, the whole island will > al £|Xw>x ■ w A MOSI SLRPRISI\GTROPIC.M. ISLAND SINGAPORE -
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