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SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 1975
H.K. DELEGATION TO ESCAP PLENARY SESSION RETURNING
NOTE TO EDITORS:
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MR. T.K. ANN, EXECUTIVE COUNCILLOR AND CHAIRMAN OF THE FEDERATION OF HONG KONG INDUSTRIES, WHO IS LEADING A HONG KONG DELEGATION TO THE 31ST ESCAP PLENARY SESSION, WILL RETURN TO HONG KONG ON SUNDAY (MARCH 2) BY PA FLIGHT 002, ETA 1800 HOURS.
ON ARRIVAL HE WILL MEET THE PRESS AT THE AIRPORT PRESS CONFERENCE ROOM.
RETURNING WITH MR. ANN WILL BE ANOTHER MEMBER OF THE DELEGATION, MR. JIMMY MCGREGOR, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY.
THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, MR. D.J.C. JONES, WILL TAKE THEIR PLACE FOR THE REMAINING PART OF THE SESSION.
THE 31ST ANNUAL PLENARY SESSION OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC (ESCAP) OPENED LAST WEDNESDAY IN NEW DELHI AND WILL LAST UNTIL FRIDAY, MARCH 7.
THE REGION'S ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND ITS PROBLEMS ARE DISCUSSED AT THE ANNUAL SESSION.
EXTENSION OF PLAYSTREET SCHEME
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THE EXPERIMENTAL PLAYSTREET SCHEME IN WHICH KAU U FONG IN CENTRAL IS TURNED INTO A CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND ON SUNDAY AFTERNOONS HAS PROVED SO POPULAR THAT IT IS BEING EXTENDED FOR ANOTHER SIX MONTHS, MR. BERNARD MUI, THE COMMUNITY AND YOUTH OFFICER FOR THE DISTRICT SAID TODAY.
MR. MUI SAID THE BOYS' AND GIRLS' CLUBS ASSOCIATION WHICH HAD BEEN PROVIDING EQUIPMENT AND ORGANISING ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN IN THE AREA DURING THE INITIAL THREE-MONTH TRIAL PERIOD, HAS AGREED TO CONTINUE DOING SO WHEN THE SCHEME STARTS AGAIN ON SUNDAY, MARCH 2 AT 2 P.M.
THE ASSOCIATION'S PARTICIPATION IN THE SCHEME, HE SAID, HAD BEEN ONE OF THE MAIN FACTORS FOR MAKING THE PLAYSTREET SO POPULAR WITH THE CHILDREN.
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THE KAU U FONG PLAYSTREET SCHEME WAS BEGUN ON OCTOBER 13, 1974 WHEN THE STREET, WHICH IS LITTLE USED BY TRAFFIC AT WEEKENDS WAS TURNED INTO A CHILDREN'S PRECINCT IN AN EFFORT TO PROVIDE MORE RECREATION SPACE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING IN THE VICINITY.
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