WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1983
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MR COOPER SAID HE HAD JUST STARTED A REVIEW OF THIS NETWORK OF CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEES.
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+TAC THINGS HAVE ALREADY BECOME CLEAR THERE IS CONSIDERABLE SCOPE FOR BRINGING THESE COMMITTEES CLOSER TO THE DISTRICT BOARDS; AND THE REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN SHOULD BE INCREASED.+
HE EMPHASISED THAT THERE WAS SCOPE FOR MORE WOMEN TO BE REPRESENTED ON NOT ONLY THOSE COMMITTEES, BUT ALSO OTHER DISTRICT BASED COMMITTEES CONCERNED WITH SPORTS AND CULTURE SOMETHING WHICH HE WOULD BE ACTIVELY ENCOURAGING.
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GOVERNOR ATTENDS TSUEN WAN ARTS FESTIVAL CONCERT
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, AND LADY YOUDE, ATTENDED A CONCERT BY THE SCOTTISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA AT THE TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL TONIGHT (WEDNESDAY), AND MET MEMBERS OF THE LOCAL DISTRICT BOARD AND ITS COMMITTEES AT A COCKTAIL PARTY DURING INTERMISSION.
THE CONCERT IS ONE OF 70 EVENTS IN THE MONTH-LONG FIFTH TSUEN WAN ARTS FESTIVAL NOW BEING HELD. IN ADDITION, MORE THAN 40 LOCAL AND OVERSEAS FERFORMING GROUPS TOOK PART IN THE FESTIVAL WHICH BEGAN ON FEBRUARY 4.
EARLIER, THE GOVERNOR AND LADY YOUDE DINED WITH THE MEMBERS AND WERE BRIEFED ON THE DISTRICT'S DEVELOPMENT PLANS.
ALSO PRESENT WERE THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR IAN MACPHERSON, THE ACTING TSUEN WAN DISTRICT COMMISSIONER, MISS ELAINE CHUNG, AND THE DIRECTOR OF CULTURAL SERVICES, MR DARWIN CHEN.
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