NOTE TO EDITORS:
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1983
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DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS TO EXCHANGE VIEWS
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FOURTEEN MEMBERS OF SHA TIN DISTRICT BOARD WILL VISIT WAN CHAI, CENTRAL AND WESTERN ON SATURDAY (NOVEMBER 12) MORNING TO SEE DEVELOPMENTS THERE AND EXCHANGE VIEWS WITH THEIR COUNTERPARTS ON DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION.
THEY WILL FIRST CALL AT THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT OFFICE FOR A BRIEFING BY THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MISS LOLLY CHIU, AND WILL THEN HOLD A DISCUSSION SESSION,
THE PARTY WILL ALSO GO TO THE ROOF OF HOPEWELL CENTRE FOR A PANORAMIC VIEW OF WAN CHAI, AND VISIT THE WESTERN TEMPORARY WHOLESALE FRUIT MARKET AND THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT HISTORICAL EXHIBITION AT CITY HALL.
MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES WISHING TO COVER THE BRIEFING AND VISIT SHOULD ASSEMBLE AT 9.30 AM IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM OF THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT OFFICE AT 201 HENNESSY ROAD, HONG KONG.
DISPLAY TELLS CENTRAL DISTRICT'S HISTORY
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A SIX-DAY HISTORICAL EXHIBITION OF THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT, WHICH STARTED TODAY AT THE CITY HALL EXHIBITION GALLERY, COULD HELP LOCAL RESIDENTS BETTER UNDERSTAND THE DISTRICT AND ENHANCE THEIR INTEREST AND SENSE OF BELONGING, THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR BARRIE WIGGHAM SAID.
HE SAID THAT WITH THE DISPLAY OF A COLLECTION OF PICTURES ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WATERFRONT STAGE BY STAGE FROM QUEEN'S ROAD TO DES VOEUX ROAD AND THEN TO CONNAUGHT ROAD, THE EXHIBITION COULD HELP RESIDENTS APPRECIATE THE HISTORY OF THE DISTRICT IN THE LAST 100 YEARS.
MR WIGGHAM WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE EXHIBITION WHICH IS AMONG THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE MONTH-LONG CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT FESTIVAL BEING HELD SINCE OCTOBER 30.
HE SAID THE DISTRICT HAD ALWAYS BEEN THE CENTRE OF BUSINESS ACTIVITIES IN HONG KONG AND SINCE THE 19TH CENTURY HAD UNDERGONE CONSIDERABLE CHANGES.
+AMID ALL THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE OF THE BUSY LIVES IN MODERN OFFICE COMPLEXES AROUND US, IT IS PERHAPS DIFFICULT TO VISUALISE THE VERY PLACE WE ARE NOW STANDING WAS ONCE WATER IN THE VICTORIA HARBOUR, SOME DISTANCE FROM THE SHORELINE, HE SAID.
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