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+DURING THE SAME PERIOD, AN AVERAGE OF JUST OVER 6 000 PEOPLE PARTICIPATED IN THESE LIBRARY EXTENSION ACTIVITIES EACH MONTH,→ HE ADDED.
MR LO ALSO SAID THAT A NEW PUBLIC LIBRARY AT CHEUNG LOK HOUSE, CHEUNG WAH ESTATE, FANLING, WOULD BE OPENED NEXT MONTH, CARRYING AN INITIAL STOCK OF 12 600 BOOKS AND 900 AUD 10 CASSETTES.
IT WOULD PROVIDE THE USUAL RANGE OF LIBRARY LENDING SERVICES, INCLUDING ADULT AND CHILDREN LENDING, REFERENCE AND ENQUIRY, NEWSPAPER AND PERIODICAL AND AUDIO CASSETTE LENDING.
ON THE CULTURAL FRONT, MR LO SAID THAT A WIDE VARIETY OF POPULAR PRESENTATIONS, INCLUDING CHINESE OPERAS, DRAMA, VARIETY SHOWS, DANCE, ORCHESTRAL CONCERTS, AND SO ON WERE HELD AT THE NORTH DISTRICT TOWN HALL. WHILE FREE ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMMES, SUCH AS PUPPET SHOWS, POP CONCERTS, WERE REGULARLY ARRANGED AT 15 OUTDOOR VENUES.
ON AVERAGE, ABOUT THREE PROGRAMMES WERE PRESENTED EACH MONTH, ATTRACTING AN AUDIENCE OF BETWEEN 100 TO 400 PEOPLE EACH TIME.
EUROPEAN COMMISSION OFFICIAL VISITS FACTORY
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THE DIRECTOR GENERAL (EXTERNAL RELATIONS) OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, MR LESLIE FIELDING, NOW IN HONG KONG ON A 3-DAY VISIT, TOURED AN ELECTRONICS FACTORY IN KWUN TONG TODAY (WEDNESDAY) TO SEE THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN THE INDUSTRY.
ACCOMPANIED BY MRS TERESA NG, A TRADE OFFICER OF THE INDUSTRY DEPERTMENT, MR FIELDING VISITED RADOF IN ELECTRONICS (FAR EAST) LTD AT SHING YIP STREET. HE WAS MET ON ARRIVAL BY THE COMPANY'S VICE PRESIDENT, MR WILLIAM LITTLE.
THE COMPANY WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1974 AND HAS A WORKFORCE OF 900. IT MAINLY PRODUCES ELECTRONIC CONSUMER AND BUSINESS GOODS FOR EXPORT TO THE UNITED STATES, EUROPE AND THE MIDDLE EAST.
THE ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY HAS EXPANDED RAPIDLY IN RECENT YEARS AND IS HONG KONG'S SECOND LARGEST EXPORT EARNER, ACCOUNTING FOR 22.5 PER CENT OF TOTAL VALUE OF LAST YEAR'S DOMESTIC EXPORTS.
IN JUNE THIS YEAR, THERE WERE 1 340 ESTABLISHMENTS EMPLOYING A TOTAL OF OVER 87 000 WORKERS - OR 10 PER CENT OF HONG KONG'S TOTAL EMPLOYMENT IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR.
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