SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21 1985
PRESS ARRANGEMENTS FOR JI'S DEPARTURE
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CHINA'S STATE COUNCILLOR AND DIRECTOR OF THE HONG KONG AND MACAU AFFAIRS OFFICE, MR JI PENGFEI, WILL LEAVE HONG KONG TOMORROW (SUNDAY) MORNING VIA MAN KAM TO.
AMONG THOSE WHO WILL BE SEEING HIM OFF AT MAN KAM TO WI
BE THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, THE SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, SIR S.Y. CHUNG, AND THE SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MISS LYDIA DUNN.
THERE WILL BE A FIXED POSITION NEAR MAN KAM TO BRIDGE FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC COVERAGE OF MR JI'S DEPARTURE.
SINCE MAN KAM TO IS INSIDE THE FRONTIER CLOSED AREA, ALL MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES COVERING THE EVENT MUST GO THERE BY GOVERNMENT TRANSPORT. A COACH FOR MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES WILL LEAVE THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES CARPARK FOR MAN KAM TO AT 8.45 AM SHARP TOMORROW (SUNDAY).
NO OTHER MEDIA VEHICLES WILL BE ALLOWED ACCESS INTO THE FRONTIER CLOSED AREA,
PHOTOGRAPHERS ARE ADVISED TO BRING ALONG IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENTS AND TELEPHOTO LENSES.
GIS AND PPRB OFFICERS WILL BE ON HAND TO ASSIST.
FESTIVE FUN FOR EASTERN RESIDENTS ****
A CHRISTMAS FUN DAY FEATURING A TWO-HOUR FREE ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME WILL BE HELD FOR RESIDENTS IN THE EASTERN DISTRICT TOMORROW (SUNDAY).
FUNDED BY THE EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD AT A COST OF $10 000, THE CHRISTMAS FUN DAY IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICE AND FIVE AREA COMMITTEES IN THE QUARRY BAY AND SHAU KEI WAN AREAS.
THE PROGRAMME WILL FEATURE SINGING AND DANCE PERFORMANCES BY SCHOOLS AND LOCAL ORGANISATIONS, OTHER ATTRACTIONS INCLUDE A +TAI-CHI+ DEMONSTRATION, FOLK DANCE, VIOLIN PERFORMANCE, AND A SPECIAL PERFORMANCE BY WINNERS OF A RECENT EASTERN DISTRICT ARTS COUNCIL'S SINGING CONTEST.
THERE WILL