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FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1986
WEST GERMAN TRADE OFFICIAL TOURS KWUN TONG
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A SENIOR TRADE OFFICIAL FROM WEST GERMANY THIS (FRIDAY) MORNING GAINED FIRST-HAND INFORMATION ABOUT INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IN KWUN TONG DURING A TOUR OF THE DISTRICT.
THE HEAD OF THE MARKET INFORMATION DIVISION OF WEST GERMANY'S FOREIGN TRADE INFORMATION OFFICE, MR EDGAR ANDRA, WAS ACCOMPANIED BY THE ASSISTANT KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR STANLEY YING, AND OTHER DISTRICT OFFICE STAFF DURING HIS
TOUR.
MR ANDRACK FIRST VISITED THE RECENTLY-OPENED KWUN TONG OFFICE OF THE TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL AND WAS BRIEFED ON THE WORK OF THE COUNCIL.
AT A KNITWEAR FACTORY AND AN ELECTRONICS FACTORY, MR ANDRACK WAS TOLD THAT TEXTILES AND ELECTRONICS WERE THE LARGEST INDUSTRIES IN THE DISTRICT WITH MORE THAN 1 000 FACTORIES IN PRODUCTION.
THE PARTY ALSO INSPECTED THE WESTERN EXTENSION OF THE INDUSTRIAL AREA - THE 221 HECTARES OF RECLAIMED INDUSTRIAL LAND IN KOWLOON BAY.
MR ANDRACK ALSO MET LOCAL DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS AND THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR KEVIN MAK, AND TALKED ABOUT DEVELOPMENT IN THE INDUSTRIAL AREA AND DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION.
SOUTHERN DISTRICT BOARD REPORTS ON YEAR'S WORK
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THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT BOARD WILL REPORT ON ITS FIRST YEAR OF WORK FOR THE 1985-1988 TERM AT A SEMINAR FOR THE DISTRICT'S SIX AREA COMMITTEES ON SUNDAY (MARCH 23).
JOINTLY ORGANISED WITH THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OFFICE, THE THREE-HOUR SEMINAR WILL START AT 2.15 PM IN THE CULTURAL ACTIVITIES HALL ON THE FIFTH FLOOR OF THE ABERDEEN URBAN COUNCIL COMPLEX.
ABOUT 150 PEOPLE FROM THE AREA COMMITTEES OF POK FU LAM, WAH FU, ABERDEEN AND AP LEI CHAU, TIN WAN AND SHEK PAI WAN, WONG CHUK HANG AND BAYS, AND STANLEY AND SHEK O WILL ATTEND THE MEETING.
/THE CHAIRMEN