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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1986
MR YEUNG ADDED THAT THE CAD/CAM SUB-COMMITTEE OF THE INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT BOARD HAS RECENTLY BEEN CONSIDERING A PROPOSAL BY THE TWO UNIVERSITIES TO TAKE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT WORK A STEP FURTHER BY MAKING IT POSSIBLE FOR CAD SYSTEMS TO BE INTEGRATED WITH COMPUTER-AIDED MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS.
+ THE PROPOSALS FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT PROJECT ARE BEING EXAMINED BY THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT AND WILL BE PUT TO THE INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT BOARD IN DUE COURSE, HE SAID.
COLOURFUL LAUNCHING OF CENTRAL-WESTERN DISTRICT FESTIVAL
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A SPECTACULAR DRAGON AND LION DANCE AND A COLOURFUL VARIETY SHOW LAUNCHED THE SECOND CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT FESTIVAL THIS (WEDNESDAY) EVENING.
THE USUAL QUIET EDINBURGH PLACE LIVED UP WHEN A 50-METRE-LONG DRAGON CAME TO LIFE AFTER AN EYE-DOTTING CEREMONY BY THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR DONALD LIAO.
MR LIAO THEN ANNOUNCED THE OPENING OF THE FESTIVAL AT THE CITY HALL CONCERT HALL WHERE AUDIENCE WERE ALSO TREATED TO A VARIETY SHOW FEATURING A STRINGS ORCHESTRA, BALLET AND ORIENTAL FOLK DANCE PERFORMANCES AND SINGING PERFORMED BY A CHOIR AS WELL AS POPULAR SINGERS.
IN HIS ADDRESS. MR LIAO SAID THAT APART FROM RETAINING CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL PROGRAMMES, THE SECOND FESTIVAL SOUGHT TO OFFER NEW PROGRAMMES TINTED WITH LOCAL COLOURS AND TO PROMOTE THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION SCHEME WITH FUNCTIONS ON CIVIC EDUCATION.
+ALL IN ALL, THE WHOLE DISTRICT FESTIVAL HAS ORGANISED MORE THAN 30 EXUBERANT PROGRAMMES TO CATER FOR THE VARIED INTERESTS OF THE PUBLIC, + HE SAID.
MR LIAO ALSO EXPRESSED HIS APPRECIATION TO ORGANISERS AND SPONSORS OF THE FESTIVAL.
THE FESTIVAL WILL LAST FOR THREE WEEKS AND A WIDE RANGE OF PROGRAMMES HAVE BEEN ARRANGED TO SUIT THE INTERESTS OF DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS IN THE DISTRICT.
THEY INCLUDE