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A SHUTTLE BUS WILL TAKE RESIDENTS ON A TOUR OF THE DISTRICT AT HOURLY INTERVALS.
THE CARNIVAL IS THE LAST OF A SERIES OF ACTIVITIES SPONSORED BY THE YAU TSIM DISTRICT BOARD ΤΟ PROMOTE THE NEW NAME OF THE DISTRICT, WHICH WAS INTRODUCED IN APRIL, AND TO INSTILL A SENSE OF BELONGING AMONG RESIDENTS.
WINNERS OF BASKETBALL, TABLE-TENNIS, AND PHOTOGRAPHY HELD EARLIER IN THE YEAR WILL RECEIVE PRIZES AT THE OPENING OF THE CARNIVAL, AT WHICH THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KOWLOON, MR DAVID LAN, WILL OFFICIATE.
CONTESTS CEREMONY
KONG AND
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE CARNIVAL TO BE HELD IN THE UC CENTENARY GARDEN AT 2 PM ON SUNDAY (OCTOBER 16).
DUTCH MISSION VISITS KWAI TSING DISTRICT
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A 40-MEMBER MUNICIPAL AND ECONOMIC MISSION FROM AMSTERDAM VISITED KWAI TSING DISTRICT TODAY (FRIDAY) AS PART OF THEIR ITINERARY TO FOSTER CLOSER ECONOMIC TIES BETWEEN THE NETHERLANDS AND HONG KONG.
THE MISSION, LED BY VICE-MAYOR OF AMSTERDAM, MR
ETTY, COMPRISED SENIOR REPRESENTATIVES OF THE AMSTERDAM PORT MANAGEMENT, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY OF AMSTERDAM, DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS, NETHERLANDS COUNCIL FOR TRADE PROMOTION AND UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM.
ACCOMPANYING THE MISSION WERE KWAI TSING DISTRICT OFFICER, MR BRIAN COAK; A PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, MR MIKE WATERS, AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT, THE MARINE DEPARTMENT AND THE TSUEN WAN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE.
THE MISSION TOURED ROUND THE DISTRICT ON BOARD A LAUNCH AND WAS BRIEFED ON DEVELOPMENTS OF THE KWAI CHUNG CONTAINER PORT AND GROWTH OF THE DISTRICT IN AREAS OF HOUSING, TRAFFIC AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES.
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THE MISSION ALSO HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH INDUSTRIALISTS, BUSINESSMEN AND PROFESSIONALS IN THE DISTRICT ON INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS OF KWAI TSING AND WORLD TRADE IN GENERAL.
KONG CONTAINER
THE MISSION IS ON A STOP-OVER IN HONG KONG FOLLOWING A VISIT TO CHINA RECENTLY IN VIEW OF THE BUSINESS RELATION BETWEEN HONG AND THE NETHERLANDS AND FOR THE FACT THAT THE KWAI CHUNG PORT IS THE WORLD'S BUSIEST CONTAINER PORT.
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