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NOTING THAT SHAM SHUI PO HAD BECOME ONE OF THE INDUSTRIAL CENTRES IN THE TERRITORY, MR TSAO SAID THIS WAS THE OF JOINT EFFORTS BY LOCAL RESIDENTS AND THE GOVERNMENT IN COMMUNITY BUILDING.
HE SAID THE THEME OF THE DISTRICT FESTIVAL WAS TO ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO VOTE IN NEXT YEAR'S ELECTIONS, AND IN ORDER TO PUT ACROSS THIS MESSAGE, THE FESTIVAL CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE HAD INVITED 46 SOCIAL ORGANISATIONS TO HOLD A TOTAL OF 61 EVENTS DURING THE FESTIVAL PERIOD.
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"AND MORE THAN 60,000 PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED то TAKE PART, HE
MR TSAO ALSO PRAISED LOCAL ORGANISATIONS AND THE DISTRICT BOARD FOR SPONSORING THE FESTIVAL.
"THEIR ENTHUSIASM AS WELL AS THEIR EFFORTS WILL CERTAINLY IN THE PROMOTION OF DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION," HE SAID.
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THE DISTRICT FESTIVAL WITH A WIDE RANGE OF CULTURAL, RECREATIONAL AND SPORTS ACTIVITIES, WILL RUN UNTIL JANUARY 13.
ABOUT 8,000 RESIDENTS ATTENDED THIS EVENING'S OPENING CEREMONY AND VARIETY SHOW WHICH INCLUDED PERFORMANCES BY POPULAR SINGERS AND BANDS, THE SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT ARTS AND RECREATION ASSOCIATION'S CHILDREN AND YOUTH CHOIRS, AND A DRAMA ON THE SUBJECT OF ELECTIONS.
OTHER OFFICIATING GUESTS AT THE OPENING CEREMONY WERE THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR DAVID LAN; SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR TAI TUNG-NGOK; DISTRICT OFFICER, MR ALAN FUNG; AND THE FESTIVAL CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, MR CHAU MUN.
INAUGURAL MEETING OF HOSPITAL AUTHORITY
THE HOSPITAL AUTHORITY HELD ITS INAUGURAL PLENARY MEETING TODAY (TUESDAY) AT THE AUTHORITY'S OFFICES IN THE WORLD TRADE CENTRE.
THE MEETING WAS PRESIDED OVER BY SIR S.Y. CHUNG, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE AUTHORITY, WHO REMINDED MEMBERS OF THE TREMENDOUS TASKS AHEAD.
THE HOSPITAL AUTHORITY WILL BE ONE OF HONG KONG'S LARGEST PUBLIC ORGANISATIONS, SECOND ONLY TO THE GOVERNMENT IN THE EMPLOYEES - AT PRESENT THERE ARE SOME 34,000 STAFF IN THE AND SUBVENTED HOSPITALS.
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ABOUT SIX WILL BE
AFTER BEING TAKEN OVER BY THE HOSPITAL AUTHORITY IN TO NINE MONTHS' TIME, THE GOVERNMENT AND SUBVENTED HOSPITALS FULLY INTEGRATED UNDER THE AUTHORITY AND WILL BE KNOWN AS PUBLIC HOSPITALS.
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