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Friday, November 10, 1972

(ii) subject to the approval of the necessary funds by the Legislative Council's Finance Committee, the Festival Office should be reconstituted to consist of a permanent nucleus to carry out advance planning and be suitably expanded in time to organize the 1973 Festival; and (iii) the next Festival should cover a period of nine days and should end on a Sunday;

To co-ordinate and exercise general control over the Festival programme;

To appoint working committees to undertake detailed programme planning;

To advise on the provision of public funds and raising of revenue from other sources;

To decide on the extent to which commercial and industrial organisation should be invited to participate in the Festival; and

To submit a report to Government on the Festival and to make recommendations on the date of the next Festival, its organisation, planning and financing.

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