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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1979

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+SO FAR, 91 APPLICATIONS FOR MANUFACTURERS' LICENCES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AND 36 PREMISES INSPECTED. EIGHTEEN MANUFACTURERS HAVE BEEN GRANTED LICENCES AND FIVE HAVE BEEN TOLD TO STOP OPERATION AS THEY HAVE FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THE REGULATIONS,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

A THIRD SECTION, THE PHARMACEUTICAL IMPORT AND EXPORT CONTROL SECTION IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PROCESSING APPLICATIONS FOR IMPORT AND EXPORT LICENCES IN RESPECT OF PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS WHICH ARE INTENDED FOR IMPORT FROM OR EXPORT TO OTHER COUNTRIES.

FIRST SAI KUNG FESTIVAL AN INSTANT SUCCESS

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THE FIRST SAI KUNG FESTIVAL WHICH PROVED AN INSTANT SUCCESS WITH THE LOCAL COMMUNITY - COMES TO AN END TOMORROW (MONDAY).

THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES, AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SAI KUNG RURAL COMMITTEE, MR. LAU KWUN SANG, WILL JOINTLY OFFICIATE AT THE CLOSING CEREMONY TO BE HELD AT THE MAN YEE PLAYGROUND IN SAI KUNG TOWN.

A VARIETY SHOW FEATURING CHINESE FOLK DANCES, SINGING AND MAGIC SHOWS WILL BE STAGED AFTERWARDS FOR THE GUESTS BY R. T.V. ARTISTES.

THE FESTIVAL, WHICH GOT OFF THE GROUND LAST WEDNESDAY, IS THE FIRST EVENT OF SUCH SCALE EVER STAGED IN SAI KUNG.

+ IT AIMS TO INSTITUTE TO THE PEOPLE OF SAI KUNG A SENSE OF BELONGING AS WELL AS TO PROMOTE THE RECREATIONAL AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE DISTRICT, THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR. COLIN BOSHER, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).

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HE POINTED OUT THAT THE WEEK-LONG FESTIVAL HAD ENOUGH VARIETY FOR MOST OF THE POPULATION OF SAI KUNG FROM CANTONESE OPERAS, CHINESE FOLK DANCES AND SINGING, ATHLETIC MEETS, PUPPET SHOWS AND DRAMA PERFORMANCES TO EXHIBITIONS OF PHOTOGRAPHS AND PAINTINGS.

+DESPITE THE RECENT COLD WEATHER, ATTENDANCE HAS BEEN GOOD

AT ALL THE EVENTS, MR, BOSHER ADDED.

THE FESTIVAL HAS BEEN ORGANISED AND PROMOTED BY THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE SAI KUNG RURAL COMMITTEE.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND A REPRESENTATIVE TO COVER THE CLOSING CEREMONY OF THE FIRST SA KUNG FESTIVAL AT THE MAN YEE PLAYGROUND, SAI KUNG TOWN, AT 7 P.. TOMORROW (MONDAY).

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