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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1981

THE BUDGET IS ABOUT $750 000, OF WHICH $300 000 FOR THE ONE-WEEK CANTONESE OPERA PS BEING PROVIDED BY THE TAI WAI VILLAGE OFFICE.

THE DISTRICT BOARD WILL PROVIDE $105 000 AND THE ARTS

ASSOCIATION $40 900,

THE CULTURAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE MUSIC OFFICE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE EXPENSES OF A NUMBER OF ITEMS IN THE PROGRAMME AND THE DEFICIT WILL BE MET BY PRIVATE DONATIONS.

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TOURING FORUM ON DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION

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A FREE AND USEFUL EXCHANGE OF VIEWS ON DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION TOOK PLACE THIS AFTERNOON ON BOARD THE SIR CECIL CLEMENTI+ WHILE IT CRUISED IN THE HARBOUR OFF KWUN TONG.

THONY

ORGANISED BY THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICER OF WAN CHAI, MR GEOFFREY COOPER, IT PROVIDED A VALUABLE OPPORTUNITY FOR 14 UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE WAN CHAI CITY DISTRICT COMMITTEE TO LEARN FROM THE EXPERIENCE OF NINE UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT BOARD ABOUT THE PROBLEMS OF DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION.

THERE WAS, HOWEVER, ALSO A TWO-WAY EXCHANGE OF VIEWS AND EXPERIENCES BETWEEN THE TWO GROUPS JOINTLY LED BY MR DAVID K.P.TSUI CITY DISTRICT COMMISSIONER OF KWUN TONG AND MR ANTHONY ROBIN CLARK, CITY DISTRICT COMMISSIONER FOR WAN CHAI.

THE FOUR-HOUR FORUM STARTED AT 12.30 PM WHEN THE SIR CECIL CLEMENTI BERTHED AT THE QUEEN'S PIER TO PICK UP THE 14 PARTICIPANTS FROM THE WAN CHAI CITY DISTRICT COMMITTEE BEFORE PROCEEDING TO THE KWUN TONG PUBLIC PIER TO PICK UP THE OTHER NINE PARTICIPANTS FROM THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT BOARD.

THE BOAT THEN TOURED KOWLOON BAY, YAU TONG BAY AND LEI YUE MUN, WHILE THE DISCUSSIONS WERE HELD.