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SUNDAY, JANUARY 29, 1984

HONG KONG COMMUNITY GROWING STRONGER

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THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES TODAY (SUNDAY) STRESSED THAT HONG KONG WAS A STRONG COMMUNITY AND WAS GROWING STRONGER.

+HONG KONG IS NOW A MUCH MORE COMPLETE COMMUNITY THAN IT WAS 10 YEARS AGO, HE SAID.

BUT HE ADDED THAT THE WORK OF BUILDING THE COMMUNITY

HAD NOT FINISHED.

SPEAKING AT THE INAUGURAL BALL OF THE HONG KONG JUNIOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, MR AKERS-JONES SAID HONG KONG HAD CHANGED FROM A RELATIVELY UNSOPHISTICATED MANUFACTURING CENTRE INTO A HIGHLY ORGANISED MODERN METROPOLIS.

+WE ARE AN ARTICULATE COMMUNITY AND WE HAVE A PROVEN SYSTEM FOR MAKING OUR VIEWS KNOWN, AND THIS SYSTEM IS CAPABLE OF BEING FURTHER DEVELOPED, HE SAID.

+WE ARE AN EDUCATED AND HIGHLY TRAINED COMMUNITY AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR HIGHER EDUCATION AND ADVANCED TRAINING ARE BEING EXPANDED.

*WE ARE AN INTERNATIONAL CENTRE, A PLACE OF LIFE, TRAVEL AND COMMUNICATION WITH THE WORLD.

+WE ARE A CULTURAL CROSSROADS AND THE ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT ARE NOW ENRICHING OUR LIVES AS NEVER BEFORE.

+LET US RESOLVE AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS NEW YEAR OF 1984 THAT WE WILL BE STEADFAST IN OUR RESOLVE TO CONTINUE WITH THIS GREAT WORK, HE SAID.

TRAFFIC PLAN FOR FIREWORKS DISPLAY

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SPECIAL TRANSPORT AND TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE FIREWORKS DISPLAY ON LUNAR NEW YEAR'S DAY (THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2) WERE ANNOUNCED TODAY.

THE DISPLAY IS TO TAKE PLACE IN VICTORIA HARBOUR. IT WILL START AT 8 PM AND LAST 30 MINUTES.

ON BOTH HONG KONG ISLAND AND KOWLOON THERE WILL BE SPECIAL PEDESTRIAN-ONLY AREAS TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO VIEW THE FIREWORKS FROM GOOD VANTAGE POINTS.

THERE WILL BE EXTRA BUS, TRAM, FERRY AND MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY SERVICES TO COPE WITH THE EXPECTED INCREASED PUBLIC DEMAND BEFORE AND AFTER THE DISPLAY.

TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS AMPLE SPACE FOR ALL THOSE WHO WISH TO SEE THE DISPLAY AND THAT DISRUPTION TO TRANSPORT AND TRAFFIC IS KEPT TO A MINIMUM, A NUMBER OF ROAD CLOSURES AND OTHER ALTERATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS ARE REQUIRED.

/A TRANSPORT!