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FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 1985

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COLOURFUL DRAGON BOAT ON DISPLAY

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A DISPLAY OF A DRAGON BOAT AND AN EXHIBITION ON THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL IN HONG KONG WILL BE HELD AT CITYPLAZA STARTING TOMORROW (SATURDAY).

THE EXHIBITION, WHICH WILL INCLUDE INFORMATION ON THE WORK OF THE EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD AND DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD AND CITYPLAZA.

THE BOARD RECENTLY CONTRIBUTED $11 000 TO SPONSOR THE FUNCTION, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO ATTRACT LARGE CROWDS DURING THE 13-DAY EXHIBITION.

THE MAIN ATTRACTION OF THE EXHIBITION IS THE DISPLAY OF A 38-FOOT-LONG DRAGON BOAT, DECORATED WITH COLOURFUL CHINESE EMBROIDERED FRONT BANNERS, PARASOL, DRUM, GONG AND PADDLES.

THE EXHIBITION WILL BE HELD ON THE FOURTH FLOOR OF CITYPLAZA, TAIKOO SHING, UNTIL JUNE 27 (THURSDAY).

THE EASTERN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR LUI HAU-TUEN, THE CHAIRMAN OF COMMUNITY BUILDING COMMITTEE OF EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD, MR LEE KWONG-LAM, AND THE CENTRE MANAGER OF CITYPLAZA, MR JOHN WAGNER WILL OFFICIATE AT THE OPENING CEREMONY.

SAI KUNG FIRE SERVICES GET OWN STATION

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SAI KUNG FIRE SERVICES PERSONNEL BEGAN OPERATING FROM PERMANENT BASE TODAY, WITH THE OPENING OF A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR STATION COMPLEX IN THE AREA.

FOR THE PAST 23 YEARS, THE SERVICES HAD BEEN WORKING FROM TWO CORRUGATED NISSEN HUTS VACATED BY THE BRITISH FORCES, THE CHIEF FIRE OFFICER, KOWLOON COMMAND, MR M. KINGDOM, SAID TODAY. BEFORE THAT, THE SERVICES HAD OCCUPIED TWO OTHER TEMPORARY PREMISES.

+NOW, SOME 23 YEARS LATER, WE HAVE A PERMANENT FIRE STATION ESTABLISHMENT, HE SAID, UNVEILING A PLAQUE TO OPEN THE NEW STATION COMPLEX.

BY WORKING CLOSELY AND HARMONIOUSLY WITH SAT KUNG RESIDENTS, THE SERVICES COULD HOPEFULLY, BRING ABOUT A LESSENING OF THE TRAGIC LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT ARISES FROM FIRES, TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS AND OTHER INCIDENTS THAT OCCUR TOO FREQUENTLY,

HE SAID.

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