XN000022-1985-09-28 — Page 9

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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1985

LADY YOUDE AT PLAYGROUPS FAIR

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LADY YOUDE THIS (SATURDAY) MORNING SHARED IN THE FUN AT A FAIR ORGANISED BY THE PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUPS ASSOCIATION (HONG KONG) AT THE VICTORIA BARRACKS.

AFTER OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING, LADY YOUDE, ACCOMPANIED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ASSOCIATION'S HONG KONG BRANCH, MRS HEATHER JONES, TOURED SOME OF THE STALLS AND GAMES CORNERS.

THE ASSOCIATION WAS SET UP HERE IN APRIL, 1979. IT IS A VOLUNTARY ORGANISATION TO HELP PARENTS UNDERSTAND AND PROVIDE FOR THE NEEDS OF THE IR YOUNG CHILDREN.

LADY YOUDE IS THE PATRON OF THE HONG KONG BRANCH.

UC DELEGATION OFF TO NORTH AMERICA

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A FIVE-MEMBER URBAN COUNCIL DELEGATION HEADED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE URBAN COUNCIL, MR HILTON CHEONG-LEEN, LEFT HONG KONG TODAY FOR A TWO-WEEK WORKING VISIT TO CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES.

THE FIRST STOP WILL BE VANCOUVER WHERE MEMBERS OF THE DELEGATION WILL TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROMOTE HONG KONG, TO LOOK AT MUNICIPAL FACILITIES THERE — INCLUDING THE EXPO '86 SITE -- AND TO RENEW CULTURAL AND OTHER LINKS WITH THE CANADIAN PEOPLE, AS WELL AS FORMER HONG KONG RESIDENTS WHO HAVE EMIGRATED TO CANADA.

THE URBAN COUNCIL PARTY WILL ALSO VISIT TORONTO AND SAN FRANCISCO, TWO OTHER CITIES WITH A SIGNIFICANT POPULATION FROM HONG KONG, WHERE THEY WILL STUDY MUNICIPAL SERVICES AND PROMOTE CULTURAL EXCHANGES AND TIES OF FRIENDSHIP.

MEMBERS OF THE GROUP COMPRISE URBAN COUNCILLORS MESSRS AUGUSTINE CHUNG, JOSEPH CHAN AND TONG KAM-BIU, AS WELL AS THE SECRETARY OF THE URBAN COUNCIL, MR ROY SPENCER.

THE GROUP WILL BE LINKING UP WITH ANOTHER FIVE-MEMBER MUSEUM DELEGATION WHO ARE ALSO VISITING NORTH AMERICA AT THE SAME TIME IN CONNECTION WITH THE PLANNING OF THE PERMANENT MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY.

MEMBERS OF

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