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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1985

HE SAID THERE WOULD BE NO CONSTRAINTS ON IMAGINATION

ONLY AND FLAIR IN THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION

ON FINANCE, BUT HE STRESSED THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD GET THE GREATEST VALUE POSSIBLE FOR THE BUDGETED $150 MILLION FOR THE PROJECT.

+THE WORKING PARTY HAS ALREADY MADE GAINFUL VISITS TO THE MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY IN VANCOUVER AND THE ONTARIO SCIENCE CENTRE IN TORONTO, AND WILL CONCLUDE A HECTIC PROGRAMME BY VISITING THE EXPLORATORIUM MUSEUM AND THE ASIAN ART MUSEUM IN SAN FRANCISCO,+ HE SAID.

TURNING TO ANOTHER FIVE-MEMBER DELEGATION HEADED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE URBAN COUNCIL, MR HILTON CHEONG-LEEN, WHICH WAS ALSO PRESENTLY ON A WORKING VISIT TO NORTH AMERICA, MR FORSGATE SAID THIS GROUP HAD THE TWOFOLD AIM OF PROMOTING HONG KONG AND STUDYING THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN MUNICIPAL SERVICES THERE.

HE SAID THAT IN VIEW OF THE COUNCIL'S FULL SUPPORT TO HONG KONG'S PARTICIPATION IN EXPO '86, THE FIRST STOP OF THE TOP-LEVEL MISSION IN THEIR BUSY SCHEDULE WAS VANCOUVER WHERE THEY VISITED THE EXPO SITE TO SEE THE MODULE OF THE IMAGINATIVE HONG KONG PAVILION.

+ I AM CONFIDENT THAT HONG KONG WILL MAKE ITS MARK IN VANCOUVER, SHOWING THE WORLD A GLIMPSE OF THE ENORMOUS VITALITY THAT IS THE SECRET OF THE HONG KONG MIRACLE, HE SAID,

THE URBAN COUNCIL PARTY HAD ALSO ACCEPTED AN INVITATION TO VISIT TORONTO AND SAN FRANCISCO, TWO OTHER NORTH AMERICAN CITIES WITH A SIGNIFICANT ETHNIC CHINESE POPULATION, TO RENEW CULTURAL AND OTHER LINKS AS WELL AS TO AGAIN UPDATE THEMSELVES ON THE LATEST IN CITY SERVICES, HE ADDED.

DISGRACEFUL LITTER-FESTS IN PARKS DEPLORED

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THE URBAN COUNCIL WILL IN FUTURE CONSIDER ASSIGNING A TASK FORCE OF LITTER WARDENS TO ITS PARKS, WITH SUMMONSES READY. TO PREVENT A REPEAT OF THE ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR EVIDENT IN THE RECENT MID-AUTUMN FESTIVALS ORGANISED BY THE COUNCIL AT THE VICTORIA AND THE KO SHAN PARKS.

THIS WAS STATED TODAY BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ENTERTAINMENT SELECT COMMITTEE, MR STEPHEN LAU, AT THE COUNCIL'S MONTHLY PUBLIC MEETING.

MR LAU DEPLORED THE HUGE AMOUNT OF LITTER LEFT BEHIND BY VISITORS TO THE TWO PARKS, WHICH HE DESCRIBED AS +A BLOT ON THE COMMUNITY+.

/CONCERNING THE