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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1985

ALSO APPEARING IN THE FESTIVAL WILL BE LOCAL GROUPS SUCH

HONG KONG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, CITY CONTEMPORARY DANCE COMPANY, TSUEN WAN CULTURE AND RECREATION CO-ORDINATING ASSOCIATION AND KWAI CHUNG PERFORMING ARTS SOCIETY.

AS THE HONG KONG CHINESE ORCHESTRA,

ANOTHER ATTRACTION WILL BE THE SHOWING OF 10 FILMS, ALL WINNERS OF THE 4TH HONG KONG FILM AWARDS.

MR CHENG SAID TICKET PRICES FOR MOST PERFORMANCES WOULD BE LOW, RANGING FROM $10 TO $40 EACH.

HALF-PRICED TICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS AND THOSE OVER 65 YEARS OF AGE.

POSTAL BOOKING FOR THE PERFORMANCES WILL BE ACCEPTED FROM TOMORROW (SATURDAY) UNTIL DECEMBER 20,

BOOKING FOLDERS CONTAINING PROGRAMME DETAILS CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL: TSUEN WAN, KWAI CHUNG AND TSING YI DISTRICT OFFICES CITY HALL GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AND MOST TV WEEK CONSUMER SERVICE CENTRES AT MTR STATIONS.

THE FESTIVAL IS PRESENTED JOINTLY BY THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD, KWAI CHUNG AND TSING YI DISTRICT BOARD, TSUEN WAN CULTURE AND RECREATION CO-ORDINATING ASSOCIATION, KWAI CHUNG PERFORMING ARTS SOCIETY AND THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

DB DELEGATION OFF TO JAPAN

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A DELEGATION OF THE SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT BOARD SET OFF TODAY (FRIDAY) ON A STUDY TOUR TO KAGOSHIMA AND TOKYO IN JAPAN.

THE DELEGATION COMPRISES 17 MEMBERS 12 BOARD MEMBERS, TWO OBSERVERS, THE DISTRICT OFFICER, THE BOARD SECRETARY AND A SENIOR TRANSPORT OFFICER.

AT A PRESS CONFERENCE THIS AFTERNOON, MR CHOW KWEN-L IM WHO HEADS THE DELEGATION, SAID THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT A STUDY TOUR TO KAGOSHIMA WAS ORGANISED BY A DISTRICT BOARD.

+WE WILL OBSERVE THE ORGANISATION AND STRUCTURE OF THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT, THE WORK IT DOES FOR THE PEOPLE AND HOW UNOFFICIALS PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS.

+ I HOPE THE EXPERIENCE WILL ENLIGHTEN MEMBERS ON THE OPERATION OF THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM AS WELL AS THE DEVELOPMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT IN HONG KONG.

+FURTHERMORE, THE VISIT WILL ALSO PROVIDE A VALUABLE OPPORTUNITY FOR FRIENDLY EXCHANGE OF VIEWS BETWEEN BOARD MEMBERS AND THE IR COUNTERPARTS IN KAGOSHIMA, AND HELP STRENGTHEN TIES BETWEEN THE PEOPLE IN THE TWO PLACES, HE SAID.

/DURING THEIR

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