XN000022-1987-01-27 — Page 5

TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1987

RE-APPOINTMENT ANNOUNCED

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THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (TUESDAY) THAT THE ACTING GOVERNOR HAS RE-APPOINTED MR GORDON MACWHINNIE AND MR ANDREW SO KWOK-WING AS MEMBERS OF THE STANDING COMMISSION ON CIVIL SERVICE SALARIES AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE FOR A PERIOD OF TWO YEARS WITH EFFECT FROM JANUARY 24.

SAI KUNG FESTIVAL STARTS NEXT WEEK

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SAI KUNG DISTRICT RESIDENTS WILL BE TREATED TO FIVE DAYS OF FUN AND ENTERTAINMENT WHEN THE DISTRICT FESTIVAL STARTS ON MONDAY (FEBRUARY 2).

A VARIETY OF SPORTS, RECREATIONAL AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES WILL BE HELD AT THE SAJ KUNG TOWN HALL, TANG SHIU KIN SPORTS GROUND, RENNIE'S MILL SECONDARY SCHOOL AND MAN YEE PLAYGROUND.

A SPOKESMAN OF THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT FESTIVAL PREPARATORY COMMITTEE SAID ABOUT $187 000, OF WHICH $75 000 WAS FROM THE DISTRICT BOARD, WOULD BE SPENT ON STAGING 12 PROGRAMMES FOR PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT AGES AND INTERESTS.

SINCE THE FESTIVAL COINCIDES WITH THE LUNAR NEW YEAR, HE SAID THAT THESE PROGRAMMES WOULD ADD MORE COLOUR AND FESTIVE ATMOSPHERE TO THE NEW YEAR.

+BY PARTICIPATING IN THESE ACTIVITIES, RESIDENTS WOULD BE ABLE TO INSTILL A SENSE OF BELONGING TO THE DISTRICT AND UPHOLD A HIGH COMMUNITY SPIRIT,+ HE ADDED.

THE FESTIVAL WILL BE LAUNCHED WITH A NEW YEAR MARATHON FROM THE LADY MACLEHOSE HOLIDAY VILLAGE TO THE TANG SHIU KIN SPORTS GROUND.

THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE FESTIVAL WILL FOLLOW AT THE FINISHING POINT OF THE MARATHON. SAI KUNG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR KEVIN HO, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE CEREMONY.

ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE FESTIVAL WILL BE A DISCO NIGHT TO BE HELD AT THE SAI KUNG TOWN HALL ON FEBRUARY 3. REFRESHMENTS WILL BE PROVIDED AND COUPLE TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE AT $10 EACH.

THE CLOSING CEREMONY ON FEBRUARY 6 AT SAI KUNG TOWN HALL WILL FEATURE SINGING, DANCING, HEI KUNG+ PERFORMANCE (A TYPE OF MARTIAL ARTS EXERCISE) AND CANTONESE OPERA. THESE WILL BE PERFORMED BY STUDENTS, SAI KUNG CHILDREN CHOIR MEMBERS AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM LOCAL RECREATIONAL BODIES.

/OTHER PROGRAMMES