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TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 1987

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DISTRICT FESTIVAL SUPPORT FOR SIR EDWARD YOUDE FUND

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CHAIRMAN OF THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT FESTIVAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE, MR ROBIN CHAN YAU-HING, AT A COCKTAIL RECEPTION THIS (TUESDAY) EVENING, PRESENT A CHEQUE FOR $20 000 TO THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR LAM KAM-KWONG, IN SUPPORT OF THE SIR EDWARD YOUDE FUND.

MR CHAN SAID THE DONATION WAS MADE FROM SURPLUS FUNDS RAISED FOR ORGANISING THE FESTIVAL LAST YEAR.

PART OF THE SURPLUS WAS GIVEN TO THE COUNCIL OF THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT SCHOOL HEADS FOR PURCHASING EQUIPMENT TO PROMOTE CIVIC EDUCATION.

THE REMAINDER WAS USED TO SPONSOR THE DISTRICT ASSOCIATION FOR CULTURE AND ARTS (CENTRAL AND WESTERN) AND THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT RECREATION AND SPORT ASSOCIATION.

THE COMMITTEE HAD RAISED ABOUT $780 000 LAST YEAR WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE DISTRICT BOARD AND VARIOUS ORGANISATIONS AND ABOUT $730 000 WERE SPENT ON MORE THAN 40 PROGRAMMES IN THE FESTIVAL.

GUESTS INCLUDING LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEMBER, MR LIU LIT-FOR, ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, MISS ELIZABETH TSE DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN. MR VINCENT KO, DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS AND MORE THAN 100 COMMUNITY LEADERS ATTENDED THE RECEPTION.

CONTRACT-SIGNING CEREMONY

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THE ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT RECENTLY AWARDED A $318 MILLION CONTRACT FOR A 49-STOREY GOVERNMENT OFFICE BUILDING AT HARBOUR ROAD ON WAN CHAI RECLAMATION.

THE CONTRACT, THE BIGGEST TO BE AWARDED BY THE DEPARTMENT THIS YEAR, WILL BE SIGNED BY THE DIRECTOR OF ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES, MR JOSE LÉ1, AND A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY ON THURSDAY (APRIL 30).

THE BUILDING, WHICH IS PART OF A GOVERNMENT COMPLEX ON A 16 000-SQUARE-METRE SITE BOUNDED BY HAR BOUR ROAD TO THE NORTH AND GLOUCESTER ROAD TO THE SOUTH, WILL BE USED BY VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS ON COMPLETION.

WORK IS EXPECTED TO START NEXT MONTH AND TAKE THREE YEARS TO COMPLETE.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE CONTRACT SIGNING WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE CONFERENCE ROOM OF THE ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT ON THE 35TH FLOOR OF THE QUEENSWAY GOVERNMENT OFFICES BUILDING AT 3 PM.

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