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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1987

THE CEREMONY WILL TAKE PLACE AT 9.30 AM AT THE TA KWU LING PIG BREEDING CENTRE IN PING CHE ROAD, FANLING.

PRESENT WILL BE THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT, MR MIKE STOKOE; ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC, DR HOWARD WARD; AND THE DEPUTY REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES (SPECIAL DUTIES), MR LEO KWAN.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

TRANSPORT HAS BEEN ARRANGED FOR MEDIA REFRESENTATIVES WHO WISH TO COVER THE HAND-OVER CEREMONY, THEY SHOULD ASSEMBLE AT THE KOWLOON PUBLIC PIER IN TSIM SHA TSUI AT 8.15 AM.

ISLANDS : A PLACE WHICH WELCOMES VISITOES

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THE FIRST ISLANDS DISTRICT FESTIVAL, COMMENCING THIS SUNDAY (NOVEMBER 15), IS INTENDED TO FOSTER A COMMUNITY SPIRIT AMONG ISLANDERS AND TO FURTHER PROMOTE THE DISTRICT AS A PLACE OF INTEREST TO VISITORS.

SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TO ANNOUNCE DETAILS OF THE 15-DAY FESTIVAL, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE, MISS LEE WAI-FONG, SAID AS THE ISLANDS DISTRICT WAS RATHER SCATTERED GEOGRAPHICALLY, A SENSE OF BELONGING AMONG RESIDENTS HAD ΤΟ BE CULTIVATED.

"THEREFORE, 'ISLANDS MY HOME' HAS BEEN ADOPTED AS THE THEME OF THE FESTIVAL AND IT IS THROUGH ORGANISING AND PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAMMES THAT WE ARE ACHIEVING THAT END," SHE SAID.

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MISS LEE SAID AS A SECONDARY AIM, THE FESTIVAL WOULD PROMOTE THE ALREADY FLOURISHING TOURISM WHICH WAS CRUCIAL TO THE ECONOMY OF THE DISTRICT.

"WE WELCOME VISITORS TO JOIN SOME OF OUR PROGRAMMES AND SHARE THE FESTIVE FUN WITH US," SHE ADDED.

HELD

CHAIRMAN OF THE

ANOTHER SPEAKER AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE, PUBLICITY SUB-COMMITTEE MR CHUNG MAN-CHIU, SAID THE 30 CULTURAL, RECREATIONAL AND SPORTS PROGRAMMES WOULD BE FOUR MAIN ISLANDS OF THE DISTRICT LANTAU, AND LAMMA.

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