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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1987

YAU TSIM DISTRICT FESTIVAL CLOSES TODAY

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ORGANISATIONS AND RESIDENTS WHO HAD HELPED ORGANISE THE YAU TEI, AND TSIM SHA TSUI FESTIVAL RECEIVED SOUVENIRS THIS (MONDAY) EVENING AT A RECEPTION TO MARK THE CLOSE OF THE TWO-MONTH EVENT.

OFFICIATING AT THE PRESENTATION CEREMONY WAS DEPUTY REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR PAUL LEUNG, HE ALSO PRESENTED PRIZES TO WINNERS OF VARIOUS EVENTS HELD DURING THE FESTIVAL.

SPEAKING TO SOME 500 GUESTS AT THE RECEPTION, CHAIRMAN OF THE FESTIVAL'S ORGANISING COMMITTEE WHO IS ALSO CHAIRMAN OF THE DISTRICT BOARD, MR YIP WAH, SAID MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE AND 25 ORGANISATIONS HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN LAUNCHING THE FIRST DISTRICT FESTIVAL.

THEY INCLUDED REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE AREA COMMITTEES, LOCAL ORGANISATIONS, COMMERCIAL FIRMS, THE URBAN COUNCIL, GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND RESIDENTS.

EXPRESSING APPRECIATION FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT, MR YIP NOTED THAT 66 EVENTS HAD BEEN PRODUCED SINCE THE FESTIVAL STARTED IN SEPTEMBER.

"A WIDE VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES WERE ORGANISED FOR DIFFERENT TARGET GROUPS ΤΟ PROMOTE DISTRICT IDENTITY AND PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS," HE SAID.

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THE FESTIVAL WHICH CONCLUDED TODAY COST MORE THAN $700,000, WHICH $300,000 WAS FROM DISTRICT BOARD FUNDS AND THE REST FROM SPONSORS.

HOT-LINE ON BN(0) PASSPORT

WITH ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE

SET UP BY THE

BRITISH IMMIGRATION

A PUBLIC HOT-LINE TO DEAL NATIONAL (OVERSEAS) PASSPORT HAS BEEN DEPARTMENT. THE NUMBER IS 3-665665.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS HOT-LINE, AS MENTIONED BY THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR DAVID JEAFFRESON, IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEETING ON NOVEMBER 11, IS TO ASSIST ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO ENCOUNTERED DIFFICULTIES WITH HIS BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS) PASSPORT OR WHO WISHES TO MAKE ENQUIRIES ABOUT IT.

HAS

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO MAKE ENQUIRIES CAN DO SO DURING OFFICE HOURS, FROM TOMORROW (TUESDAY).

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