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COMMITTEE MEMBERS WILL

10

ALSO

CONSIDER

MONDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1988

APPLICATIONS SIX

FROM

FIRE-FIGHTING

LOCAL FIRE WATCH TEAMS FOR FUNDS FOR REPLENISHING THEIR EQUIPMENT.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE SERVICES COMMITTEE

MEETING OF THE NORTH BEGINNING

AT 2.30

PM BOARD'S SOCIAL (TUESDAY) IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM OF THE NORTH DISTRICT OFFICE, CLUB ROAD, FANLING,

WATER STORAGE FIGURE

DISTRICT

TOMORROW

JOCKEY

STORAGE IN HONG KONG'S RESERVOIRS AT 9 AM TODAY (MONDAY) STOOD AT 42.9 PER CENT OF CAPACITY OR 251.192 MILLION CUBIC METRES.

THIS TIME LAST YEAR THE RESERVOIRS CONTAINED CUBIC METRES OF WATER, REPRESENTING 68.3 PER CENT OF CAPACITY.

400.321

MILLION

ARTS FESTIVAL FOR THE C & W COMMUNITY

A MONTH-LONG CULTURE AND ARTS FESTIVAL AIMED AT ENHANCING PEOPLE'S QUALITY OF LIFE AND ΤΟ ENCOURAGE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION WILL BE LAUNCHED IN CENTRAL AND WESTERN NEXT MONTH.

SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE THIS (MONDAY) AFTERNOON, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE DISTRICT ASSOCIATION FOR CULTURE AND ARTS (CENTRAL AND WESTERN), MR WONG CHUNG-YING, SAID THE FESTIVAL WILL FEATURE A DOZEN CULTURAL AND ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMMES FOR SOME 20, 000 RESIDENTS WITH EMPHASIS ON "COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT".

AS A CURTAIN RAISER, AN ARTS BONANZA WILL BE HELD AT CHATER GARDEN ON SUNDAY (NOVEMBER 6), BEGINNING AT 2 PM.

MR WONG SAID THAT PEOPLE CAN TRY VARIOUS KINDS OF INCLUDING CERAMICS, KNITTING,

FLOUR

HANDICRAFTS

DOLL-MAKING AND PAPER

SCULPTURE

DURING THE AFTERNOON.

/THE CHAIRMAN