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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1989

ZHOU NAN TO ARRIVE TOMORROW

AT THE INVITATION OF THE GOVERNOR, CHINESE VICE FOREIGN MINISTER, MR ZHOU NAN, FROM TOMORROW (TUESDAY) TO THURSDAY (MARCH 2).

SIR DAVID WILSON,

WILL VISIT

THE HONG KONG

MR ZHOU WILL HAVE A MEETING WITH THE GOVERNOR ON WEDNESDAY (MARCH 1). HIS PROGRAMME WILL ALSO INCLUDE A BRIEFING ON DEVELOPMENTS IN HONG KONG AND VISITS TO A CONTAINER TERMINAL IN KWAI CHUNG, SHA TIN NEW TOWN AND TAI PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

MR ZHOU NAN WILL ARRIVE BY CX331 AT 8.15 PM TOMORROW (TUESDAY). MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES WISHING TO COVER HIS ARRIVAL SHOULD ASSEMBLE AT THE AIRPORT PRESS ROOM AT 7.30 PM.

TRIBUTE TO SIR RUN RUN'S ARTS FESTIVAL LEADERSHIP

THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, TONIGHT (MONDAY} PAID TRIBUTE TO SIR RUN RUN SHAW FOR THE SPLENDID LEADERSHIP HE PROVIDED HONG KONG ARTS FESTIVAL OVER THE PAST 15 YEARS.

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SIR RUN RUN IS RETIRING AFTER SERVING AS CHAIRMAN OF THE ARTS FESTIVAL SOCIETY SINCE ITS ESTABLISHMENT IN 1973.

"WE ARE ALL SADDENED THAT HE 15 RETIRING AND DEEPLY GRATEFUL FOR ALL THAT HE HAS ACHIEVED," SAID THE GOVERNOR WHEN HE ADDRESSED A POST ARTS FESTIVAL DINNER.

ARTS FESTIVAL,

"HIS OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO THE HONG KONG AND TO THE WIDER HONG KONG CULTURAL SCENE, HAS SET AN EXAMPLE FOR THOSE WHO FOLLOW IN THE FUTURE.

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THE ARTS FESTIVAL HAD BECOME ESTABLISHED AS A LEADING CULTURAL EVENT IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION, AND THIS WAS DUE IN NO SMALL MEASURE TO SIR RUN RUN'S LEADERSHIP, SIR DAVID SAID.

THE GOVERNOR ALSO EXPRESSED HIS PERSONAL APPRECIATION OF HARD WORK PUT IN BY ALL ASSOCIATED WITH THE 1989 ART'S FESTIVAL, SAID HE WAS SURE THE PAST MONTH HAD BEEN BOTH BUSY AND REWARDING.

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