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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1989

"AFTER MORE THAN 10 YEARS OF RAPID DEVELOPMENT,

NEW TOWN. PROSPEROUS BECOME A FLOURISHING AND ENJOYING A MODERN WAY OF LIFE AND PROPER COMMERCIAL FACILITIES. MR WAN SAID.

TUEN MUN HAS THE WITH

RESIDENTS COMMUNAL. EDUCATIONAL AND

WOULD SYMBOLISE

THESE ALL SENSE OF BELONGING AMONG

OF CHAIRMAN THE

THE

ORGANISING

HE SAID THIS YEAR'S FESTIVAL ACHIEVEMENTS AND HELP TO FOSTER FURTHER A RESIDENTS.

ON

FESTIVAL PROGRAMMES,

COMMITTEE, MR HENRY CHAN, SAID ABOUT 100 ACTIVITIES WOULD BE HELD.

ANCIENT

THESE ACTIVITIES INCLUDE AN ART FAIR, AN EXHIBITION OF

SHOWS, FILMS, CONCERTS, CONTESTS, POTTERY, VARIOUS DISPLAYS, SLIDE VARIETY SHOWS, CIVIL EDUCATION PROGRAMMES, FAMILY EVENTS.

EVENTS AND SPORTS

HELD THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE TUEN MUN FESTIVAL '89 WILL BE

TOWN HALL AT 2 PM ON AT THE CULTURAL SQUARE OUTSIDE THE TUEN MUN OCTOBER 14.

THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR DONALD LIAO, WILL AT THE CEREMONY.

OFFICIATE

A SPECTACULAR CLOSE ON

"EXTRAVAGANZA"

WILL

THE MONTH-LONG FESTIVAL WILL COME TO NOVEMBER 9 WHEN A GRAND CARNIVAL AND A FIREWORKS BE HELD.

THE TING, YAU AND PEARL

THE DISPLAY WILL BEGIN AT THE TUEN MỤN GOLD COAST AT 9 PM. FIREWORKS SHOULD BE CLEARLY VISIBLE FROM BUTTERFLY BAY, ON OI, NEW AND OLD CAFETERIA BEACHES, THE BEAULIEU ISLAND. IT WILL ALSO BE BROADCAST LIVE ON TELEVISION..

FESTIVAL

PENINSULA

MILLION,

IS $2 THE EXPENDITURE ON THIS YEAR'S HIGHEST IN THE 12 YEARS THAT THE ANNUAL FESTIVALS HAVE BEEN HELD.

THE

PRODUCT SOPHISTICATION. TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT VITAL TO SUCCESS

VITAL

FOR TRADE AND

PRODUCT SOPHISTICATION AND TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT ARE TO THE SUCCESS OF HONG KONG'S EXPORTS. THE SECRETARY INDUSTRY. MR JOHN CHAN. SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE 7TH HONG KONG JEWELLERY OF HONG KONG'S AND WATCH FAIR THIS MORNING. MR CHAN SAID THE GROWTH

EXAMPLE OF INCREASING WATCH AND JEWELLERY INDUSTRY WAS ANOTHER GOOD DIVERSIFICATION OF THE TERRITORY'S MANUFACTURING BASE.

IN 1988,

DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF

WATCHES AND

JEWELLERY

ITEMS PER CENT

OF

AMOUNTED TO A TOTAL VALUE OF 323 BILLION, ACCOUNTING FOR 11 OF HONG KONG'S TOTAL DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND REPRESENTING AN INCREASE 23 PER CENT IN VALUE TERMS OVER 1987.

/"GIVEN THE