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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1989

NOTING THAT THE DISTRICT HAS BECOME AN IMPORTANT CENTRE FOR CULTURAL ACTIVITIES AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS IN THE TERRITORY. HE URGED RESIDENTS TO CONTRIBUTE

MAINTAINING THE VITALITY OF THE

DISTRICT.

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ABOUT 30 EVENTS, INCLUDING CULTURAL. RECREATIONAL AND SPORTS ACTIVITIES. WERE OFFERED TO THE 200.000 RESIDENTS IN WAN CHAI DURING THE FESTIVAL WHICH BEGAN ON OCTOBER 18.

THE MOST POPULAR EVENTS WERE A "MUSIC BUS PARADE". "DISCO NIGHT". EXHIBITIONS OF HISTORICAL PICTURES OF THE DISTRICT, AND TRADITIONAL CHINESE ARTISTIC PERFORMANCES.

THE BUDGET FOR THE FESTIVAL WAS ABOUT $700.000.

THE CLOSING CEREMONY WAS FOLLOWED RY A DEMONSTRATION OF CHINESE MARTIAL ARTS AND RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS BY ATHLETES FROM GUANGDONG PROVINCE WHO WERE INVITED SPECIALLY FOR THE OCCASION.

ALSO ATTENDING THE CLOSING CEREMONY WERE WAN CHAI DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN. MRS PEGGY LAM: CHAIRMAN OF THE WAN CHAI FESTIVAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE, MR RAYMOND CHOW; AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEMBER. MR CHAN YING-LUN,

ICAC DELEGATION OFF FOR SYDNEY CONFERENCE

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THE COMMISSIONER OF THE INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION. MR DAVID JEAFTRESON, AND THREE SENIOR ICAC OFFICIALS LEFT FOR SYDNEY LAST I NOVEMBER 111 NIGHT TO ATTEND THE FOURTH INTERNATIONAL ANTI-CORRUPTION CONFERENCE.

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HE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR

OPERATIONS, MR JIM BUCKLE: DIRECTOR OF CORRUPTION PREVENTION, MR TONY SCOTT: AND DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY RELATIONS, MR LEUNG CHIN-MAN.

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AUSTRALIAN DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND BOWEN. THE SIX-DAY CONFERENCE BEGINS STRATEGIES что COMBAT AND PREVENT

BEING HOSTED BY THR ATTORNEY GENERAL. MR LIONEL TODAY WITH THE THEME OF PLANNING CORRUPTION IN THE 1990'S.

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ADDRESS ON "THE

MR JEAFFRESON WILL DELIVER A KEYNOTE IMPORTANCE OF A THREE-PRONGED ATTACK ON CORRUPTION AND AN ASSESSMENT OF ITS EFFECTIVENESS" TOMORROW.

THE COMMISSIONER AND THE OTHER ICAC DELEGATES WILL ALSO TAKE PART IN SEPARATE PANRI, DISCUSSIONS ON VARIOUS TOPICS.

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