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THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1990

NONA DIRECTOR SEES WORK OF URBAN COUNCIL

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KONG

BRANCH,

CALL TO THE MULTI-FACETED

THE DIRECTOR OF THE NEW CHINA NEWS AGENCY'S HONG

PAID MR ZHOU NAN, THIS (THURSDAY) EVENING

A COURTESY URBAN COUNCIL TO FAMILIARISE HIMSELF WITH THE COUNCIL'S FUNCTIONS IN PROVIDING MUNICIPAL SERVICES TO THE URBAN COMMUNITY.

THE COURTESY CALL WAS MR ZHOU'S FIRST OFFICIAL VISIT то THE COUNCIL SINCE HE ASSUMED OFFICE AS THE HEAD OF THE NEW CHINA NEWS AGENCY'S HONG KONG BRANCH ON FEBRUARY 5.

ACCOMPANYING

MR ZHOU ON THE VISIT WAS A NINE-MEMBER DELEGATION INCLUDING HIS DEPUTY DIRECTOR, MR QIAO ZONGHUAI AND HIS

HEAD OF WIFE; THE

THE CO-ORDINATION DEPARTMENT, MR LIN KEPING; THE HEAD OF THE CULTURE AND THE SPORTS DEPARTMENT, MR HAN LI.

AND

GREETED ON ARRIVAL BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE URBAN COUNCIL, MR AND H.M.G. FORSGATE, MR ZHOU FIRST TOURED AROUND THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS VIEWED A VIDEO ON THE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE WORK OF THE COUNCIL.

HE WAS IMPRESSED WITH THE WIDE RANGE OF HIGH-STANDARD SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE COUNCIL TO MEET THE CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL NEEDS OF THE URBAN DWELLERS AND TO ENSURE GOOD ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE IN THEIR EVERYDAY LIFE.

MR ZHOU ALSO MET WITH URBAN COUNCILLORS AND EXCHANGED VIEWS WITH THEM ON A NUMBER OF TOPICS OF MUTUAL INTEREST.

CHAIRMAN,

PRESENT AT THE OCCASION WERE THE COUNCIL'S VICE

MR STEPHEN LAU, URBAN COUNCILLORS, MR HILTON CHEONG-LEEN, MR BROOK MR JOSEPH BERNACCHI, DR ELSIE TU, MR PETER CHAN, MISS CECILIA YEUNG,

DR SAMUEL CHAN, MR PAO PING-WING, MR TONG KAM-BIU, DR

WONG, DR RONALD MR LEUNG, MR LO KING-MAN,

JOHN FAN, MR MAN SAI-CHEONG, MR CHAN KWOK-MING, MR RONNIE WONG, MRS ELEANOR LING, MR PAUL YOUNG, MR JASON

MR YUEN, MR MA LEE-WO, MR MOK YING-FAN,

WONG

MR KWOK-TUNG,

ALBERT MR ARTHUR POON, MISS CHRISTINA TING, MR DAVID FONG, MR DICKSON PANG,

AS CHAM, MR FUNG KWOK-CHUNG AND MR JOHN WU AS WELL

THE DIRECTOR OF URBAN SERVICES, MR JAMES so.

MR

RECEPTION

ZHOU AND HIS DELEGATION LATER ATTENDED A DINNER HOSTED BY MR FORSGATE IN HIS HONOUR.

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