MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1993
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JACKIE CHAN JETS OFF FOR HK FILM FESTIVAL
HELP
'FILM STAR JACKIE CHAN SET OFF FOR PARIS LAST NIGHT (SUNDAY) TO LAUNCH A FESTIVAL OF HONG KONG MOVIES BEING HELD AS PART OF THE LARGEST EUROPEAN PROMOTION THE TERRITORY HAS MOUNTED.
HIS LATEST ACTION MOVIE, CRIME STORY, WILL FESTIVAL IN THE SALLE DE LA CINEMATHEQUE, PALAIS DE SHOWN OVER THREE WEEKS FROM WEDNESDAY (NOVEMBER 17).
OPEN THE 20-FILM CHAILLOT, BEING
THE FESTIVAL OFFERINGS WERE CHOSEN BY HONG KONG'S MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION AND LA CINEMATHEQUE FRANCAISE TO PRESENT A TASTE OF THE VARIOUS STYLES OF MOVIES MADE IN HONG KONG.
THE TERRITORY PRODUCED 206 MOVIES LAST YEAR, CONFIRMING IT AS THE WORLD'S THIRD LARGEST FILM INDUSTRY.
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THE FESTIVAL IS CO-ORDINATED BY THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT PART OF A MAJOR PROMOTION IN FRANCE, GERMANY AND THE NETHERLANDS. IS SPONSORED BY SIX MAJOR HONG KONG FIRMS: CATHAY PACIFIC, CITIC PACIFIC, HANG SENG BANK, HUTCHISON WHAMPOA, INCHCAPE PACIFIC AND SINO GROUP.
THE NEWLY COMPLETED "CRIME STORY" WAS HIGHLY RATED BY THE CINEMATHEQUE SELECTION TEAM AND, AS WITH MOST OF THE FESTIVAL FILMS, HAS BEEN SUBTITLED IN FRENCH.
THREE OTHER HONG KONG FILM STARS, MAGGIE CHEUNG, JOEY WANG AND ROSAMUND KWAN, WILL ATTEND THE FESTIVAL'S OPENING NIGHT, ALONG WITH MRS ANSON CHAN,
WHO TAKES UP HER NEW POST AS CHIEF SECRETARY ON NOVEMBER 29.
THREE CANDIDATES RUN FOR BY-ELECTION
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THE REGISTRATION AND ELECTORAL OFFICE RECEIVED THREE NOMINATIONS FOR THE SHA TIN DISTRICT BOARD'S WONG UK CONSTITUENCY BY-ELECTION WHEN THE TWO-WEEK NOMINATION PERIOD ENDED TODAY (MONDAY),⠀
THE BY-ELECTION IS SCHEDULED TO BE HELD ON DECEMBER 5.
FOLLOWING ARE THE PERSONAL PARTICULARS OF THE CANDIDATES:
NAME
AGE
OCCUPATION
CONTACT TEL
MR WONG YIU-SANG
35
ADMINISTRATIVE
637 4949
MANAGER
MR LEUNG CHI-WAI
40
PROPERTY
691 0228
MANAGEMENT
EXECUTIVE
MR WONG KENG-CHUEN, 33 VINCENT
UNIVERSITY LECTURER
788 8627
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