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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1994

HE SAID IT WAS A PLEASURE TAKING A MEMENTO WITH HIM FOR THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG ON HIS MAIDEN SPACE VOYAGE.

THE STONE, WEIGHING 500 GRAMS, WAS ENGRAVED WITH HONG KONG'S CITY FLOWER, THE BAUHINIA BY SCULPTOR, LIEM KHING TIANG. THE QUARTZ, TOGETHER WITH A CERTIFICATE OF FLIGHT WILL BE ON PUBLIC DISPLAY IN HONG KONG'S NEW AIRPORT PASSENGER TERMINAL BUILDING WHEN IT IS COMPLETED.

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DURING HIS BRIEF STAY HERE, DR CHIAO HAS GIVEN A LECTURE AT THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ON HIS RECENT SPACE MISSION. HE HAS ALSO MET GOVERNMENT OFFICERS AND VISITED THE NEW AIRPORT SITE AT CHEK LAP KOK, THE NEW AIRPORT PROJECTS CO-ORDINATION OFFICE, THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC AND THE SCIENCE MUSEUM.

NEW DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMEN ELECTED

MR LAU WONG-FAT OF THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT BOARD AND MR CHOW CHUN-FAI OF THE YAU TSIM MONG DISTRICT BOARD WERE RE-ELECTED CHAIRMEN AT THEIR MEETINGS TODAY (TUESDAY).

MR LAU GOT 15 VOTES WHILE HIS CONTESTANT MS CHEUNG YUET-LAN VOTES. MR CHOW WAS RETURNED UNOPPOSED.

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MEANWHILE, MR GEORGE NG SZE-FUK WAS ELECTED AS THE NEW CHAIRMAN OF THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT BOARD.

IN RELATED DEVELOPMENT, MR WAN YUET-KAU WAS ELECTED ΤΟ REPRESENT THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT BOARD IN THE REGIONAL COUNCIL.

MR WAN GOT EIGHT VOTES WHILE ANOTHER CANDIDATE MR CHAU YIN-MING GOT FIVE VOTES.

MR IP KWOK-CHUNG WAS ELECTED AS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE YAU TSIM MONG DISTRICT BOARD IN THE URBAN COUNCIL.

FIVE CHAIRMEN OF THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT BOARD COMMITTEES HAVE ALSO BEEN NAMED. THEY ARE MR LAM WING-YIN OF THE COMMUNITY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE; MR AU NING-FAT OF THE RECREATION AND SPORTS COMMITTEE; MR FRANCIS CHAU YIN-MING OF THE TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT COMMITTEE; MR SING HON-KEUNG OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE; AND MR WAN YUET- KAU OF THE HOUSING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE.

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