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Also in Osaka, an exhibition of some 65 Chinese paintings by noted artists opens on September 28, while another display of contemporary Hong Kong paintings unveils in Fukuoka on September 29.

The promotion will culminate in a pop concert produced by HK-TVB and NHK featuring Hong Kong and Japanese singers to be staged in the 1,800-seat Symphony Hall of ACROS in Fukuoka on September 29. Singers from Hong Kong will include Leon Lai, Aaron Kwok, Alan Tam, Roman Tam, Sally Yeh, Shirley Kwan and Natalas Chan. Singers from Japan will include Tanimura Shinji, Saijo Hideki and Nakamori Akina. The concert will be broadcast nation-wide by NHK in Japan and satellited to Hong Kong for broadcast on Jade channel by HK-TVB.

End/Wednesday, September 13, 1995

HK to host international rehabilitation conference

Hong Kong has been successful in its bid to host the 11th Asian and Pacific Regional Conference of Rehabilitation International in 1998 which will be organised by the Joint Council for the Physically and Mentally Disabled with firm support of the Government.

This was announced by the Deputy Secretary for Health and Welfare, Mr Bob Wilson, during the 10th Regional Conference being held in Jakarta, Indonesia, today (Wednesday).

Mr Wilson told the participants he was confident that Hong Kong would rise to the challenge in what would then be its new status as a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China.

Addressing the gathering on "The role of legislation in meeting rehabilitation goals", Mr Wilson said 1995 had been a milestone year for Hong Kong which marked significant progress in promoting the integration of people with a disability into the community. It has also been an especially fruitful year in the areas of policy formulation and legislation.