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Eastern District Festival

The Eastern District Board and residents organisations in the district will join hands to organise what they hope to be the most ambitious district festival ever.

The last Eastern District festival was held in 1987.

As the largest district board in the territory looking after one of the most populous urban areas, the board and representatives of the 590,000 residents will be pooling their resources to stage a programme of festival activities over a period of some six weeks starting from December 14 this year to January 26, 1997.

Apart from promoting the district's characteristics, it is hoped that the festival will at the same time help foster a sense of belonging among residents and a more harmonious atmosphere in the local community.

Highlights of the festival include a nine-day exposition at the Victoria Park to display the success of the industrial and manufacturing sectors in the District and a gala closing at the newly built Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground.

The 1996/97 Eastern District Festival Co-ordinating Committee is now inviting local groups to organise activities in support of the festival. A small grant will be given to help fund their proposed programmes after they have been assessed and approved by the Committee.

Interested local organisations are invited to apply to the Committee's Secretariat at 11th floor, Eastern Law Courts Building, 29 Tai On Street. Sai Wan Ho, Hong Kong, before June 30.

Enquiries can be made by telephoning 2886 6514.

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Fatal traffic accidents drop to lowest level in 25 years

The number of fatal traffic accidents has decreased markedly over the recent years and is now at its lowest level in 25 years, it was revealed at the Road Safety Council meeting on Wednesday (June 5).

The meeting, held at Police Headquarters in Arsenal Street, Wan Chai, on a bimonthly basis, was told that the number of fatal accidents between January and April this year was 66, a sharp 20.5% drop as compared with the same period in 1995.