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The coming display will be the 16th Lunar New Year fireworks display sponsored by the private sector since 1982. As on similar previous occasions, the Urban Council will co-organise the event.
"We are delighted that with this sponsorship, the community will once again be able to enjoy the spectacle of a fireworks display during the Lunar New Year festivities," the spokesman said.
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98 new adjudicators of Obscene Articles Tribunal appointed
The Chief Justice has appointed a total of 98 members to the panel of adjudicators of the Obscene Articles Tribunal (OAT) and the appointments were gazetted today (Friday), a spokesman for the Judiciary said. Of the new appointees, 60 are female and 38 male. After the addition, the enlarged panel will have a total of 174 adjudicators comprising 98 male and 76 female members.
On their age profile, about half of them aged between 21 to 40 and the other half from 41 to 60.
Nominated by the Broadcasting, Culture and Sport Branch, the adjudicators come from a wide cross-section of the community and different professions.
They include administrators, managers, teachers, professionals, technicians, blue collar workers, social workers, arts-related and media workers to housewives and students.
The tenure of the new members will be for a period of three years which took effect today, the spokesman said.
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