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On the arts side, the Arts Development Council is organising a major international conference on the role of arts in education in March next year.

The Government has also provided the Academy for Performing Arts with $162 million this year to increase the number of full-time places to 700.

As regards broadcasting, Mr Chau said during the next few months, the Branch would work with the Broadcasting Authority to devise codes of practice for advertising on pay TV, and for programming and advertising on Video-on-demand (VOD) programme service.

"We intend to introduce legislation on the regulatory framework for VOD programme services next month, with the aim of offering two licences initially, and more in due course," he said.

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Suspected plague case on Green Island

In response to media enquiry on a suspected plague case in Green Island today (Thursday), a spokesman for the Department of Health said the man was sent to the Queen Mary Hospital as a precautionary measure to confirm initial diagnosis that it is not plague.

Further examination at the hospital had supported this initial diagnosis that it is unlikely to be plague.

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Exhibition on TDS Review in Causeway Bay

Members of the public will have a chance to know more about the proposed development strategies for Hong Kong up to 2011 by visiting an exhibition which will start tomorrow (Friday) at the Times Square in Causeway Bay.

The exhibition, focusing on the Territorial Development Strategy (TDS) Review, is part of a publicity programme to encourage members of the public to express their views on how the future development needs of Hong Kong can be met.