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The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government will organise the second and third regional forums this Saturday (December 7) and Sunday (December 8) to collect public views on the 2014 Policy Address and the 2014-15 Budget.
In order to gauge more opinions from a wider spectrum, apart from inviting District Council members and personalities from district advisory bodies to the forums, seats will also be reserved for members of the public.
As there are limited seats in the venues, admission tickets for members of the public will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis. Subject to site circumstances, the tickets will be distributed around 9am on these two days. The forums will be conducted in Cantonese.
Details of these two forums are as follows:
Second regional forum
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Date: December 7 (Saturday)
Time: 4.30pm - 6pm
Venue: Dr Seaker Chan Shu Kui Hall, The North Point Kai-Fong Welfare Advancement Association, 210 Java Road, Hong Kong
Attending officials: The Chief Executive, Mr C Y Leung; the Financial Secretary, Mr John C Tsang; the Secretary for Home Affairs, Mr Tsang Tak-sing; and the Secretary for Development, Mr Paul Chan
Venue for distributing admission tickets for the public: Tin Chiu Street Playground, North Point
Third regional forum
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Date: December 8 (Sunday)
Time: 2.30pm - 4pm
Venue: Mong Kok Kai Fong Association Ltd Chan Hing Social Service Centre, 45 Fuk Tsun Street, Tai Kok Tsui, Kowloon
Attending officials: The Chief Executive, Mr C Y Leung; the Secretary for Labour and Welfare, Mr Matthew Cheung Kin-chung; the Under Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, Ms Julia Leung; and the Under Secretary for Home Affairs, Ms Florence Hui
Venue for distributing admission tickets for the public: Ivy Street Rest Garden, Tai Kok Tsui.
Ends/Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Issued at HKT 10:00
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