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The following is issued on behalf of the Legislative Council Secretariat:
The Legislative Council will hold an Open Day of the Legislative Council Building on Saturday (November 26) from 10am to 5pm.
The purpose of organising the event is to enable members of the public to get to know the work of the Legislative Council and pay a visit to the 93-year-old historical Legislative Council Building.
President of the Legislative Council Hon Mrs Rita Fan Hsu Lai-tai, Chairman of the House Committee Hon Miriam Lau Kin-yee and Deputy Chairman of the House Committee Hon Fred Li Wah-ming will officiate at an opening ceremony at 9:30am that day to mark the start of the event.
People are welcome to visit the Legislative Council Building on the Open Day. They will be able to tour the Chamber and the Ante-Chamber, the President's Office (for viewing only), Conference Rooms A, B and C, the Press Conference Room, the Press Room, the Dining Hall, and Members' Rooms.
Those interested in visiting the Legislative Council Building are requested to assemble outside Public Entrance II of the Building (facing Statue Square) at any time from 10am to 4:45pm that day to wait for admission, and they will be admitted in guided groups at regular intervals. Guided tours will be conducted by Members of the Legislative Council and staff of the Legislative Council Secretariat.
For the purposes of crowd control and smooth flow of traffic, the touring route will be one-way only and people will enter at Public Entrance II and exit at Public Entrance I of the Legislative Council Building. At the start of the tour, visitors will be given a route map and a Fact Sheet introducing the work of the Legislative Council, and they will receive a souvenir before leaving the building.
Ends/Tuesday, November 15, 2005
Issued at HKT 17:22
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