York Politburo secretary Ker Sten Eng is to visit the Far East again. She will attend an international heritage conference in Zhouzhuang, China next month.

Last year the top City bureaucrat was in Korea for talks on how to improve York’s image, but the timely death of Dictator Kim Jong-il has prompted attempts to establish new cultural links elsewhere in the region.

Fu Dagorn, Director, Department of Village and Township Construction, Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development at the Green party will also attend the conference, a move condemned by Cllr “Red” Sonya Sogi who compared the trip unfavourably to her weekly commute to Blackpool.
Meanwhile, in a separate development, it has been announced that the York Council is to get increased grant funding.

In a statement the Council Great Leader said,
“ I wrote to HM Government some weeks ago demanding an increased grant for the City. Unfortunately, due to a clerical error, the word “government” was omitted.

However, I received a reply from Buckingham Palace indicating that HM Queen would indeed be distributing money in the City on Maundy Thursday.

I have therefore arranged that I, and the Deputy Great Leader Tra Si Leng, will join with 86 other residents to receive the grant. Unfortunately this does mean that Her Majesty will now be a further year older than expected, but I have indicated – bearing in mind her advancing years – that the feet washing bit can be dispensed with quickly”

The Council has already allocated the additional grant to the Great Leaders Regurgitation Fund.

It is expected to be spent on a hi speed WiFi enabled fibre optic link between the bar of the Crystal Palace in Holgate and the Great Leaders new summer palace in Toft Green*.

*it’s only 85p so maybe a bulked up carrier pigeon would be better? – Ed