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Wednesday, June 16, 1971
PRINCESS ALEXANDRA COMMUNITY CENTRE
Tenth Anniversary Celebrations On Friday
The Princess Alexandra Community Centre in Tsuen Wan will mark
its tenth anniversary at a celebration in the Assembly Hall on Friday, June 18.
Presiding will be senior Social Welfare Department officers and
leading residents of the industrial township, including Chamber of Commerce
and Rural Committee members, bankers, magistrates, and New Territories
Administration representatives.
The Centre was built with money donated by Commonwealth countries
during the World Refugee Year in 1959. It was completed in 1961 and formally
opened by the then Governor, Sir Robert Black.
It was visited in the same year by Princess Alexandra, and Her
Royal Highness agreed to a request that the Centre be named after her to
commemorate the occasion. She unveiled a plaque on November 18, 1961.
But the Centre's history actually goes back to 1955 when the
Social Welfare Department began to pay special attention to the needs of young
people in the growing township. A club for boys and girls, with a small
library, provided a modest start.
The Centre today offers a convenient meeting place and opportunities
and facilities for thousands of young people and other residents in the
district. It organises cultural, social and recreational activities, and
looks after individual and family welfare. It also houses a number of
voluntary agencies.
/Ir. 1970