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Tuesday, March 26, 1974
CELEBRATIONS FOR CHILDREN'S DAY
The Social Welfare Department's Group and Community Work Division
has organised a series of entertainment programmes for young people to
celebrate Children's Day which falls on April 4.
The programmes will be conducted in different areas through the
Division's Community Work Offices and Community Centres in conjunction with
voluntary organizations operating in the districts in which they are located,
The programmes will be held on different days over the next two
weeks with the first one taking place tomorrow (Wednesday). This is a
talent contest for children in the Sau Mau Ping area, and is open to individuale
or groups aged from eight to 14. The preliminaries will be held at the Sau
Mau Ping South Estate Welfare Building from 10 a.m. to noon, and 2-4 p.m.
The finals will take place in the afternoon of March 30, and will be
followed by a prize-giving ceremony on Thursday (April 4) at 8 o'clock in
the evening.
This contest is organized by the two Community Work Offices in Sau Mau
Ping together with the YMCA's and Boys and Girls Clubs' Association's centres.
On Sunday (March 31) a fun fair for 3,000 children in Ngau Tau Kok
area will be held at the Catholic Primary School in the district from 2 to 4.30 p.m.
This is a joint effort for local children arranged by the Department's Estate
Community Work Office there and 16 welfare organizations, schools and kaifong
associations.
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