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KONDAY, JULY 15, 1974
'FAMILIES FORTNIGHT' IN KUUN TONG
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IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH A BETTER RELATIONSHIP WITH FAMILIES LIVING IN KWUN TONG THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S COMMUNITY CENTRE THERE HAS ORGANIZED A +FAMILIES FORTNIGHT+ BEGINNING FROM TODAY UNTIL SUNDAY (JULY 28).
DURING THESE TWO WEEKS, SOCIAL CALLS WILL BE MADE BY MEMBERS OF THE CENTRE ON A NUMBER OF FAMILIES MAINLY IN THE TSUI PING ROAD HOUSING ESTATE, THE WO LOK HOUSING ESTATE AND IN CHA KWO LING.
NEXT SUNDAY AFTERNOON (JULY 215, A FUN FAIR WILL BE HELD IN THE HALL OF THE KUUN TONG COMMUNITY CENTRE AT 17. TSUI PING ROAD. THIS WILL BE A FUN FAIR WITH A DIFFERENCE. IT WILL BE ORGANIZED BY FAMILY UNITS UNO WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PLANNING AND MANAGING THE STALLS. THEY ARE CEING ENCOURAGED TO USE WHATEVER THEY CAN FROM THEIR HOMES TO DECORATE THE STALLS INCLUDING WASTE MATERIAL SUCH AS BISCUIT TINS, BOTTLES, ETC.
PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED FOR THE BEST DECORATED STALLS AND MOST INTERESTING OR UNUSUAL GAMES.
THE FORTNIGHT WILL END WITH A FAMILY EVENING GET-TOGETHER AT WHICH THERE WILL BE PERFORMANCES ON STACE AND OTHER ENTERTAINMENT INCLUDING A QUIZ COMPETITION, AGAIN WITH THE FAMILY AS A UNIT.
ACCORDING TO THE WARDEN OF THE CENTRE, MR. KUOK NAI-SIK, THIS FAMILY-CENTRE APPROACH IS TO COMPLEMENT THE CONVENTIONAL TREND WHEREIN FAMILY MEMBERS PARTICIPATE IN ACTIVITIES OF THE CENTRE ACCORDING TO THEIR VARIED INTERESTS OR AGES.
THE INTENTION IS TO PROMOTE AND STRENGTHEN THE BOND BETWEEN FAMILIES IN KUUN TONG AND THE COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO INVOLVE FAMILIES TO WORK TOGETHER WITH STAFF OF THE CENTRE IN ORGANIZING FUNCTIONS.
+ IN OTHER WORDS, WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE CREATIVE THINKING AMONG FARLY MENBERS † HE SAID.
BY INVOLVING FAMILY UNITS IN SUCH ACTIVITIES THEY OBTAIN
A BETTER INSIGHT INTO THE WORK AND HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY OF MAKING KNOWN THEIR VIEWS AND EXPECTATIONS.
MR. KWOK SAID THAT 80 TO 100 FAMILIES WILL BE PARTICIPATING.
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