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MONDAY, MARCH 24, 1975
SWEARING-IN OF CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
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THE SEVENTH TERM EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE WONG TAI SIN COMMUNITY CENTRE'S CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL COMMITTEE WILL BE SWORN IN AT A CEREMONY AT THE WONG TAI SIN COMMUNITY CENTRE AT 5 P.M. TOMORROW (TUESDAY).
MRS. KWAN KO SIU-WAH, UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, WILL PRESIDE AT THE CEREMONY. ALSO PRESENT WILL BE MRS. HENRIETTA CHEN, THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S COMMUNITY AND YOUTH OFFICER FOR WONG TAI SIN, AND MR. T.C. LEE, SENIOR EDUCATION OFFICER OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, TWO ADVISORS TO THE COMMITTEE.
THE CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL COMMITTEE WAS FORMED IN NOVEMBER 1968 UNDER THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE WARDEN OF THE WONG TAI SIN COMMUNITY CENTRE WHICH IS THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S OLDEST COMMUNITY CENTRE.
→THE AIMS OF THE COMMITTEE ARE THREEFOLD,+ EXPLAINED MRS. CHEN. +THESE ARE TO GENERATE CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES IN THE DISTRICT TO LIAISE WITH SCHOOLS AND AROUSE THEIR PARTICIPATION IN PROMOTING THE CULTURAL STANDARDS OF THE DISTRICT AND TO ORGANISE MORE CONSTRUCTIVE PROGRAMMES FOR STUDENTS.+
SINCE ITS ESTABLISHMENT IT HAS OVER THE YEARS ORGANISED VARIOUS TYPES OF PROGRAMMES AND THE THEME OF THE WORKING SCHEDULE THIS YEAR IS +COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT+.
SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES IT INTENDS TO ORGANISE INCLUDE COMPILING A RESOURCE BOOKLET CONTAINING DETAILS OF ALL SOCIAL WELFARE SERVICES AVAILABLE IN THE AREA AND METHODS OF APPROACH TO MAKE USE OF THEM A SURVEY OF THE NUMBER OF SECONDARY SCHOOL PLACES AVAILABLE IN WONG TAI SIN FOR PRIMARY STUDENTS- SEMINARS FOR HEADMASTERS, AS WELL AS FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS AND PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS.
ON THE RECREATION SIDE, IT WILL ORGANISE A CHILDREN'S NIGHT FOR TEN THOUSAND CHILDREN AT MORSE PARK AND VARIOUS CONTESTS ON CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY, PAINTING, SINGING, ART DESIGN AND MECHANICAL MODELS.
AT PRESENT SOME 83 SCHOOLS ARE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE WHOSE EXECUTIVE COMPRISES 15 MEMBERS ELECTED ANNUALLY.
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