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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1976
TWO COMMUNITY HALLS FOR KWAI CHUNG
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RESIDENTS OF KWAI CHUNG WILL SOON HAVE TWO NEW COMMUNITY HALLS FOR SOCIAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES.
THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS NOW INVITING TENDERS FOR THE
TWO HALLS AND WORK IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN JANUARY.
MR. JOSEPH LEI, CHIEF P.W.D. ARCHITECT, SAID TODAY THE NEW HALLS WOULD BE READY IN AUGUST AND WOULD PROVIDE CONVENIENT VENUES FOR LARGE SOCIAL FUNCTIONS AND GROUP ACTIVITIES.
HE SAID ONE OF THE HALLS TO BE KNOWN AS KWAI FONG COMMUNITY HALL WOULD BE BUILT ON A 900 SQ. METRES SITE AT THE JUNCTION OF SHING FONG STREET AND LAI FONG STREET.
THE OTHER, SHEK YAM COMMUNITY HALL, WOULD OCCUPY A SITE OF ABOUT 1,440 SQ. METRES AT THE JUNCTION OF TAI PAK TIN STREET AND TUNG CHỈ STREET.
+BOTH HAVE BEEN DESIGNED AS MULTI-PURPOSE COMPLEXES WITH A LARGE ASSEMBLY HALL OF 220 SQ. METRES, A STAGE, COMMITTEE ROOM AND OFFICE,+ HE SAID.
LARGE OPEN SPACES WITH FLOWERS AND PLANTS WOULD BE PROVIDED OUTSIDE THE TWO BUILDINGS, HE ADDED.
CERTIFICATE FOR FIRST REGISTERED CHILD CARE CENTRE
NOTE TO EDITORS:
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THE FIRST CHILD CARE CENTRE REGISTERED WITH THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT WILL BE PRESENTED WITH THE CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION ON THURSDAY (DECEMBER 2) AT 4 P.M.
THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR. THOMAS LEE, WILL PRESENT THE CERTIFICATE TO THE BISHOP FORD NURSERY SITUATED AT LOK FU ESTATE, BLOCK 16, GROUND FLOOR, JUNCTION ROAD, KOWLOON.
BEFORE THE NURSERY WAS REGISTERED, ITS PREMISES HAS BEEN CERTIFIED SUITABLE FOR USE AS A CHILD CARE CENTRE BY THE PUBLIC WORKS AND FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENTS.
THE NURSERY HAS ALSO COMPLIED WITH THE OTHER NECESSARY REQUIREMENTS LAID DOWN IN THE CODE OF PRACTICE OF THE CHILD CARE CENTRES ORDINANCE WHICH CAME INTO OPERATION ON JUNE 1 THIS YEAR.
THE BISHOP FORD NURSERY, WHICH RECEIVES GOVERNMENT SUBVENTION, WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1965 BY THE MARYKNOLL FATHERS.
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO COVER THE PRESENTATION CEREMONY AT THE NURSERY AT 4 P.M.
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