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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 1977
OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE LEI MUK SHUE COMMUNITY HALL
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THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT WILL OFFICIALLY OPEN ITS SECOND COMMUNITY HALL IN THE LEI MUK SHUE ESTATE ON FRIDAY (JUNE 17).
MISS KO SIU-WAH, UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, WILL UNVEIL THE COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE AT AN OPENING CEREMONY TO BE HELD AT 4 P.M.
THE LEI MUK SHUE COMMUNITY HALL IS ONE OF THE FIVE COMMUNITY HALLS COMPLETED RECENTLY UNDER A PROJECT AIMED AT PROMOTING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
THE PURPOSE OF SETTING UP COMMUNITY HALLS IS TO PROVIDE A PLACE IN AN ESTATE WHERE RESIDENTS CAN GATHER AND PARTICIPATE IN VARIOUS CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES.
THE ONE IN LEK YUEN ESTATE WAS OFFICIALLY OPENED IN APRIL AND THE OTHER THREE IN THE LAI KING, HING WAH AND KWAI SHING ESTATES ARE EXPECTED TO BE OPENED SOON.
EACH OF THE COMMUNITY HALLS CONSISTS OF A MULTI-PURPOSE HALL WITH FACILITIES SUCH AS A STAGE, CHANGING ROOMS AND A CONFERENCE ROOM TOTALLING ABOUT 4,000 TO 5,000 SQ. FT. IN AREA.
YOUTH GROUPS, RELIGIOUS BODIES AND OTHER CIVIC ORGANISATIONS CAN MAKE USE OF THE FACILITIES IN THEIR ESTATES, FREE OF CHARGE, TO HOLD COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES SUCH AS SOCIAL GATHERINGS, THEATRICAL PERFORMANCES, INTEREST GROUPS AND EXHIBITIONS.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO COVER THE OPENING CEREMONY TO BE HELD AT THE LEI MUK SHUE COMMUNITY HALL IN KWAI CHUNG AT 4 P.M. ON FRIDAY (JUNE 17).
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