MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1977
SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT OPENS FOURTH COMMUNITY HALL
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THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S HING WAH COMMUNITY HALL, THE FOURTH TO BE COMPLETED AS PART OF A PROJECT AIMED AT PROMOTING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, OFFICIALLY OPENS TOMORROW (TUESDAY).
URBAN COUNCILLOR, MR. BROOK BERNACCHI, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, ATTENDED BY THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE MR. THOMAS LEE, ALONG WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND AREA COMMITTEES.
THE HING WAH COMMUNITY HALL, SITUATED AT CHA! WAN ROAD NEAR YUE HING HOUSE, HING WAH ESTATE, STARTED OPERATION IN JUNE THIS YEAR. IT HAS SINCE SERVED AS A FOCAL POINT OF GROUP AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES FOR THE ESTATE WITH A POPULATION OF MORE THAN 30,000.
APART FROM PROVIDING RESIDENTS WITH DIRECT SERVICES SUCH AS GUIDANCE FOR PRE-SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS AND TUITION FOR PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS, STAFF OF THE HALL ALSO ENGAGED THEMSELVES IN ACTIVE LIAISON WORK WITH THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.
FACILITIES OF THE HALL, WHICH INCLUDE A STAGE, CHANGING ROOMS AND A CONFERENCE ROOM, ARE AVAILABLE FREE OF CHARGE TO YOUTH GROUPS, RELIGIOUS BODIES AND OTHER CIVIC ORGANISATIONS.
TO CELEBRATE THE OPENING OF THE HING WAH COMMUNITY HALL,
A VARIETY SHOW WILL BE HELD AT 8 P.M.
PRIZES FOR WINNERS OF THE CHRISTMAS CARD DESIGN COMPETITION RUN BY THE COMMUNITY HALL WILL ALSO BE GIVEN OUT DURING THE SHOW.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE OFFICIAL OPENING CEREMONY OF THE RING WAH COMMUNITY HALL AT 5 P.M. TOMORROW (TUESDAY). IT IS LOCATED AT CHAI WAN ROAD, NEAR YUE HING HOUSE, HING WAH ESTATE.
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