SATURDAY, AUGUST 19, 1978
RURAL SERVICE GROUP INAUGURATED
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THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES, OFFICIATED AT THE INAUGURATION CEREMONY OF THE HONG KONG TELEVISION BROADCASTS LIMITED'S RURAL SERVICE GROUP THIS (SATURDAY) AFTERNOON.
THE RURAL SERVICE GROUP, COMPRISING MORE THAN 70 STAFF AND ARTISTES OF HK-TVB, AIMS AT DEVOTING MEMBERS' LEISURE TIME TO A VARIETY OF SERVICES TO THE RURAL COMMUNITY IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
IN HIS SPEECH TO THE GATHERING OF RURAL AND COMMUNITY LEADERS AND SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AT THE INAUGURATION CEREMONY IN THE SHERATON HOTEL, MR. AKERS-JONES DESCRIBED THE RURAL SERVICE GROUP AS ONE OF MANY GROUPS THAT CONTRIBUTE SO MUCH SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY+,
+WE ARE INDEED VERY FORTUNATE IN HONG KONG THAT THIS CONCERN AND AWARENESS IS GROWING RATHER THAN DECLINING,+ SAID MR. AKERS-JONES, WHO LATER PRESENTED THE RURAL SERVICE GROUP INSIGNIA TO MEMBERS OF THE GROUP.
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE RURAL SERVICE GROUP, MR. K.C. KOO SAID IN HIS SPEECH THAT SINCE LAST OCTOBER THE GROUP HAS IMPLEMENTED A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY PROJECTS IN NORTH SAI KUNG AND HAS PLANS TO EXTEND ITS SERVICES TO TAI PO, YUEN LONG AND OTHER PARTS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
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