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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1978
THE BOARD HOPES TO DOUBLE ITS FUNDS FROM $300,000 TO $600,000 FOR THE COMING FINANCIAL YEAR TO FURTHER EXPAND ITS PROGRAMME.
SIR MURRAY SPENT AN HOUR WITH MEMBERS OF THE ISLANDS DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD.
EARLIER, SIR MURRAY VISITED THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD AND ALSO SPENT AN HOUR WITH MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
SIR MURRAY WAS TOLD THAT THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD HAD CONCENTRATED ON CULTURAL, SOCIAL AND SPORTS ACTIVITIES AND HAD ORGANISED A WIDE VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES TO BE HELD THROUGHOUT THE CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR.
THE BOARD HAS ESTABLISHED FIVE SUB-COMMITTEES CULTURAL AND SOCIAL, SPORTS, LOCAL PUBLIC WORKS AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT PUBLIC WORKS AND FINANCE TO DEVISE THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAYS OF SPENDING THE $300,000 ALLOCATED TO THE BOARD.
MEMBERS OF THE CULTURAL AND SOCIAL SUB-COMMITTEE PLAN TO VISIT LOCAL OLD PEOPLE'S AND CHILDREN'S HOMES IN THE DISTRICT, THEY AIM TO SUBSEQUENTLY ESTABLISH A SOCIAL SERVICE UNIT TO TAKE ON VOLUNTEER PROJECTS IN SOCIAL SERVICES.
THE SPORTS SUB-COMMITTEE HAS ORGANISED DAY EXCURSIONS BY BOAT TO REMOTE PARTS OF THE DISTRICT TO SPECIALLY CATER FOR THE RECREATIONAL NEEDS OF YOUNG WORKERS. RESPONSE HAS BEEN FORMIDABLE AND FACTORY MANAGERS HAVE ASSISTED IN PUBLICISING THE PROGRAMME.
THE BOARD HAS REVIEWED PRIORITIES FOR LOCAL PUBLIC WORKS EXPENDITURE AND PIN-POINTED AREAS WHERE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS ARE NEEDED.
TWO UNIVERSITY UNDERGRADUATES HAVE BEEN EMPLOYED BY THE BOARD TO DESIGN A GARDEN AND AMENITY LAY-OUT FOR ONE OF THE LARGE PEDESTRIAN AREAS IN SAI KUNG TOWN. THE PROJECT WILL TAKE SEVERAL MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
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