FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1978
CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL CENTRE OPENS ON MA WAN
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THE FIRST CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL CENTRE ON MA WAN ISLAND WILL BE OFFICIALLY OPENED TOMORROW (SATURDAY).
A CEREMONY WILL BE HELD TO MARK THE OCCASION AT 2.30 P.M. ON THE ISLAND. IT WILL BE PERFORMED BY THE TSUEN WAN'S TOWN MANAGER AND DISTRICT OFFICER, MR. JAMES HAYES.
ALSO ATTENDING THE OPENING WILL BE LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR, MR. CHARLES YEUNG- THE CHAIRMAN OF THE MA WAN RURAL COMMITTEE, MR. CHAN KWONG-CHUEN- THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TSUEN WAN RURAL COMMITTEE, MR. PETER YEUNG THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TSING YI RURAL COMMITTEE, MR. TANG YUEN-PUI MR. CHEUNG YAN-LUNG AND OTHER PROMINENT RURAL AND COMMUNITY LEADERS.
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THE TWO-STOREY CENTRE NEAR THE WATERFRONT WAS BUILT AT
A COST OF $200,000, JOINTLY SPONSORED BY THE CO-OPERATIVE FOR AMERICAN RELIEF EVERYWHERE (C.A.R.E.), THE MA WAN RURAL COMMITTEE, NEW TERRITORIES COMMUNITY LEADERS AND THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICE.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND A REPRESENTATIVE TO COVER THE OPENING OF THE NEW CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL CENTRE ON SATURDAY (SEPTEMBER 23).
PRESS TRANSPORT WILL BE PROVIDED. A GOVERNMENT VAN (AM2088) WILL LEAVE FROM BEHIND THE TSIM SHA TSUI POST OFFICE AT 12.30 P.M. TO TAKE PRESS REPRESENTATIVES TO THE PIER AT 13 MILESTONE, CASTLE PEAK ROAD WHERE A SPECIAL +KAIDO+ WILL LEAVE FOR MA WAN AT 1.45 P.M. OFFICERS OF THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION'S PUBLICITY UNIT WILL BE ON HAND TO ASSIST PRESS MEMBERS.
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