SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1979
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SINCE IT WAS SET UP, OVER $3 MILLION IN GRANTS, DERIVED FROM INTEREST EARNED FROM INVESTMENTS, HAVE BEEN MADE AVAILABLE TO FINANCE VARIOUS COMMUNITY PROJECTS.
IN 1978-79, GRANTS AMOUNTING TO SOME $448 400 WERE MADE TO 92 AGENCIES TO START NEW PROJECTS AND TO PURCHASE SPORTS AND RECREATIONAL EQUIPMENT.
APPLICATION FORMS FOR GRANTS IN THE COMING FINANCIAL YEAR ARE AVAILABLE AT ALL CITY DISTRICT OFFICES, OFFICES OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION AND THE COUNCIL FOR RECREATION AND SPORT WHICH ADMINISTERS THE FUND.
COMPLETED FORMS SHOULD BE RETURNED TO THE SECRETARY, COUNCIL FOR RECREATION AND SPORT, WING ON CENTRE, 11TH FLOOR, 111 CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL, HONG KONG BEFORE JANUARY 31, 1980.
ALLOCATION OF GRANTS IS EXPECTED TO BE ANNOUNCED IN LATE JULY 1980.
FIRST REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS FOR GIRL GUIDES OPENED
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THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR. THOMAS LEE, THIS (SUNDAY) MORNING OFFICIALLY OPENED THE FIRST REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS OF THE HONG KONG GIRL GUIDES ASSOCIATION IN PING SHEK ESTATE, KOWLOON.
THE EAST KOWLOON REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS IS THE FIRST OF THE FOUR PLANNED BY THE ASSOCIATION TO MORE EFFECTIVELY CARRY OUT ITS GIRL GUIDE ACTIVITIES AND RECRUITMENT EXERCISE ON A REGIONAL BASIS.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, MR. LEE SAID GIRL GUIDING WAS A WORLD-WIDE YOUTH MOVEMENT AND PRAISED THE ASSOCIATION FOR
ITS VIGOROUS PROMOTION AND ACHIEVEMENTS,
+ IT IS GRATIFYING TO LEARN THAT THE ASSOCIATION NOW HAS MORE THAN 14 000 MEMBERS IN HONG KONG, AND IN THE EAST KOWLOON REGION ALONE, THERE ARE MORE THAN 2 000 MEMBERS AS GUIDERS, RANGERS, YOUNG LEADERS, GUIDES AND BROWNIES, HE SAID.
MR. LEE SAID THE FOUR REGIONS UNDER THE ASSOCIATION SCHEME EAST KOWLOON, WEST KOWLOON, HONG KONG ISLAND AND THE NEW TERRITORIES, COINCIDED WITH THE FOUR UNDER THE REGIONALISATION SCHEME OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT.
+WHEN THE ASSOCIATION IS FULLY REGIONALISED, THIS WILL NO DOUBT INCREASE OPPORTUNITIES FOR MUCH CLOSER LIAISON, NOT ONLY WITH MY DEPARTMENT BUT ALSO WITH OTHER GOVERNENT DEPARTMENTS, LOCAL SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES OPERATING IN THE REGIONS, HE SAID.
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