WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1980
+THE GOVERNMENT'S POLICY IS TO PROVIDE ONE COMMUNITY HALL FOR EACH PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE WITH 20 000 TO 50 000 PEOPLE, ONE ESTATE COMMUNITY CENTRE FOR EACH ESTATE WITH OVER 50 000 RESIDENTS, AND ONE COMMUNITY CENTRE FOR OVER 100 000 PEOPLE IN AREAS NOT SERVÉD BY COMMUNITY HALLS OR ESTATE COMMUNITY CENTRES, HE EXPLAINED.
HE SAID COMMUNITY CENTRES OR ESTATE COMMUNITY CENTRES ARE FOR MULTI-WELFARE SERVICES, WHILE COMMUNITY HALLS PROVIDE FACILITIES TO DEVELOP AND PROMOTE VARIOUS ACTIVITIES FOR LOCAL RESIDENTS.
EACH COMMUNITY HALL, HE SAID, HAS AN ASSEMBLY HALL AND A STAGE FOR INDOOR GROUP PROGRAMMES, EXHIBITIONS AND RECREATION AND THEY CAN BE ON LOAN TO YOUTH GROUPS, SCHOOLS, VOLUNTARY AGENCIES AND LOCAL ORGANISATIONS.
+THROUGH THE CO-ORDINATION OF THE DEPARTMENT'S COMMUNITY AND YOUTH OFFICERS AND STAFF OF COMMUNITY HALLS AND CENTRES, RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO TAKE PART IN ORGANISED ACTIVITIES, PARTICULARLY THE EVENING PROGRAMMES, HE SAID.
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ANTI-DRUG CAMPAIGN OPENING CEREMONY
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SIR ALBERT RODRIGUES, CHAIRMAN OF THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS, WILL OPEN THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT ANTI-DRUG CAMPAIGN IN A CEREMONY AT EDINBURGH PLACE AT 3 PM THIS SATURDAY (SEPTEMBER 20).
THE OPENING CEREMONY WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED TO BE HELD LAST SUNDAY (SEPTEMBER 14), BUT WAS POSTPONED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER.
THE COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS, MR PETER LEE, CITY DISTRICT COMMISSIONER, MR A.R. CLARK AND OTHER SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS WILL ALSO ATTEND THE OPENING CEREMONY.
A TWO-HOUR VARIETY SHOW FEATURING TV ARTISTS AND LOCAL PERFORMERS WILL BE HELD AFTER THE CEREMONY.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE ANTI-DRUG CAMPAIGN OPENING CEREMONY AND THE VARIETY SHOW AT EDINBURGH PLACE AT 3 PM ON SATURDAY (SEPTEMBER 20).
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