FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1980
THE ORIGINAL AIM IN ORGANISING THE FESTIVAL WAS MAINLY TO CORRECT IN BRITAIN THE MISCONCEPTIONS AND ADVERSE PUBLICITY ABOUT HONG KONG.
THE RESULT NOT ONLY ACHIEVED THE AIM BUT ALSO PROJECTED A GOOD IMAGE OF HONG KONG.
AT THE TWO-DAY EVENT, LONDONERS HAD THE CHANCE TO JOIN A HONG KONG-STYLE FESTIVAL AS WELL AS LEARN A LITTLE ABOUT HONG KONG'S CAPACITY TO ORGANISE A PROMOTION OF SUCH MAGNITUDE.
MANY VISITORS TO THE FESTIVAL SAID AFTER ATTENDING THE FUNCTION THAT THEY WOULD VISIT HONG KONG ON THEIR NEXT HOLIDAY TRIP.
PEOPLE FROM HONG KONG IN LONDON WERE VERY PROUD OF THE FESTIVAL. THEY WERE HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO SHOW SO MANY FACSINATING CULTURAL PERFORMANCES TO LONDONERS. MR DAVID FORD, HONG KONG COMMISSIONER IN LONDON, SHARED THEIR VIEWS. MR SCOTT ALSO PRESENTED CERTIFICATES OF APPRECIATION ON BEHALF OF MR DAVID FORD TO ALL THE CONTRIBUTORS.
$10 MILLION GRANT FOR NEW COMMUNITY CENTRE
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THE GOVERNMENT IS TO RECOMMEND THAT A GRANT OF ABOUT $10 MILLION BE MADE FROM THE LOTTERIES FUND TOWARDS A NEW BUILDING PROPOSED BY THE ST JAMES' SETTLEMENT.
THIS WAS DISCLOSED BY MR DENIS BRAY, SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS TODAY WHEN HE ADDRESSED THE 30TH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF ST JAMES' SETTLEMENT.
COMMENTING ON THE PLAN OF THE SETTLEMENT TO EXPAND INTO A NEW BUILDING, MR BRAY SAID: THE GOVERNMENT, TOO, WELCOMES THE SETTLEMENT'S PROPOSALS, WHICH WILL DO MUCH TO ALLEVIATE THE CURRENT SHORTFALL OF SOCIAL WELFARE SERVICES IN THE WAN CHAI AREA.+
ALTHOUGH FINAL DETAILS HAD STILL TO BE AGREED, THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE WAS PREPARED IN PRINCIPLE TO RECOMMEND TO THE SOCIAL WELFARE ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT A GRANT EQUIVALENT TO THE CAPITAL COST OF A STANDARD COMMUNITY CENTRE BE MADE FROM THE LOTTER IES FUND TOWARDS THE SETTLEMENT'S NEW BUILDING, HE SAID.
+AT PRESENT PRICES, THIS WOULD BE ROUGHLY $10 MILLION, + HE ADDED.
MR BRAY WAS ADVISED BY THE DIRECTOR THAT THE FACILITIES TO BE PROVIDED IN THE NEW BUILDING WOULD BE SIMILAR TO THOSE PROVIDED IN A COMMUNITY CENTRE.
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