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TUESDAY, MAY 12,
1981
THE EIGHT-STOREY CENTRE WILL BE BUILT ON A 3 800-SQUARE-METRE SITE IN TUEN MUN GRANTED BY GOVERNMENT.
FACILITIES WILL INCLUDE A SPORTS HALL, ROLLER RINK, THEATRE, SWIMMING POOL, TENNIS AND SQUASH COURTS, BASKET AND VOLLEY BALL COURTS, BILL FARDS ROOM, BOWLING ALLEY, LIBRARY, EXHIBITION HALL, CANTEEN AND RESTAURANT.
THE CENTRE WILL BE OPERATED BY A MANAGEMENT BOARD TO BE FORMED JOINTLY BY THE BOARD OF THE TONG AND GOVERNMENT.
ALL PROF ITS WILL BE DEVOTED TO THE EXPANSION OF LOCAL COMMUNITY WELFARE.
THE YAN OI TONG WAS A LOCAL TRADITIONAL BODY OF LONG STANDING IN TUEN MUN BEFORE BEING INCORPORATED, UNDER THE COMPANIES ORDINANCE, AS A NON-PROF IT-MAK ING CHARITABLE ORGANISATION IN 1977.
ITS OBJECTIVES ARE TO PROVIDE CHARITABLE AND WELFARE SERVICES, IMPROVE THE LIVELIHOOD OF THE PEOPLE AND BRING PROSPERITY TO THE AREA.
MR LAU WONG-FAT AND MR CHAN CHUNG-HANG WERE RE-ELECTED CHAIRMAN AND VICE-CHAIRMAN FOR 1981/82.
VILLAGERS PLEASED WITH ROAD WORK
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SAI KUNG VILLAGERS THIS (TUESDAY) MORNING EXPRESSED APPRECIATION TO THE PRISONS DEPARTMENT FOR WORK CARRIED OUT BY INMATES FROM PIK UK PRISON IN RECENTLY CONSTRUCTING A 100-METRE LONG VAN TRACK IN MA YAU TONG VILLAGE, HANG HAU.
ALL THE VILLAGERS WERE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE PRISON'S HELP IN PREPARING A TOTAL OF THREE VAN TRACKS AND IN REPAIRING DRAINS IN THE VILLAGE OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS, SAID MR TSANG WAN, VILLAGE REPRESENTATIVE, IN SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF MA YAU TONG VILLAGERS.
MR TSANG PRESENTED A SHIELD TO THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PIK UK PRISON, MR ALOYSIUS WONG, AT A SPECIAL CEREMONY HELD TODAY IN THE VILLAGE, IN RECOGNITION OF THE DEPARTMENT'S COMMUNITY SERVICE.
A PRISONS DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THE PROJECTS WERE PART OF THE PRISON INDUSTRIES' CONTRIBUTION TO THE COMMUNITY. + OTHER PROJECTS, HE SAID, INCLUDED CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF ROADS AND FOOTPATHS, BEACH CLEANING, BUILDING WORK, GRASS CUTTING AND AFFORESTATION.
SINCE THE PIK UK PRISON STARTED OPERATING IN 1975, OVER 190 LOCAL WORKS PROJECTS, COVERING MOST OF THE VILLAGES IN SAI KUNG, HAD BEEN CARRIED OUT BY PRISONERS.