WAN CHAI TO HAVE OWN WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION
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AN INDEPENDENT ASSOCIATION FOR WOMEN WILL SOON BE ESTABLISHED IN WAN CHAI UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICE (WAN CHAI).
ACCORDING TO THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICER (WAN CHAI)
MR A.G. COOPER, THE PRINCIPAL MOTIVE FOR ESTABLISHING THIS AREA-BASED WOMEN'S ORGANISATION IS TO TAP THE POTENTIAL AND RESOURCES OF THE WOMEN RESIDENTS --FOR SOCIAL AND SELF- ADVANCEMENT ACTIVITIES.
+AT THE SAME TIME, THE ORGANISATION WILL PROVIDE A CONVENIENT FORUM TO ENCOURAGE INCREASED REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN ON VARIOUS DISTRICT CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEES AND FOSTER THE IR PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES,+ HE SAID.
MR COOPER SAID THE IDEA HAD THE CO-OPERATION AND SUPPORT OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE WOMEN WHO MAKE UP ABOUT HALF OF THE 222 000 RESIDENTS IN THE DISTRICT.
PREPARATORY WORK FOR THE FULL ESTABLISHMENT OF THE WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION IS NOW UNDER WAY.
MRS GRACE WAN LEE TSZ-HUEN, THE APPOINTED CHAIRWOMAN OF THE AD HOC PREPARATORY COMMITTEE OF THE WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION REMARKED THAT, WITH THE SETTING UP OF A DISTRICT-BASED WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION, WOMEN RESIDENTS WOULD HAVE A BETTER CHANNEL AND GREATER OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY.
SHE SAID THAT THE MAIN OBJECTIVE OF THIS ASSOCIATION IS TO IMPROVE THE RESIDENT'S QUALITY OF LIFE AND TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY BUILDING PROGRAMMES WITHIN THE DISTRICT THROUGH THE MUTUAL CO-OPERATION AND SELF HELP OF WOMEN IN WAN CHAI.
SHE THANKED MR COOPER FOR HIS ADVICE AND ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT WHICH ENABLED THE WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION TO BE SET UP IN SUCH A SHORT TIME.
MRS WAN AND 13 OTHER WOMEN REPRESENTATIVES ARE NOW BUS ILY WORK ING ON THE FILL ESTABLISHMENT OF THE WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION WHICH IS EXPECTED TO HAVE ITS REGISTRATION COMPLETED WITHIN TWO MONTHS.
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