MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1982
BIG COMMUNITY PROJECT FOR EASTERN DISTRICT
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A MASSIVE COMMUNITY PROJECT WHICH IS EXPECTED TO BENEFIT 100 000 RESIDENTS ON THE EASTERN PART OF HONG KONG WILL BE LAUNCHED ON SUNDAY (FEBRUARY 14), BY THE EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD.
GIVEN THE NAME +NEW YEAR EASTERN 82+, THE NINE-PROGRAMME PROJECT IS AIMED AT BUILDING UP LOCAL DISTRICT IDENTITY AND FOSTERING A GREATER SENSE OF COMMUNITY SPIRIT, A SPOKESMAN SAID.
A SUM OF $200 000 HAS BEEN EARMARKED BY THE EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD FOR THE ACTIVITIES, WHICH WILL START OFF WITH AN +EASTERN DISTRICT COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT DAY+ ON SUNDAY, AT THE VICTORJA PARK, STARTING AT 2 PM,
THE MAIN THEME OF THE DAY ITSELF WILL BE TO ENLIST SUPPORT FOR THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION SCHEME AND FIGHTING YOUTH CRIMES.
THE REGIONAL SECRETARY (CITY), MR GRAHAM BARNES AND THE REGIONAL POLICE COMMANDER (HONG KONG ISLAND), MR LI KWAN-HA, WILL JOINTLY SET OFF TWO HUGE BALLOONS CARRYING PUBLICITY BANNERS TO MARK THE OPENING CEREMONY, BEFORE AN EXPECTED GATHERING OF 10 000 PEOPLE.
OTHER EVENTS OF THE SUNDAY AFTERNOON WILL INCLUDE PERFORMANCES BY THE FLUTE AND PIPE BAND OF THE 1ST BATTALION SCOTS GUARDS, THE CHAI WAN CHILDREN'S CHOIR, THE HONG KONG JING YING DANCE COMPANY, THE PUI SING CHINESE ORCHESTRA AND A TEXWUNDO DISPLAY BY JUNIOR POLICE CALL MEMBERS.
THERE WILL ALSO BE A SPECTACULAR STATIC DRILL BY 600 STUDENTS FROM THE ISLAMIC COLLEGE, AND 3 000 BALLOONS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO CHILDREN BY ARTISTES DRESSED IN WALT DISNEY CHARACTER COSTUMES,
+NEW YEAR EASTERN 82+ WILL CONSIST OF NINE MAJOR ACTIVITIES WHICH WILL INCLUDE AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT EFFORT FOR THE SQUATTER AREAS, AND A CLEAN-UP OF SOME HIGH-RISE RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS, AS WELL AS A MOBILE EXHIBITION ENTITLED EASTERN DISTRICT IN PROGRESS+.
THE MAIN DISTRICT-WIDE ACTIVITIES WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED WITH A SERIES OF AREA-BASED FRINGE EVENTS ORGANISED BY LOCAL ORGANISATIONS, MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES.
THE WHOLE PROJECT'S ACTIVITIES WILL CONCLUDE ON THE EVENING OF MARCH 6 (SATURDAY) WITH A LARGE-SCALE CARNIVAL AT CHAI WAN PARK, FEATURING A DRAGON DANCE ALONG THE THOROUGHFARE OF CHAI WAN.
NOTE TO EDITORS.
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE EASTERN DISTRICT COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT DAY OPENING CEREMONY TO BE HELD AT 2 PM ON SUNDAY (FEBRUARY 14) AT NO. 6 FOOTBALL PITCH AT VICTORIA PARK. CITY DISTRICT OFFICE (EASTERN) STAFF WILL ASSIST MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES.