MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1982
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NEW SOCIAL SERVICE CENTRE OPENED
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THE SECRETARY FOR CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, TODAY (MONDAY) OFFICIATED AT THE OPENING OF THE TANG SIU KIN SOCIAL SERVICE CENTRE IN OF KWAN ROAD, WAN CHAI.
ADDRESSING THE CEREMONY, MR AKERS-JONES SAID THAT THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF HONG KONG AND CHANGES IN SOCIAL ATTITUDES AND ASPIRATIONS IN RECENT YEARS HAD PLACED AN INCREASING DEMAND ON OUR SOCIAL SERVICES.
+GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN ASSISTED IN ITS TASK OF IDENTIFYING THESE NEEDS, IN FORMULATING POLICIES AND IN REDRESSING DEFICIENCIES BY SUBSTANTIAL HELP FROM THE VOLUNTARY AGENCIES, + HE SAID.
CONSTRUCTION OF THE CENTRE COST $3.95 MILLION, OF WHICH $3 MILLION CAME FROM THE LOTTERIES FUND, $500 000 WAS CONTRIBUTED BY SIR SIU-KIN TANG, AND $450 000 CAME FROM THE BAPTIST CONVENTION OF HONG KONG.
+TODAY WE ARE REMINDED OF THE IMPORTANT ROLE OF THE CHURCHES AND RELIGIOUS BODIES IN OUR COMMUNITY, MR AKERS-JONES SAID IN REFERENCE TO THE FUND FROM THE BAPTIST CONVENTION.
THE CENTRE HAS ADMINISTRATION OFFICES, A SERVICE SECTION FOR YOUTHS AND ELDERLY PEOPLE, A HALF-WAY HOUSE WITH A CAPACITY FOR 40 FORMER MENTAL PATIENTS, A LIBRARY AND READING ROOM, A COFFEE HOUSE AND A FLOOR FOR CHILDREN'S ACTIVITIES.
MORE MAXICAB SERVICES IN KOWLOON
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A NEW MAXICAB ROUTE NO. 20 - BETWEEN TSZ WAN SHAN (NORTH) AND SAN PO KONG WILL BE OPENED FROM WEDNESDAY (SEPTEMBER 22).
HEADING FOR TSZ WAN SHAN, MAXICABS ON THIS ROUTE WILL RUN VIA YI LUN STREET, SHUNG LING STREET, TSEUK LUK STREET, TAI SHING STREET, TUNG TAU TSUEN ROAD, SHATIN PASS ROAD, CHOI HUNG ROAD, PO KONG VILLAGE ROAD, FUNG TAK ROAD, SHEUNG FUNG STREET, WAN WAH STREET AND TSZ WAN SHAN ROAD.
RETURN TRIPS WILL BE VIA TSZ WAN SHUNG WAH STREET, SHEUNG FUNG STREET, ROAD, CHOI HUNG ROAD, TAI YAU STREET, KEUNG STREET AND YI LUN STREET.
SHAN ROAD, WAN WAH STREET, FUNG TAK ROAD, PO KONG VILLAGE TSEUK LUK STREET, HONG
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OPERATING HOURS WILL BE FROM 6.30 AM TO 10.45 PM ON WEEKDAYS AND FROM 7.15 AM TO 9.30 PM ON SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS. MAXICAB WILL RUN AT SIX-MINUTE INTERVALS DURING PEAK HOURS.
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