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SUNDAY, JANUARY 16, 1983
MORE TRAINED COMMUNITY LEADERS FOR SHA TIN
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A TOTAL OF 70 COMMUNITY LEADERS IN SHA TIN COMPLETED A THREE- DAY TRAINING SCHEME AND RECEIVED THEIR CERTIFICATES TODAY (SUNDAY) FROM MR CHEN TIEN-CHI, HEAD OF UNITED COLLEGE OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY.
THE COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT SCHEME WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE SOCIAL WORK DEPARTMENT OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY.
IT WAS AIMED AT PROVIDING AN ORIENTATION TO CHAIRMEN OF NEWLY-FORMED MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES (MAC) IN THE DISTRICT.
SPEAKING AT THE GRADUATION CEREMONY, THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR DONALD TSANG, EMPHASISED THE IMPORTANT ROLE PLAYED BY MACS IN THE COMMUNITY BUILDING PROCESS OF A NEW TOWN.
+MACS ARE SET UP TO IMPROVE LIVING ENVIRONMENT AND
PROMOTE NEIGHBOURHOOD RELATIONS. AS MEMBERS OF MACS WORK TOWARDS THE SAME GOAL, THE SENSE OF BELONGING WILL BE CREATED AND THE NEW TOWN WILL BECOME A BETTER PLACE FOR EVERYONE TO LIVE IN,+ HE SAID.
ACCORDING TO MR TSANG, MORE THAN 100 MACS HAVE BEEN FORMED AMONG THE 200 000 POPULATION IN SHA TIN. A TOTAL OF 30 000 FAMILIES ARE NOW MEMBERS OF THE MACS.
THE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPEMENT SCHEME IN SHA TIN WAS FIRST INTRODUCED LAST YEAR WITH 60 PARTICIPANTS AND IT HAS NOW BECOME AN ANNUAL EVENT IN THE DISTRICT BECAUSE OF THE GOOD RESPONSE.
INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT PROMOTION FILM AVAILABLE
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A NEW VERSION OF THE HIGHLY-PRAISED INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT PROMOTION FILM, +50 000 CAN'T BE WRONG+, PRODUCED BY THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT IN 1980 AND SINCE SHOWN WORLD-WIDE, IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR SALE.
FOLLOWING ITS ORIGINAL PREMIERE, THE DEPARTMENT RECEIVED MANY REQUESTS FROM COMPANIES AND ORGANISATIONS WHICH WANTED TO BUY COPIES OF THE 20-MINUTE FILM.
+WE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM ANY ORGANISATION WISHING TO HAVE A COPY OF THE NEW VERSION, SAID AN INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN. THE COST OF VIDEOCASSETTES, EITHER VHS OR BETA, WILL NOT BE MORE THAN $490 FOR THE PAL, OR $1 085 FOR THE NTSC COPIES.
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