PR 33
|香港政府| GIS新聞處
DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN
SUPPLEMENT
SPEECH BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR SIR EDWARD YOUDE, GCMG, MBE, AT THE OPENING
CEREMONY OF THE HENRY G LEONG YAUMATEI
COMMUNITY CENTRE ON MARCH 4, 1983.
Mr Chambers, Mr and Mrs Sydney Leong, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I am pleased to be here today, in this busy and dynamic
distriot of Yaumatei, for the opening of the Henry G Leong Yaumatei
Community Centre.
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It is your Government's aim to ensure the timely provision
of community facilities so that people can gather together to learn
new skills, receive advice and help from trained social workers,
part in programmes and local activities and play their part in community
life. In the past, these facilities have been concentrated in the new
towns, where housing programes have brought together large numbers of
people with few natural ties or local connections. In these newly
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formed communities, there was an urgent need to provide a focus for
social activities which are so essential to the development of community
spirit and identity. However, the older urban areas must not be
overlooked. The building which is being opened today is the eighth
Community centre built to serve the developed parts of Hong Kong. As
more sites become available through redevelopment in the next few
years, additional centres will be built in other urban districts such
as Sham Shui Po, Kowloon City, Wanchai and Shaukiwan.
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