SATURDAY, AUGUST 6, 1983
AN OPENING CEREMONY WILL BE HELD AT 8 PM ON AUGUST 12 (FRIDAY) AT THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY HALL, TO BE FOLLOWED BY AN EDUCATIONAL AND ENTERTAINING MUSICAL DRAMA - 'TRAUMA OF DRUGS'.
THE MUSICAL DRAMA, PRODUCED BY THE TECHNICAL DIRECTOR OF THE CULTURAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, MR JAMES MARK, WILL BE PERFORMED BY STUDENTS OF THE NG KING-LA! DANCE SCHOOL, SINGERS MR ALBERT AU AND MISS ROWENA CORTES AND ARTISTES FROM THE CHUNG YING THEATRE.
OTHER EVENTS IN THE CAMPAIGN WILL INCLUDE AN ANTI-NARCOTICS EXHIBITION AT THE MONG KOK MTR STATION ON AUGUST 14, A VISIT TO SHEK KWU CHAU ON AUGUST 20, AND A FILM SHOW AT THE MAYFAIR THEATRE ON AUGUST 21.
A CLOSING CEREMONY WILL BE HELD AT THE MACPHERSON PLAYGROUND ON AUGUST 29. DURING WHICH MEMBERS FROM THE MONG KOK DISTRICT BOARD AND ARTISTES FROM ASIA TELEVISION WILL TAKE PART IN A TELEMATCH.
ADMISSION TO ALL THE EVENTS IS FREE AND TICKETS TO THE MUSICAL DRAMA AND THE FILM SHOW ARE AVAILABLE AT THE MONG KOK DISTRICT OFFICE.
THE CAMPAIGN WILL COST $120 000, $35 000 OF WHICH WILL COME FROM THE DISTRICT BOARD.
ALSO ATTENDING TODAY'S CONFERENCE WERE THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, MR STANLEY WONG THE DISTRICT OPERATIONAL OFFICER OF THE MONG KOK POLICE STATION, MR TAM TAK-WING: AND THE PRINCIPAL INFORMATION OFFICER OF THE NARCOTICS DIVISION, MR HANDRICK NG.
AREA COMMITTEES PLAYING IMPORTANT ROLE
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AREA COMMITTEES HAD BEEN PLAYING AN IMPORTANT ROLE AS LINKS BETWEEN THE DISTRICT BOARD AND PEOPLE AT THE GRASS-ROOT LEVEL, THE SHA TIN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR DONALD TSANG, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
HE SAID THAT THE ISSUES DEALT WITH BY THE DISTRICT BOARD AND THE GRASS-ROOT ORGANISATIONS - THE MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES AND VILLAGE REPRESENTATIVES VARIED. THERE WAS THUS A NEED FOR A COMMUNITY ORGANISATION TO ACT AS A GO-BETWEEN.
+AN AREA COMMITTEE IS THE ORGANISATION. IT DOES NOT REPRESENT ANY CONSTITUENCY: IT IS A GO-BETWEEN OF THE DISTRICT BOARD, MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES AND VILLAGE REPRESENTATIVES, + HE SAID.
MR TSANG WAS SPEAKING AT THE JOINT INAUGURATION CEREMONY OF FOUR AREA COMMITTEES IN THE DISTRICT.
/+THE WORK