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SUNDAY, AUGUST 14, 1983
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FIFTEEN OF THE BEST ENTRIES WILL BE SELECTED AND GIVEN REIMBURSEMENT GRANTS TO BUILD THEIR LANTERNS.
A SMALL LANTERN DESIGN CONTEST WILL BE OPEN TO ALL RESIDENTS IN THE DISTRICT. THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED CAN OBTAIN APPLICATION FORMS FROM THE DISTRICT OFFICE BEFORE SEPTEMBER 5.
ENQUIRIES ON THE TWO COMPETITIONS CAN BE MADE TO MISS PATRICIA AU AT 3-7110171.
PARTICIPANTS IN BOTH COMPETITIONS SHOULD BRING THE IR WORK TO THE DISTRICT'S LANTERN CARNIVAL AT KO SHAN ROAD PARK ON SEPTEMBER 22 FOR JUDGING.
THE WINNERS OF THE TWO COMPETITIONS WILL BE AWARDED CERTIFICATES OF APPRECIATION AND BOOK COUPONS.
SPONSORED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD AT A COST OF $20 000,
THE COMPETITIONS ARE JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE KOWLOON
CITY DISTRICT ARTS AND CULTURE COUNCIL AND THE URBAN COUNCIL.
CLEAN-UP OPERATION HELD IN KU HANG VILLAGE
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A CLEAN-UP OPERATION WAS HELD THIS (SUNDAY) MORNING, IN KU HANG VILLAGE IN TSUEN WAN.
JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE VILLAGERS, THE DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT, THE OPERATION WAS TO AROUSE VILLAGERS' CONCERN ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE AND TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO EXERCISE SELF-DISCIPLINE AND TO IMPROVE THEIR LIVING ENVIRONMENT,
THERE ARE ABOUT 1 100 PEOPLE LIVING IN SOME 200 SQUATTER HUTS IN THE VILLAGE.
SPEAKING AT A CEREMONY BEFORE THE OPERATION, DISTRICT_BOÀ MEMBER, DR CHEUNG SAU-CHING, SAID STAFF OF THE DISTRICT OFFİCE AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD'S ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE HAD PAID NUMEROUS VISITS TO KU HANG VILLAGE TO FIND OUT THE PROBLEMS OF THE VILLAGERS.
+THE DISTRICT OFFICE HAD SET UP A PUBLIC ENQUIRY CENTRE AT SHEK WAI KOK ESTATE IN MAY THIS YEAR TO IMPROVE SERVICES TO RESIDENTS IN THE ESTATE AND NEARBY KU HANG VILLAGE, HE SAID.
+COMPLAINTS AND SUGGESTIONS FROM THE RESIDENTS ARE BEING REFERRED TO GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS CONCERNED FOR NECESSARY ACTION,+ DR CHEUNG ADDED.
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AT THE CEREMONY, DR CHEUNG ALSO PRESENTED PRIZES TO WINNERS OF A COLOURING AND A CROSS-WORD PUZZLE COMPETITIONS HELD EARLIER FOR THE VILLAGERS.
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