MONDAY, APRIL 16, 1984
12
SCHOOL LIAISON COMMITTEE FORMED
***
· A SCHOOL LIAISON COMMITTEE HAS BEEN SET UP IN THE ISLANDS DISTRICT TO HELP PROMOTE WIDER PARTICIPATION BY SCHOOLS IN COMMUNITY PROJECTS.
FORMED WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICE, THE COMMITTEE WILL SERVE AS A LINK BETWEEN LOCAL SCHOOLS AND THE DISTRICT BOARD, GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND THE COMMUNITY.
THE COMMITTEE, THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN THE DISTRICT, COMPRISES ABOUT 30 HEADS FROM PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE DISTRICT OFFICE, EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE AND THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE.
TWO SCHOOL PRINCIPALS, MR FONG CHAI-MAN, AND MADAM WU YUET-NUEN, HAVE BEEN ELECTED AS CHAIRMAN AND VICE-CHAIRMAN RESPECTIVELY.
EIGHT CONVENERS WERE ALSO CHOSEN TO CARRY OUT CONVENING AND LIAISON WORK IN THE DISTRICT'S EIGHT AREAS NAMELY CHEUNG CHAU, TAI 0, TUNG CHUNG, MUI WO, SOUTH LANTAO, NORTH LAMMA, SOUTH LAMMA, AND PENG CHAU. THEIR TERM OF OFFICE WILL EXPIRE AT THE END OF MARCH NEXT YEAR.
THE COMMITTEE WILL MEET THREE TIMES A YEAR TO DISCUSS PROBLEMS OF MUTUAL CONCERN. THE FIRST MEETING WILL BE HELD ON MAY 28.
ARTS COUNCIL PRAISED FOR WORK
*I*
THE WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT ARTS COUNCIL WAS PRAISED TODAY (MONDAY) FOR ITS CONTRIBUTION TO THE PROMOTION OF ARTS AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES IN THE DISTRICT.
+SINCE IT WAS FORMED THREE YEARS AGO, THE COUNCIL HAS ORGANISED A SERIES OF LARGE-SCALE ARTS AND RECREATIONAL PROGRAMMES WHICH
INCLUDED THE FIRST DISTRICT ARTS FESTIVAL, AN ARTS FESTIVAL FOR CHILDREN, AND THE 1983 DISTRICT FESTIVAL, THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR PHILIP CHOK, SAID.
+ALL THESE PROGRAMMES HAVE PROVIDED GREAT FUN AND ENTERTAINMENT TO THE RESIDENTS.+
MR CHOK WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE ARTS COUNCIL'S CLUB HOUSE AT LOWER WONG TAI SIN ESTATE.
/+I BELIEVE