SUNDAY, JUNE 3, 1984
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STUDENTS URGED TO TAKE PART IN COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
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YOUNG PEOPLE SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES, THE DEPUTY REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR ALBERT LAM, SAID THIS (SUNDAY) EVENING.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE SHAM SHUI PO JOINT-SCHOOL PERFORMING ARTS 84, MR LAM SAID HE WAS HAPPY TO LEARN THAT MORE STUDENTS WERE MAKING USE OF THIER SPARE TIME TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY.
HE SAID THAT STUDENTS SHOULD ALSO BE TAUGHT, THROUGH THE CURRICULUM, THE IMPORTANCE OF CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY.
HE ADDED THAT IT WAS ALSO IMPORTANT FOR STUDENTS TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR GOVERNMENT AND SOCIETY.
MR LAM PAID TRIBUTE TO THE ORGANISER OF THE EVENT THE SCHOOL LIAISON COMMITTEE FOR ITS SUPPORT TO DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION WORK AS WELL AS FOR ITS EFFORT IN BUILDING A CLOSE TIE AMONG SCHOOL MANAGEMENT, TEACHING STAFF, PARENTS AND STUDENTS,
+TONIGHT'S GATHERING ENABLES OUR PERFORMERS AND AUDIENCE TO APPRECIATE THE ESSENCE OF CHINESE AND WESTERN CULTURE, AND ALSO LEADS THEM A STEP FORWARD TO KNOWING THEIR DISTRICT AND COMMUNITY, + HE ADDED.
THE EVENING'S PROGRAMME FEATURED A SERIES OF DANCES, INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PERFORMANCES, CHOIR SINGING AND PROSE RECITALS BY MORE THAN 200 STUDENTS FROM 16 LOCAL SCHOOLS.
REFUSE BARRIER FOR REPULSE BAY
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THE CITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT WILL LAY A BOOM LINE+ OFF REPULSE BAY BEACH TO PREVENT SEA-BORNE REFUSE FROM REACHING THE SWIMMING AREA.
IF THIS DEVICE PROVED SUCCESSFUL, THE DEPARTMENT WOULD CONSIDER INSTALLING IT AT OTHER BEACHES, MR PAUL CHEUNG, SENIOR AMENITIES OFFICER (SWIMMING), SAID.
THE SYSTEM, WHICH MR CHEUNG DESCRIBED AS SIMPLE AND PRAGMATIC+, WILL COST ABOUT $250 000.
+THE LINE CONSISTS OF SEVERAL THOUSAND PLASTIC BUOYS, 1 500 METRES OF NYLON ROPE, 2 000 SQUARE METRES OF POLYETHYLENE NET, 1 000 METRES OF GALVANISED IRON CHAIN AND 40 CONCRETE BLOCKS, + MR CHEUNG EXPLAINED.
/THE BUOY'S