TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 1984
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OPERATION 'FAR FLING' CONTINUES
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A TWO-DAY CLEARANCE OF 36 ILLEGAL STRUCTURES ON A T-SHAPED REAR LANE, BETWEEN FU YAN STREET AND SHUNG YAN STREET IN KWUN TONG TOWN CENTRE, BEGAN THIS (TUESDAY) MORNING.
MOST OF THE STRUCTURES HAD BEEN USED FOR STORAGE AND COMMERCIAL PURPOSES.
THE OPERATION IS PART OF THE MAJOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT CLEARANCE PROGRAMME NAMED +OPERATION FAR FLING+, INITIATED LÄST DECEMBER BY THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE.
SO FAR, ABOUT 200 ILLEGAL BACKLANE STRUCTURES IN THE DISTRICT HAVE BEEN CLEARED.
NEXT MONTH, ANOTHER 50 ILLEGAL STRUCTURES ON LUEN ON STREET IN TING HONG AREA WILL BE PULLED DOWN.
CO-ORDINATED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICE, TODAY'S CLEARANCE WAS JOINTLY CARRIED OUT BY THE POLICE, HOUSING, LANDS, FIRE SERVICES, CITY SERVICES, LABOUR AND SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENTS AND THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE.
GRANTS OFFERED FOR MUSIC, DANCE ACTIVITIES
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APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN TO SCHOOLS, AND MUSIC AND DANCE ORGANISATIONS FOR GRANTS FROM THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB MUSIC FUND FOR 1984-85.
THE GRANTS ARE PRIMARILY INTENDED FOR EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN THE FIELDS OF MUSIC, DANCE AND OTHER ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE FUND SAID.
GRANTS HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN MADE TO SCHOOLS, MUSIC AND DANCE ORGANISATIONS FOR PURCHASING INSTRUMENTS AND EQUIPMENT, PAYING INSTRUCTORS' FEES FOR TRAINING, PURCHASING MUSIC BOOKS, SCORES AND TAPES, ORGANISING MUSIC EVENTS SUCH AS CONCERTS AND MUSIC CAMPS.
APPLICATIONS CAN ALSO BE MADE FOR GRANTS FOR OTHER PURPOSES WHICH CONFORM WITH THE OVERALL EDUCATIONAL AIMS OF THE FUND.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE MUSIC FUND SAID THE MUSIC FUND HAS SO FAR GRANTED AROUND $3.2 MILLION TO VARIOUS ORGANISATIONS. IN 1983-84, MORE THAN $200 000 HAD BEEN GRANTED TO 87 SCHOOLS, SEVEN MUSIC AND DANCE ORGANISATIONS AND 11 VOLUNTARY AGENCIES.
ALL REGISTERED NON-PROFIT-MAKING ORGANISATIONS ARE ELIGIELE TO APPLY FOR THE GRANTS.
/THE CLOSING