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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1984
+HOWEVER, THE URBAN COUNCIL AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS OF THE DISTRICT HAVE, OVER THE YEARS, TAKEN NOTE OF THE PROBLEMS AND CONTRIBUTED POSITIVELY IN MEETING SOME OF THE DEMANDS OF THE RESIDENTS, HE ADDED.
SOME OF THE NOTABLE EXAMPLES INCLUDE THE MONG KOK STADIUM, MACPHERSON PLAYGROUND AND INDOOR STADIUM, BOUNDARY STREET INDOOR GAMES HALL, CHAN HING SCHOOL SERVICES CENTRE AND THE MONG KOK PUBLIC LIBRARY. IN ADDITION, FOUR PLAYGROUNDS AND 15 REST GARDENS AND SITTING-OUT AREAS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED IN THE DISTRICT.
+RECENTLY, A MULTI-PURPOSE CULTURAL AND SPORTS CENTRE, THE LIM POR YEN CENTRE WAS COMPLETED WITH THE HELP OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB AND THE MONG KOK DISTRICT CULTURAL, RECREATIONAL AND SPORTS ASSOCIATION,+ MR WIGGHAM SAID.
HE SAID THE MONG KOK CULTURAL AND SPORTS FESTIVAL IS AIMED AT PROMOTING CULTURAL AND SPORTS ACTIVITIES IN THE DISTRICT TO ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO USE THE MANY FACILITIES AVAILABLE.
+THIS FESTIVAL, BEING THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN THE DISTRICT, DEMONSTRATES YET AGAIN THE GOOD CO-OPERATION OF THE DISTRICT BOARD, LOCAL ASSOCIATIONS AND GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS IN REALISING THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY AND POOLING THEIR RESOURCES TO MEET THE NEEDS,+ HE SAID.
WORK LIKE OLYMPIC ATHLETES, NEW FIREMEN TOLD
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RECRUIT FIREMEN WERE TOLD TODAY TO RESPOND TO FIRE INCIDENTS WITH ALL THEIR MIGHT, IN THE WAY THAT ATHLETES WOULD PERFORM IN THE OLYMPICS+.
THEY WERE ALSO URGED BY THE ACTING CHIEF FIRE OFFICER OF THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR LI KWOK-CHO, TO TREAT EACH INCIDENT AS A CHALLENGE TO THEIR PERSONAL SKILLS.
+TO YOU AS GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, BENEFITS DO NOT MEAN REWARDS IN MONETARY TERMS, NOR IN MANY CASES, RECOGNITION OR APPRECIATION OF YOUR WORK IN SAVING LIVES OR PROTECTING PROPERTY, THEY HEARD MR LI SAY.
THE REAL BENEFIT, THEY WERE TOLD, CAME FROM WITHIN THEIR HEARTS THE FEELING OF SATISFACTION AND ACHIEVEMENT, KNOWING THAT THEY, AS HUMAN BEINGS HAD BEEN ABLE TO HELP OTHERS.
FIREMEN HAD CONTINUOUSLY TO UPDATE THEIR KNOWLEDGE +TO COPE WITH THE EVERY INCREASING FIRE HAZARDS, AND TO WORK AS MEMBERS OF A TEAM, THEY WERE TOLD BY MR LI.
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THE OCCASION WAS THE PASSING OUT PARADE OF THREE SQUADS OF FIREMEN AT THE FIRE SERVICES TRAINING SCHOOL AT PAT HEUNG, TODAY.
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