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TUESDAY, JANUARY 18.
GROUP HELPS COMMUNITY WORK
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THE SETTING UP OF THE EASTERN DISTRICT SCHOOL LIAISON COMMITTEE COMPLETED THE CYCLE OF ESTABLISHING USEFUL COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS IN THE DISTRICT, THE EASTERN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR LUI HAU-TUEN, SAID TODAY.
APART FROM HELPING TO PROMOTE SCHOOL PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY PROJECTS, THE COMMITTEE SERVED AS A LINK BETWEEN SCHOOLS, THE DISTRICT BOARD, VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND THE COMMUNITY, HE SAID.
HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE COMMITTEE'S INAUGURATION CEREMONY.
MR LUI SAID A NUMBER OF OTHER COMMUNITY BUILDING ORGANISATION. HAD BEEN SET UP SINCE LAST YEAR, SUCH AS THE EASTERN. DISTRICT ART COUNCIL AND AN ORGANISING COMMITTEE FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT INDUSTRIALISTS ASSOCIATION.
THESE ORGANISATIONS COULD CONTRIBUTE EFFECTIVELY IN COMMUNIT BUILDING WORK.
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THEY COULD PROMOTE CIVIC EDUCATION, AND HELP ORGANISE THE EASTERN DISTRICT ARTS FESTIVAL, AND OTHER ACTIVITIES RELATED THE INTERNATIONAL YOUTH YEAR, HE SAID.
THE CEREMONY WAS HELD AT THE CHEKIANG AND KIANGSU PRIMARY SCHOOL.
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STUDENTS URGED TO JOIN POSTER CONTEST
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ENTRIES ARE SOUGHT FOR THE 17TH ANNUAL INDUSTRIAL SAFETY POSTER DESIGN COMPETITION, WHICH IS OPEN TO ALL STUDENTS BETWEEN 14 AND 22 YEARS OF AGE.
ORGANISED BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, THE COMPETITION IS AIMED AT PROMOTING THE IMPORTANCE OF SAFETY AT WORK.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (TUESDAY) THAT EFFECTIVELY DESIGNED POSTERS FORMED AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE ENTIRE ACCIDENT-PREVENTION PLAN TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS.
THE POSTERS SHOULD GENERATE AND SUSTAIN SAFETY CONSCIOUSNESS IN EVERYONE'S BEHAVIOUR, HE SAID.
ENTRIES WILL BE DIVIDED INTO TWO DIVISIONS: DIVISION +A+ FOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND TECHNICAL SECONDARY SCHOOLS, AND DIVISION +E+ FOR POST-SECONDARY COLLEGES AND VOCATIONAL INSTITUTES.
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