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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1985
MORE THAN 100 TEAMS TOOK PART IN THE SINGING CONTEST AND THE 12 WINNING TEAMS WILL GIVE A PERFORMANCE TOMORROW NIGHT. THE YAU MA TEI CHILDREN'S CHOIR WILL ALSO GIVE A SPECIAL PERFORMANCE AT THE YOUTH MUSIC NIGHT+.
THE YAU MA TEI DISTRICT OFFICER, MR BOWEN LEUNG AND THE ASSISTANT MUSIC ADMINISTRATOR, MR YEUNG KAM-CHOI WILL OFFICIATE AT THE CEREMONY.
THE + YOUTH MUSIC NIGHT+ IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE YAU MA TEI DISTRICT BOARD, THE YAU MA TEI CULTURE AND ARTS ASSOCIATION AND THE MUSIC OFFICE.
VALUE OF JOINT EFFORT STRESSED
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PATIENCE, DETERMINATION AND CO-OPERATION WERE ESSENTIAL FOR SOLVING COMMUNITY PROBLEMS AND ENABLING MAJOR PROJECTS TO PROCEED ON TIME, THE EASTERN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR LUI HAU-TUEN SAID TODAY.
MR LUI SAID THROUGH CO-OPERATION BETWEEN GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, LOCAL ORGANISATIONS AND THE COMMUNITY, LOCAL PROBLEMS COULD BE RESOLVED SATISFACTORILY.
ONE SUCH EXAMPLE, HE SAID, WAS THE RE-LOCATION OF THE CLUBHOUSE OF THE CHAI WAN KAIFONG WELFARE ADVANCEMENT ASSOCIATION, WHICH HAD BEEN ON THE SITE WHERE THE EASTERN DISTRICT HOSPITAL
IS NOW BEING BUILT.
SPEAKING AT A CEREMONY TO MARK THE OPENING OF THE ASSOCIATION Ş NEW CLUBHOUSE AT HING WAH ESTATE TODAY, MR LUI SAID WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE EASTERN DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE ASSISTANCE OF THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT, THE CLUBHOUSE WAS RELOCATED, AND THE ASSOCIATION CAN CONTINUE TO SERVE THE LARGE COMMUNITY IN CHAI WAN,
MR LUI ALSO PAID TRIBUTE TO THE ASSOCIATION FOR ITS CO-OPERATION DURING THE CLEARANCE OPERATION AND ITS CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS THE COMMUNITY.
+THE ASSOCIATION, A NON-PROF IT MAKING ORGANISATION SET UP IN 1950, HAS PLAYED AN ACTIVE ROLE IN PROVIDING SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY,+ MR LUI SAID.
+ITS MEMBERS HAVE HELPED PROVIDE EMERGENCY RELIEF, ORGANISED EVENTS FOR THE ELDERLY AND MANY OTHER COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES, + HE ADDED,
THE NEW CLUBHOUSE MEASURES ABOUT 88 SQUARE METRES, AND IS LOCATED IN HANG HING HOUSE, HING WAH ESTATE.
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