SUNDAY, AUGUST 11, 1985
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BOARD SETS UP FUND FOR CIVIC WORK
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THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT BOARD HAS EARMARKED $300 000 FOR LOCAL MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES AND OWNERS' CORPORATIONS TO ORGANISE COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES.
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD'S CULTURE, RECREATION AND SPORTS AND COMMUNITY BUILDING COMMITTEE, MR LAM KIN-KWOK, SAID: LETTERS, TOGETHER WITH APPLICATION FORMS, ARE BEING SENT THROUGH THE SUB-OFFICES OF THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICE, TO SOME 300 MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES, AND 100 OWNERS' CORPORATIONS IN KWUN TONG TO APPLY FOR FUNDS.+
+THE COMMUNITY ACTIVITY UNDER APPLICATION MUST BE NON-PROFIT- MAKING AND MUST BENEFIT RESIDENTS OF A BUILDING OR SQUATTER AREA,+ HE SAID.
+ON THE OTHER HAND, THE ACTIVITY MUST BE HELD BY JANUARY NEXT YEAR SO THAT THE BOARD CAN COMPLETE ITS ACCOUNTS BEFORE THE CLOSE OF THE FINANCIAL YEAR.+
THE MAXIMUM GRANT FOR A MUTUAL AID COMMITTEE WITH LESS THAN 1 500 RESIDENTS AND FOR AN OWNERS' CORPORATION IS $1 000, WHILE IS FOR A MUTUAL AID COMMITTEE WITH MORE THAN 1 500 RESIDENTS IT $2 000.
+ALL APPLICATIONS SHOULD REACH US BY SEPTEMBER 16, AND IF THERE ARE ANY DIFFICULTIES IN FILLING IN THE APPLICATION FORMS, THEY CAN APPROACH THE LIAISON OFFICERS OF THE DISTRICT OFFICE,+ MR LAM SAID.
IN THE LAST FINANCIAL YEAR, THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT BOARD GRANTED $220 000 TO ABOUT 150 LOCAL MAC'S AND OC'S.
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HONG KONG ANNUAL REPORT AS POPULAR AS EVER
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THE HONG KONG ANNUAL REPORT, THE TERRITORY'S TRADITIONAL BEST SELLER, IS AS POPULAR AS EVER.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES SAID TODAY THAT THE DEMAND FOR THE CHINESE VERSION OF HONG KONG 1985 HAD INCREASED AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF THE ANNUAL REPORT, THE CHINESE VERSION WAS REPRINTED.
IN THE FIRST PRINT RUN, 11 000 COPIES IN CHINESE -- THE SAME NUMBER AS LAST YEAR - HAD BEEN PRODUCED BUT HAD BEEN SOLD OUT QUICKLY. A FURTHER 2 000 COPIES HAVE NOW BEEN REPRINTED AND ARE ON SALE AT $32 A COPY. OF THE 30 000 COPIES IN ENGLISH, MORE THAN 20 000 COPIES HAD ALREADY BEEN SOLD.
THE SPOKESMAN