SUNDAY, JANUARY 26, 1986
IN 1985, 53 769 PEOPLE JOINED THE RSD'S PUBLIC LIBRARIES AS NEW MEMBERS, BRINGING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF REGISTERED BORROWERS TO 314 122, AN INCREASE OF 20.65 PER CENT.
TO COPE WITH THE INCREASING DEMAND, THE RSD PURCHASES NEW BOOKS AND AUDIO-VISUAL MATERIALS REGULARLY TO ENRICH THE STOCK OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARIES.
UP TO LAST DECEMBER, THE DEPARTMENT'S 16 LIBRARIES AND TWO MOBILE ONES CARRIED A STOCK OF 700 000 BOOKS AND 29 000 ITEMS OF AUDIO-VISUAL MATERIALS, WHICH REPRESENTED AN INCREASE OF 15 AND 42 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY WHEN COMPARED WITH THE CORRESPONDING FIGURES IN DECEMBER 1984.
CHILDREN'S DAY IN WAN CHAI ***
HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN IN WAN CHAI SPENT AN AFTERNOON OF FUN AND GAMES AT A CHILDREN'S DAY AT THE SOUTHORN PLAYGROUND TODAY (SUNDAY).
THE EVENT WAS PART OF THE WAN CHAI FESTIVAL ORGANISED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD AND THE FESTIVAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE.
IN ADDITION, A +MUSIC BUS+ FEATURING THE HONG KONG BRASS BAND PERFORMING ON AN OPEN-DECK BUS TOURED THE DISTRICT AND STOPPED AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS TO PROVIDE MUSIC TO RESIDENTS.
SEASON'S GREETING IN POSTERS, LAISEE PACKETS
*****
THOUSANDS OF LUNAR NEW YEAR POSTERS AND LAISEE PACKETS WILL CARRY THE SEASON'S GREETING FROM THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT BOARD TO EVERYONE IN THE DISTRICT.
CHAIRMAN OF THE DISTRICT BOARD, MR LAM HANG-FAI, SAID: THE TRADITIONAL GODS WHO SIGNIFY 'GOOD LUCK, PROSPERITY AND LONGEVITY', ARE THE PROMINENT FIGURES IN THE POSTER WHICH ALSO FEATURE FOUR COLOURFUL CHINESE CHARACTERS SYMBOLISING GOOD FORTUNE.+
THE RED PACKETS ALSO FEATURE A DESIGN SIMILAR TO THE NEW YEAR POSTERS.
THE DISTRICT BOARD HAS SPENT ABOUT $90 000 TO PRODUCE 100 000 POSTERS AND 400 000 LAISEE PACKETS FOR FREE DISTRIBUTION TO LOCAL PEOPLE.
/+THE POSTERS
Page 10Page 11