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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 1986
KOWLOON CITY BECOMES A BETTER PLACE
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KOWLOON CITY HAS BECOME A BETTER PLACE IN WHICH TO LIVE AS A RESULT OF THE JOINT EFFORTS OF THE DISTRICT BOARD, AREA COMMITTEES, LOCAL ORGANISATIONS AND VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, SAYS THE OUT-GOING DISTRICT OFFICER, MR GORDON JONES.
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SPEAKING AT A FAREWELL DINNER PARTY LAST (TUESDAY) NIGHT, MR JONES SAID THE DEDICATION OF DISTRICT COMMUNITY LEADERS DURING HIS TWO AND A HALF YEARS AS DISTRICT OFFICER PROVIDED HIM WITH A SATISFYING MEMORY.
+AT PRESENT, PARTS OF THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT ARE UNDERGOING MAJOR CHANGES AND DEVELOPMENT WHICH PROVIDE A CHALLENGE TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, HE TOLD THE GATHERING.
+HOWEVER, I AM CONFIDENT THAT THE KOWLOON CITY SPIRIT WILL NOT CHANGE AND ALL OF YOU WILL FACE THE FUTURE WITH CONFIDENCE AND FAITH.+
THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR WONG SIK-KONG, PAID TRIBUTE TO MR JONES FOR HIS WORK AND ACHIEVEMENTS IN COMMUNITY BUILDING, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT, DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION AND IN PROMOTING BETTER CO-OPERATION BETWEEN PUBLIC AND GOVERNMENT.
ABOUT 200 PEOPLE, INCLUDING MEMBERS OF THE DISTRICT BOARD, AREA COMMITTEES AND LOCAL ORGANISATIONS, ATTENDED THE FUNCTION.
THEY ALSO TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO WELCOME MR ALEX FONG,
WHO WILL TAKE OVER FROM MR JONES NEXT MONDAY (MAY 5).
EDUCATION BOARD MEMBERS VISIT STUDIES CENTRE
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FOUR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TODAY (WEDNESDAY) VISITED THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S FIELD STUDIES CENTRE AT TUI MIN HOI IN SAI KUNG. THE FOUR WERE MRS RITA FAN, MRS PEGGY LAM, THE REV JOSEP., G. FOLEY AND MR DAVID CHEUNG.
THEY WERE ACCOMPANIED BY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (CHIEF INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS), MR SO FAI-CHO, PRINCIPAL INSPECTOR (BIOLOGY), MR Y. W, LIU, AND BOARD OF EDUCATION SECRETARY, MISS ROSE LAU.
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