SUNDAY, MAY 18, 1986
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SOUTHERN DB FUNDS FOR COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
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RESIDENT ORGANISATIONS AND MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES IN THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT CAN APPLY FOR DISTRICT BOARD FUNDS THROUGH THE IR RESPECTIVE AREA COMMITTEES TO SPONSOR COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT ACTIVITIES.
THE DISTRICT BOARD'S COMMUNITY BUILDING COMMITTEE HAS SET ASIDE A BLOCK ALLOCATION OF $50 000 THIS YEAR FOR SUCH PURPOSE.
IN ORDER TO STRENGTHEN TIES BETWEEN THE DISTRICT BOARD, AREA COMMITTEES AND RESIDENT BODIES, THE DISTRICT'S SIX AREÁ COMMITTEES HAVE BEEN ENTRUSTED WITH THE POWER TO VET APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED UNDER THIS SCHEME AND TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CONSIDERATION AND ENDORSEMENT BY THE COMMUNITY BUILDING COMMITTEE,
A DISTRICT OFFICE SPOKESMAN SAID THIS WOULD SHORTEN THE TIME AND SIMPLIFY PROCEDURES FOR APPLICATION FOR SPONSORSHIP.
+EACH AREA COMMITTEE IS ALLOCATED FUNDS ACCORDING TO THE POPULATION AND THE NUMBER OF RESIDENT ORGANISATIONS IN THE CONSTITUENCY, HE SAID.
+ THE MAXIMUM GRANT TO EACH APPLICATION IS $1 500, WHILE THAT FOR RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES SUCH AS PICNICS AND VEGETARIAN MEALS IS $750,+ HE SAID.
THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT THE COMMUNITY BUILDING COMMITTEE HAD DECIDED TO RAISE THE MAXIMUM GRANT FOR NON- RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES FROM LAST YEAR'S $1 000 TO $1 500
THIS YEAR TO ENCOURAGE RESIDENT BODIES TO ORGANISE MORE MEANINGFUL ACTIVITIES.
HE NOTED THAT IN THE PAST YEAR, SOME 70 PER CENT OF ACTIVITIES ORGANISED UNDER THIS SCHEME WERE RECREATIONAL IN NATURE,
RESIDENT BODIES CAN OBTAIN APPLICATION FORMS AT THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OFFICE AND ITS BRANCH OFFICES AT ABERDEEN CENTRE, WAH FU AND STANLEY AND COMPLETED FORMS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED TEN DAYS BEFORE EACH AREA COMMITTEE MEETING.
APPLICATION FOR FUNDS EXCEEDING $1 500 TO ORGANISE LARGE- SCALE ACTIVITIES MUST BE DIRECTED TO THE COMMUNITY BUILDING COMMITTEE. ENQUIRIES ON DETAILS OF BLOCK ALLOCATION SCHEME CAN BE MADE TO THE DISTRICT OFFICE ON 5-540271.
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