SUNDAY, MAY 18, 1986
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DAY CAMP FOR WAN CHAI AREA COMMITTEES
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ABOUT 80 MEMBERS FROM THE FIVE AREA COMMITTEES IN THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT ATTENDED A DAY CAMP AT THE PO LEUNG KUK PAK TAM CHUNG HOLIDAY CAMP IN SAI KUNG TODAY (SUNDAY).
THE CAMP, ORGANISED BY THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT OFFICE. PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR AREA COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT GOVERNMENT WORK AND TO GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER BETTER.
THERE ARE AT PRESENT FIVE AREA COMMITTEES IN THE DISTRICT WAN CHAI EAST, WAN CHAI WEST, CAUSEWAY BAY CENTRAL, TAI HANG-SO KON PO, AND HAPPY VALLEY.
WAN CHAI DISTRICT OFFICER, MR ROGER GARCIA, SAID THE CAMP WAS THE FIRST FUNCTION ORGANISED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICE FOR ALL THE AREA COMMITTEES, AND HE URGED MEMBERS TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES IN COMMUNITY SERVICE.
MEMBERS CAME FROM DIFFERENT SECTORS OF SOCIETY AND ALL HAD MANY YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN SERVING THE WAN CHAI COMMUNITY AND, THEREFORE, THEIR OPINIONS WERE MUCH VALUED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICE.
HE HOPED THAT WITH A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THE GOVERNMENT WORKED, MEMBERS COULD SERVE THE COMMUNITY BETTER,
THE CAMP INCLUDED TALKS BY WAN CHAI DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MRS PEGGY LAM, ON THE BOARD'S WORK, AND BY ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, MISS DONNA WONG, ON THE ORGANISATION AND FUNCTIONS OF BOTH THE DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE AREA COMMITTEES.
OFFICIALS FROM THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE AND THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT WERE ALSO INVITED TO DESCRIBE THE IR WORK IN WAN CHAI DISTRICT.
AFTER THE TALKS IN THE MORNING, THE PARTICIPANTS SPENT AN AFTERNOON ENJOYING THE RECREATIONAL FACILITIES PROVIDED AT THE CAMP AS WELL AS TAKING PART IN VARIOUS GAMES AND COMPETITIONS ORGANISED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICE.
WAN CHAI DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS ALSO ATTENDED.
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