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THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1986
YAN OF TONG PRAISED FOR COMMUNITY SERVICES
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THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, DR JAMES HAYES, TODAY (THURSDAY) PRAISED THE YAN OI TONG, A CHARITABLE ORGANISATION, FOR ITS PERSERVERANCE IN THE PROVISION OF COMMUNITY SERVICES TO RESIDENTS IN TUEN MUN.
+ALBEIT THE CHANGES IN SOCIETY WITH THE PASSAGE OF TIME, THE YAN OI TONG WITH ITS LONG TRADITION, WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE PROVIDING VAR IOUS SERVICES IN THE SPIRIT OF MUTUAL CARE AND READINESS TO HELP, HE SAID.
SPEAKING AT THE INAUGURATION CEREMONY OF THE SEVENTH TERM OFFICE-BEARERS OF THE YAN OI TONG BOARD OF DIRECTORS, DR HAYES SAID THAT WITH CHANGING TIMES AND THE EVOLUTION OF INDUSTRIAL NEW TOWNS SOME TRADITIONAL LOCAL ORGANISATIONS HAVE DISAPPEARED.
+ IT WAS INDEED A MIRACLE THAT THE YAN OI TONG, AS ONE OF THE EXCEPTIONS, SURVIVED AND HAD EMERGED AS A MODEL FOR SIMILAR ORGANISATIONS OF ITS TIME TO FOLLOW, HE ADDED.
THIS WAS MADE POSSIBLE WITH THE HEALTHY ORGANISATIONAL SET-UP AND THE FAR-SIGHTEDNESS OF YAN OF TONG'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS WHICH ENABLED THE INSTITUTION TO DEVELOP AND EXPAND ITS SERVICES TO COPE WITH URBANISATION AND INDUSTRIAL ISATION OF THE NEW TOWNS.
+OVER THE YEARS, THE YAN OI TONG HAD CONTRIBUTED MUCH TO RESIDENTS BY PROVIDING A COMPREHENSIVE RANGE OF SERVICES SUCH AS MEDICAL CARE, EDUCATIONAL AND WELFARE SERVICES, AND RECREATION AND SPORTS FACILITIES,+ DR HAYES SAID.
+ THE TONG OPERATES CLINICS, KINDERGARTENS, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND VARIOUS OTHER FACILITIES IN THE DEVELOPING NEW TOWN OF TUEN MUN, HE ADDED.
DR HAYES NOTED THAT FUTURE PLANS OF THE TONG INCLUDE EXPANDING THE SCOPE OF SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY AND YOUNG CHILDREN.
NEW LANDLORD AND TENANT ORDINANCE IN OPERATION
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THE LANDLORD AND TENANT (CONSOLIDATION) (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE 1986, GAZETTED ON JULY 4, COMES INTO OPERATION TOMORROW (FRIDAY).
HOWEVER, THE PROVISION UNDER PART 11 RELATING TO THE RAISING OF THE MINIMUM RENT FROM 55 PER CENT TO 60 PER CENT OF THE PREVAILING MARKET RENT IN THE RENT INCREASE SYSTEM WILL NOT BECOME OPERATIVE UNTIL DECEMBER 19.
/A SPOKESMAN