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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1987
A TEENAGE CARTOON CHARACTER WILL HELP
TO CONVEY MESSAGES ON
THE INDIVIDUAL'S RESPONSIBILITIES TOWARDS THE COMMUNITY.
THE PROJECT
ORGANISER
WILL
SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN
THE THREE
ALSO DISTRICTS,
BE VISITING PRIMARY AND PRESENTING SLIDES AND
VIDEO SHOWS ON CIVIC EDUCATION.
VARIETY SHOW PROMOTES COMMUNITY INTEREST
A VARIETY SHOW TO PROMOTE DISTRICT IDENTITY AND PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS AMONG YAU MA TEI RESIDENTS WAS HELD THIS (FRIDAY) EVENING AT THE HONG KONG COLISEUM.
THE EVENT WAS ONE OF THE MANY EVENTS LISTED FOR THE CURRENT DISTRICT FESTIVAL SPONSORED BY THE YAU MA TEI DISTRICT BOARD.
SPEAKING AT THE SHOW'S OPENING CEREMONY, THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR T.H. CHAU, SAID THE FESTIVAL WOULD FOSTER RESIDENTS' INVOLVEMENT IN PROMOTING A STABLE AND PROSPEROUS COMMUNITY,
ΤΟ DRIVE HOME THE MESSAGE, HE NOTED THAT RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES AS WELL AS CIVIC ACTIVITIES WERE BEING ORGANISED DURING THE TWO-MONTH FESTIVAL.
"THESE ACTIVITIES NOT ONLY BROADEN RESIDENTS' OUTLOOK IN LIFE, BUT ALSO ENCOURAGE THEIR PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY LIFE, HE SAID.
MR CHAU PAID TRIBUTE TO THE DISTRICT BOARD, THE URBAN COUNCIL, AREA COMMITTEES, LOCAL ORGANISATIONS AND GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS FOR THEIR CONCERTED EFFORTS IN ORGANISING VARIED FESTIVAL ACTIVITIES FOR ALL PEOPLE.
ALSO OFFICIATING AT THE CEREMONY WERE YAU MA TEI DISTRICT OFFICER, MR AUGUSTINE CHENG, CHAIRMAN OF THE FESTIVAL'S ORGANISING COMMITTEE, MR YIP WAH, WHO IS ALSO CHAIRMAN OF THE DISTRICT BOARD, AND DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS.
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