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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1987
GOLD MEDALS AND SOUVENIRS WERE
PRESENTED то THE SIX OLDEST
PEOPLE FROM SAI KUNG, HANG HAU AND RENNIE'S MILL.
THE FESTIVAL WAS ORGANISED BY A PREPARATORY COMMITTEE WHICH COMPRISED DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM LOCAL ORGANISATIONS AND VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.
ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN INCLUDED VISITS, TOURS, PICNICS, CONCERTS, FILM SHOWS, SPORTS COMPETITIONS AND MEDICAL CHECK-UPS.
THE FESTIVAL COST AROUND $150,000, WHICH WAS SPONSORED BY THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT BOARD AND LOCAL LEADERS.
AREA COMMITTEES PLANNED FOR NORTH DISTRICT
THE DISTRICT OFFICE IS PLANNING TO SET UP TWO AREA COMMITTEES WITHIN THE NEW TOWN AREA IN NORTH DISTRICT IN THE COMING FINANCIAL YEAR, DISTRICT OFFICER, MR MATTHEW CHEUNG, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE DISTRICT'S "ANTI-FALLING OBJECT" VARIETY MR CHEUNG SAID THAT THE TWO AREA FANLING AND SHEUNG SHUI.
SHOW,
COMMITTEES WOULD BE SET UP IN
"THIS MOVE WILL ENABLE THE NEW AND OLD RESIDENTS TO FURTHER CO- OPERATE FOR THE GOOD OF THE DISTRICT," HE SAID.
HE SAID THAT THERE WERE ALREADY A FEW DISTRICTS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES WITH AREA COMMITTEES AND HE WAS CONFIDENT THAT THEIR FORMATION IN NORTH DISTRICT WOULD SERVE AS AN EFFECTIVE LINK THE MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES, OWNERS' CORPORATIONS AND LOCAL
AMONG
WOULD ASSIST THE DISTRICT BOARD IN SOLVING DISTRICT PROBLEMS.
BODIES AND
MR CHEUNG SAID HE WAS GLAD TO SEE THAT RESIDENTS MOVING INTO HOUSING ESTATES IN THE DISTRICT IN THE PAST FEW YEARS HAD FOUND THEMSELVES A COMFORTABLE HOME AND, LIKE THEIR INDIGENOUS COUNTERPARTS, HAD ACTIVELY PARTICIPATED IN COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES.
MR CHEUNG ALSO RESPONSIBILITIES AND BE A HEIGHT.
URGED RESIDENTS TO EXERCISE THEIR CIVIC CONSIDERATE BY NOT THROWING OBJECTS FROM
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