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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1988

WAS FUNDED BY THE NECESSARY

DISTRICT FOR THE

PROJECTS ALTHOUGH THIS KIND OF OFFICE, THE COOPERATION OF LOCAL YOUTH GROUPS WAS PROJECTS TO BE CARRIED OUT, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

FOR PAST YEARS, THE DIP HAD PLAYED AN UNASSUMING YET ROLE IN BENEFITING THE LIVELIHOOD OF THE ISLANDERS AS IMPROVING THE DISTRICT ENVIRONMENT, HE ADDED.

IMPORTANT

WELL

AS

BEING A SUB-COMMITTEE UNDER THE AEGIS OF THE ISLANDS DISTRICT AND MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE, THE CBCC HAS BEEN TASKED WITH COORDINATING MONITORING GOVERNMENT EFFORTS IN COMMUNITY BUILDING IN THE DISTRICT.

IMPLEMENTATION THROUGH THE

OF THE DIP, THE CBCC AIMS PROMOTE THE IDENTITY OF THE ISLANDS DISTRICT WHICH IS PARTICULARLY ESSENTIAL AS THE ISLANDS POPULATION IS SCATTERED GEOGRAPHICALLY.

OTHER OBJECTIVES

OF THE

TO

DIP INCLUDE CREATING A SENSE OF BELONGING IN THE DISTRICT, CULTIVATING A SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY AMONG THE ISLANDERS AND INVOLVING

PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY

BUILDING PROJECTS,

YOUTH

"IN THE CURRENT YEAR, FIVE TYPES OF COMMUNITY BUILDING

PROJECTS HAVE BEEN PLANNED WHICH INCLUDE VILLAGE CLEAN-UP, YOUTH CAMP,

OF RAINSHELTERS TREE PLANTING, PAINTING

AND MURAL PAINTING," THE

SPOKESMAN SAID.

HEALTH

AND

REMOTE

"APART FROM THESE ACTIVITIES, THE CBCC HAS ALSO PLANNED

NEED OF THE CARE PROJECTS WHICH CATER FOR THE

ELDERLY

ISLANDERS, HE SAID.

It

ΤΟ PLANS

GROUPS BE

"HOWEVER, CONTRIBUTIONS AND SUPPORT FROM LOCAL YOUTH AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS ARE ESSENTIAL FOR ALL THESE MATERIALISED, HE STRESSED.

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