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SUNDAY, JULY 2, 1989
TRIBUTE TO WAN CHAI KAIFONG ASSOCIATION
THE WAN CHAI KAIFONG ASSOCIATION WAS A PIONEER IN ACTIVITIES FOR RESIDENTS AND PLAYED A VERY IMPORTANT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DURING THE 1950's AND 1960's THE SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR DAVID LAN, SAID THIS I.VENING.
ORGANISING
ROLE IN
REGIONAL (SUNDAY)
OFFICIATING AT THE INAUGURATION OF THE ASSOCIATION'S NEW BOARD OF DIRECTORS, HE SAID THAT DURING THE POST-WAR PERIOD, THE SERVICE PROVIDED BY THE GOVERNMENT IN THE FIELDS OF SOCIAL WELFARE, EDUCATION AND HEALTH CARE COULD HARDLY MEET THE DEMANDS ARISING FROM THE INFLUX OF REFUGEES.
"DURING THAT PERIOD, THE WAN CHAI KAIFONG ASSOCIATION. *OGETHER WITH OTHER SIMILAR PIONEERING ORGANISATIONS, ASSISTED 1K PROVIDING EMERGENCY RELIEF, MEDICAL AND HEALTH CARE SERVICES, AND SERVICES FOR EDUCATION AND THE ELDERLY,' HE ADDED.
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OVER THE YEARS, MR LAN CONTINUED, THE ROLE OF KAIFONG ASSOCIATIONS IN DISTRICT MATTERS HAD CHANGED TO CATER FOR RESIDENTS NEEDS, WHILE THEIR MAIN OBJECTIVES OF SERVING THE PUBLIC AND FROMOTING MUTUAL HELP REMAINED UNCHANGED.
"THE WAN CHAI KAIFONG ASSOCIATION HAS SPARED NO EFFORT IN IMPROVING THE WELL-BEING OF LOCAL RESIDENTS, AND, THROUGH THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS' DEDICATION TO COMMUNITY SERVICES AND ENTHUSIASM. HAS NOT ONLY LAID A SOLID FOUNDATION FOR ITSELF BUT ALSO WON THE TRUST AND SUPPORT OF THE RESIDENTS," HE NOTED.
LAN POINTED
THAT
WITH THE ADVANCES
TERRITORY AND A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE,
THE
BY ΤΗΓ
FOR
MADE PUBLIC'S DEMANDS
VARIOUS KINDS OF SOCIAL SERVICES HAD INCREASED, AND THAT THE WAN KAIFONG ASSOCIATION COULD TAKE A LEAD IN PROVIDING THE SERVICES, AS CARE FOR THE ELDERLY, DAY NURSERIES, SPECIAL HEALTH CARE, RECREATION AND CULTURE.
TOPESARMI
AND
CHAI SUCH
YOUNG PEOPLE URGED TO CARE FOR COMMUNITY
THE EASTERN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR GARY YEUNG, TODAY | SUNDAY ! CALLED ON YOUNG PEOPLE TO MAXE THE MOST OF THE TWO-MONTH SUMMER VACATION TO LEARN TO CARE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE
1989 EASTERN DISTRICT SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME AND SUMMER CONCERT, MR YEUNG SAID THAT A TOTAL OF 207 ACTIVITIES WITH THE THEME, "SHARE THE FUN, SERVE THE COMMUNITY". WOULD BE OPEN TO YOUNG PEOPLE, AGED BETWEEN SIX AND 26, IN THI DISTRICT.
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