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WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 1989
HELD
HELD THE COMMITTEE
ITS FIRST MEETING RECENTLY TO DISCUSS PREPARATION WORK FOR THE GATHERING AND A SECOND MEETING WOULD BE WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO.
STAFF WERE THE PROGRAMMES
AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL, DISTRICT OFFICERS AND THEIR KEEPING IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH AREA COMMITTEES TO PLAN TO BE CONTRIBUTED BY THE AREA COMMITTEES IN THE GATHERING.
DISTRICT
HAD
INVOLVING
COSTUMES
AND
ONE MR LAN NOTED THAT AREA COMMITTEE MEMBERS IN
PROGRAMME INDICATED THEIR PLAN TO PRESENT A SONG AND DANCE MEMBERS'
IN CHINESE PERFORMING THE DRAGON DANCE.
APPEARANCE
TRADITIONAL
MR LAN SAID PROGRAMMES AS SUCH
WOULD ADD
EXCITEMENT TO THE
GATHERING.
"I AM VERY PLEASED WITH AREA COMMITTEES' RESPONSE TO, AND
FOR, SUPPORT
THE GATHERING, WHICH WILL NOT ONLY STRENGTHEN THE
AND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AREA COMMITTEES
CNTA, BUT ALSO THAT AMONG THE AREA COMMITTEES THEMSELVES, HE NOTED.
SPONSORED BY THE AREA OUT THAT IMPORTANT ROLE IN THESE
TURNING TO COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT ACTIVITIES GOVERNMENT AND DISTRICT BOARDS, MR LAN POINTED
PLAYING AN INCREASINGLY COMMITTEES WERE ACTIVITIES.
"AREA COMMITTEE MEMBERS, COMING FROM VARIOUS RESIDENTS' COMMUNITY UNITY ORGANISATIONS, HAVE AN EXCELLENT RECORD OF PROMOTING AND SERVING AS A BRIDGE BETWEEN
HE GOVERNMENT,
SAID.
RESIDENTS
AND THE
П
HE ALSO NOTED THAT AREA COMMITTEES HAD WORKED HARD TOWARDS BUILDING A HARMONIOUS COMMUNITY.
AREA COMMITTEES, APART FROM REFLECTING TO THE AUTHORITIES PROBLEMS CONCERNING PEOPLE'S LIVELIHOOD, ALSO TOOK THE INITIATIVE IN
PARTICIPATION PROJECTS
A WITH
VIEW PLANNING VARIOUS COMMUNITY
ΤΟ PROMOTING INTER-PERSONAL RELATIONS AND COMMUNITY SPIRIT.
SINCE LAST YEAR, THE CNTA HAD BEEN PROVIDING AREA COMMITTEES WITH FUNDS FOR ORGANISING THESE PROJECTS.
PLAYING AN ACTIVE
GOVERNMENT
AND
WILL
RESOURCES SO THAT
THEY
*T
MR LAN CONCLUDED.
"AREA COMMITTEES ARE UNDOUBTEDLY IMPORTANT ROLE IN COMMUNITY BUILDING, AND THE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THEM WITH THE NECESSARY WOULD FULFIL THEIR ROLE MORE EFFECTIVELY,
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