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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13. 1989
WAN CHAI CELEBRATES MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL
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COLOURFUL LANTERNS L.IT UP SOUTHORN PLAYGROUND WEDNESDAY! AS WAN CHAI RESIDENTS CELEBRATED THE MID-AUTUMN WITH A LANTERN CARNIVAL.
PAPER LANTERNS WERE DISTRIBUTED FREE OF CHARGE ATTENDING THE CARNIVAL WHICH WAS ORGANISED JOINTLY BY THE ARTS, CULTURAL. RECREATIONAL, AND SPORTS ASSOCIATION AND COUNCIL.
THE PROGRAMME INCLUDED CANTONESE OPERATIC SONGS. BY POP SINGERS AND TELEVISION ARTISTES, AND A LUCKY DRAW.
TONIGHT FESTIVAL
то PEOPLE DISTRICT'S
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URBAN
PERFORMANCES
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, WAN CHAI DISTRICT OFFICER. MR PETER MANN. PRAISED THE ARTS. CULTURAL, RECREATIONAL AND SPORTS ASSOCIATION FOR ORGANISING VARIOUS ACTIVITIES IN THE DISTRICT WHICH HAD PROVED TO BE VERY POPULAR WITH RESIDENTS.
HE BELIEVED THE ASSOCIATION WOULD BE ABLE IN COMMUNITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES IN WAN CHAI WITH ITS CLUB HOUSE LATER THIS YEAR.
TO CONTRIBUTE MORE THE COMPLETION OF
ALSO ATTENDING THE FUNCTION TONIGHT WERE WAN CHAI DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN. MRS PEGGY LAM: CHAIRMAN OF THE DISTRICT'S ARTS, CULTURAL. RECREATIONAL AND SPORTS ASSOCIATION. MR HSQ CHUNG-CHI, AND URBAN COUNCILLOR MR ARTHUR CHAM.
MORE MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES FOR TSUEN WAN
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AS MORE PEOPLE ARE MOVING INTO NEW HOUSING ESTATES IN TSUEN WAN. THE DISTRICT OFFICE WILL STEP UP ITS EFFORTS IN ASSISTING RESIDENTS TO FORM MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES (MAC'S). THE DISTRICT OFFICER. MR WILLIAM SHIU, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
DURING A VISIT TO THE CLAGUE GARDEN ESTATE, MR SHIV SAID ONE OF THE THREE HOUSING BLOCKS IN THE ESTATE HAD ALREADY FORMED AN MAC. AND IT WAS EXPECTED THAT MAC'S FOR THE REMAINING TWO BLOCKS WOULD BE FORMED SOON.
THE CLAUGE GARDEN ESTATE. SITUATED AT TSUEN WAN BAY, IS A NEW HOUSING ESTATE BUILT AND MANAGED BY THE HOUSING SOCIETY. IT HOUSES A POPULATION OF OVER 7.000 PEOPLE, SOME OF THEM BEING FORMER RESIDENTS OF THE FOUR SEASONS ESTATE IN THE DISTRICT.
ACCOMPANIED BY DISTRICT OFFICE STAFF, MR SHIV VISITED THREE FAMILIES TO GAIN A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR LIVING ENVIRONMENT AND EXCHANGED VIEWS WITH THEM ON MATTERS OF GENERAL INTEREST ΤΟ THE
DISTRICT.
MR SHIU SAID HE WAS PLEASED TO LEARN THAT THE RESIDENTS WERE GENERALLY HAPPY WITH THE FACILITIES PROVIDED IN THE ESTATE.
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