SATURDAY, JULY 21, 1990
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CO-OPERATIVE EFFORTS TO SERVE COMMUNITY
THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR DAVID LAN, TODAY (SATURDAY) STRESSED THE NEED FOR GOVERNMENT'S EFFORTS TO BE COMPLEMENTED BY THOSE OF COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS IN PROMOTING THE WELL-BEING OF THE SOCIETY,
INSTALLATION CEREMONY
OF LIONS
HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT 303 CABINET OFFICERS FOR 1990-91.
HE PRAISED THE LIONS FOR ORGANISING DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING SEMINARS ON HONG KONG'S FUTURE, CIVIC EDUCATION PROJECTS AND COMMUNITY BUILDING WORK, IN THE PAST YEAR.
"THESE PROJECTS HAVE HELPED CULTIVATE RESIDENTS' SENSE OF BELONGING TO THE COMMUNITY BY ENCOURAGING THEM TO PAY ATTENTION TO GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND TO VOICE THEIR OPINIONS AND TO MAKE SUGGESTIONS, MR LAN NOTED.
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"THEY HAVE A POSITIVE EFFECT ON MAINTAINING THE PROSPERITY AND STABILITY OF SOCIETY," HE SAID.
MR LAN WAS PLEASED TO LEARN THAT THE LIONS WERE NOW RAISING FUNDS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A "LIONS NATURE EDUCATION CENTRE" TO ENHANCE YOUNG PEOPLE'S INTEREST IN AND KNOWLEDGE OF NATURAL SCIENCE.
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HK REACHES AN INTERESTING POINT IN ITS CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
THROUGH THE COMBINED EFFORTS OF THE GOVERNMENT, THE MUNICIPAL COUNCILS AND A NUMBER OF ENTHUSIASTIC COMMUNITY LEADERS OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS, HONG KONG HAS DEVELOPED AN ARTS SCENE THAT ANY COUNTRY WOULD BE PROUD OF, THE COMMISSIONER FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE, MRS SHELLEY LAU, SAID IN NEW YORK EARLY THIS WEEK.
SPEAKING AT THE SYMPOSIUM ON "NETWORKING IN THE GLOBAL AGE" BY INTERNATIONAL OF BUSINESS ARTS ASSOCIATIONS, MRS LAU SAID HONG KONG HAD REACHED AN INTERESTING POINT IN ITS CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT.
IT ALSO HAD WORLD CLASS CULTURAL FACILITIES SUCH AS THE OPENED CULTURAL CENTRE AND PUBLIC PERFORMANCES VENUES IN DISTRICT TOWN HALLS.
"WE HAVE MAJOR ARTS FESTIVALS ATTRACT BOTH LOCAL AND OVERSEAS AUDIENCE.
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