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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1992
CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT FESTIVAL
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DISTRICT FESTIVALS ARE AIMED AT ENCOURAGING RESIDENTS ΤΟ TAKE PART IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, TO ENHANCE THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF THEIR PLACE OF LIVING AND TO STRENGTHEN THEIR SENSE OF BELONGING, THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR MICHAEL SUEN SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
HE MADE THE REMARKS AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE FOURTH CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT FESTIVAL.
TO ACHIEVE THOSE AIMS, HE SAID THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT FESTIVAL WOULD PROVIDE RESIDENTS WITH A HOST OF ACTIVITIES IN THE NEXT THREE WEEKS.
THESE ACTIVITIES RANGE FROM RECREATIONAL PROGRAMMES AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES TO SPORTS EVENTS AND CIVIC EDUCATION FUNCTIONS.
SPEAKING ON THE SAME OCCASION, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT FESTIVAL, ORGANISING COMMITTEE, MR PETER LEE SHUNG-TAK, SAID HE HOPED THAT RESIDENTS WOULD BE PROUD OF THEIR OWN COMMUNITY AND JOIN TOGETHER TO FURTHER DEVELOP THE DISTRICT.
THE DISTRICT FESTIVAL'S OPENING AND THE STAR-STUDDED EXTRAVAGANZA THAT FOLLOWED ATTRACTED A LARGE AUDIENCE IN THE CHATER ROAD PEDESTRIAN PRECINCT.
MORE THAN 200 SENIOR CITIZENS AND STUDENTS, TOGETHER WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE DISTRICT'S AREA COMMITTEES AND VARIOUS RESIDENTS ORGANISATIONS, ALSO JOINED IN THE CELEBRATION WITH A SPECIAL TEA RECEPTION.
WORKING GROUP TO TACKLE PROSTITUTION IN ACTION
SHAM SHUI PO RESIDENTS ARE INVITED TO GIVE THEIR VIEWS ON THE
UNDER THE PROSTITUTION PROBLEM TO A NEWLY-FORMED WORKING GROUP
SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE.
THEY CAN WRITE TO THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMITTEE, C/O SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT OFFICE, SIXTH FLOOR, 290-296 UN CHAU STREET.
CHAIRED BY THE SHAM SKUI PO DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN,
то OF THINGS RAYMOND CHOY, THE WORKING GROUP WILL DO A NUMBER SOLVE THE LOCAL PROSTITUTION PROBLEM IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
THESE WILL INCLUDE: AN ON-SITE VISIT BY GROUP. MEMBERS IDENTIFY VICE SPOTS, PUBLICATION OF A LEAFLET TO ADVISE RESIDENTS WAYS TO HANDLE THE PROBLEM, A PUBLIC SEMINAR, AND HELPING FLAT TO FORM OWNERS' CORPORATIONS AND MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES.
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