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Tuesday, November 20, 1973

SHENG KUNG HUI LADY MACLEHOSE CENTRE OPENED

Lady MacLehose today officially opened the Sheng Kung Hui Lady

MacLehose Centre in North Kwai Chung the first institution in Hong Kong

to be named after her.

The Centre, of which Lady MacLehose is Honorary Patron, aims at

serving youths living in nearby housing estates and young industrial

workers in the area. It began services in June this year and has a present

membership of 1,400.

Speaking at the opening ceremony, Lady MacLehose noted that the

Centre was the first of its kind in Kwai Chung and she was confident that

it would "stand out amongst others that are planned for the area,"

Kwai Chung, she said, was expanding in every way and by 1976

the population would be around half a million.

"In an industrial community such as this, it is important to

have centres to which people can go for recreational purposes. It is also

true that we need schools, hospitals and a good communication system,"

she stressed.

Referring to the many services, including community and youth

work, provided by the Sheng Kung Hui in the diocese of Hong Kong and

Macau, Lady MacLehose said: "This Centre will be for ever more a reminder

of the determination and enthusiasm of the church's will to help in this

particular field,"

/She said