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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 1975

COMMUNITY CENTRE CELEBRATES 9TH ANNIVERSARY # # # # 25 25

THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S COMMUNITY CENTRE IN TAI HANG TUNG WILL CELEBRATE ITS NINTH ANNIVERSARY DY ORGANISING AN EVENING OF ENTERTAINMENT ON FRIDAY (MARCH 21) FOR CHILDREN AND RESIDENTS OF THE AREA, GUESTS FROM SCHOOLS AND WELFARE AGENCIES WILL ALSO DE INVITED FOR THE OCCASION.

THE CELEBRATIONS BEGIN AT 7.30 P.M. WITH A BRIEF OPENING CEREMONY OFFICIATED BY MR. ALFRED CHUI, PRINCIPAL SOCIAL WELFARE OFFICER (OPERATIONS).

AT THE SAME TIME, WINNERS OF COMPETITIONS ORGANISED OR SPONSORED BY THE CENTRE, INCLUDING COMPETITIONS ON ANTI-DRUG SLOGAN, ESSAY AND POSTER DESIGN, WILL RECEIVE THEIR PRIZES.

THE PERFORMANCES TO FOLLOW WILL INCLUDE CHINESE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC, FOLK SONGS AND DANCES, AND A PLAY.

THE TAI HANS TUNG COMMUNITY CENTRE WAS OPENED IN 1966 AND APART FROM OFFICES OF THE GROUP AND COMMUNITY WORK DIVISION UNDER WHICH IT OPERATES, PROVIDES ACCOMMODATION FOR OTHER TYPES OF SOCIAL WELFARE WORK. ONE OF THESE IS A DEAF CLUB RUN BY THE REHABILITATION DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT AND ANOTHER IS THE LUTHERAN WORLD SERVICE'S DAY NURSERY.

LATER THIS MONTH, THE DEPARTMENT'S SOCIAL SECURITY DIVISION'S FIELD UNIT FOR SHEK KİP MET AREA WILL ALSO DE MOVING INTO PREMISES IN THE CENTRE.

THE COMMUNITY CENTRE PROVIDES A CENTRALISED BASE IN TAI HANG TUNG FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND SERVICE GROUPS INTERESTED IN DOING COMMUNITY WORK ON A VOLUNTARY DASIS. MEMBERSHIP IN THESE GROUPS STAND AT 735 MADE UP INTO FOUR SELF-PROGRAMMING GROUPS, 17 INTEREST GROUPS AND 21 CLUD GROUPS.

ITS LIBRARY WHICH SERVES PEOPLE OF ALL AGES IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD HAS 16,055 BOOKS IN STOCK AND 6,213 REGISTERED BORROWERS. NEARLY SOÓ PEOPLE USE ITS FACILITIES DAILY.

THE CENTRE IS ALSO THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE DEPARTMENT'S LIBRARY AND RURAL MOBILE SERVICES UNIT WHICH OPERATES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES DRINGING BOOKS AND ARRANGING VARIOUS TYPES OF ACTIVITIES FOR VILLAGE YOUTH.

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