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MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 1977

NOTE TO EDITORS :

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DHA TO LAY FOUNDATION STONE

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THE DIRECTOR OF HOME AFFAIRS, MR. JOHN WALDEN, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE PAT LAU (ARCHWAY) AND FOUNDATION STONE LAYING CEREMONY OF THE NEW ASSEMBLY HALL OF SIK SIK YUEN TEMPLE, CHUK YUEN, ON WEDNESDAY (JANUARY 12) AT 3.00 P.M.

THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW PAI LAU AND THE ASSEMBLY HALL IS PART OF THE TEMPLE'S REDEVELOPMENT PLAN WHICH STARTED AS EARLY AS 1968.

ON COMPLETION, THE TWO-STOREY NEW ASSEMBLY HALL, OCCUPYING AN AREA OF ABOUT 9,550 SQUARE FEET, WILL PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RELIGIOUS, CEREMONIAL AND SOCIAL GATHERINGS. THERE WILL ALSO BE A CONFERENCE ROOM, A CANTEEN AND STAFF QUARTERS.

FURTHER REDEVELOPMENT PLANS WILL INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A CLINIC TO FURTHER IMPROVE THE FREE MEDICAL SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC.

AMONG THOSE PRESENT AT THE CEREMONY WILL BE MR. WONG WAN-TIN, CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE TEMPLE MRS. KATHERINE FOX, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF HOME AFFAIRS AND MR. J.A. MILLER, CITY DISTRICT OFFICER (WONG TAI SIN) AND DIRECTORS OF THE ORGANISATION.

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO COVER THE EVENT.

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