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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1977

WHILE EMPHASISING THAT IT WAS EVERYBODY'S RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE FIRE SAFETY, MR. JONES WARNED EITHER THE COMMUNITY FACES UP TO ITS RESPONSIBILITY TO PROVIDE SAFETY FROM FIRE - BY EVERYONE PARTICIPATING, AND MEETING THEIR OBLIGATIONS OR WE MUST BRACE OURSELVES FOR SOME VERY TRYING AND POSSIBLY HORRIFYING FIRES IN THE FUTURE.+

+THIS SITUATION WITH REGARD TO SAFETY FROM FIRE GROWS MORE COMPLEX EACH DAY, AS HONG KONG BECOMES MORE SOPHISTICATED IN ITS DEVELOPMENT, HE SAID. +PUBLIC APATHY AND LACK OF INTEREST TOWARDS SAFETY MUST BE OVERCOME, OR WE WILL ALL BE AT RISK, WHETHER IT BE AT HOME, AT WORK OR IN BUILDINGS GENERALLY.+

-- IT KILLS, +THERE IS NO ALTERNATIVE, FIRE IS NOT SELECTIVE MAIMS AND DESTROYS IRRESPECTIVE OF STATUS, RELIGION, WEALTH, OR EXPECTATIONS, MR. JONES SAID.

LADY MACLEHOSE OPENS YWCA ELLEN LI CENTRE

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THE YWCA ELLEN LI CENTRE IN CENTRAL WAS THIS (WEDNESDAY) AFTERNOON OFFICIALLY OPENED BY LADY MACLEHOSE.

IN HER SPEECH, LADY MACLEHOSE SAID THE ACQUISITION OF THESE PREMISES HAD BEEN MADE POSSIBLE THANKS TO A GENEROUS DONATION OF $200,000 FROM DR. ELLEN LI, WHO CAME FORWARD WHEN IT WAS NO LONGER POSSIBLE FOR THE ASSOCIATION TO SUPPORT ITSELF IN ITS OLD RENTED PREMISES IN DUDDELL STREET.

+ALTHOUGH THIS NEW PREMISES ARE SLIGHTLY SMALLER THAN THE OLD ONES, THE SAME RANGE OF ACTIVITIES WILL CONTINUE TO BE PROVIDED FOR BOTH INTEREST GROUPS AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING GROUPS, SHE SAID.

+1 AM HAPPY TO SEE THAT THE SAME LEVEL OF SERVICES WILL BE PROVIDED IN THIS NEW CENTRE AND THE RECREATIONAL AND STUDY NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN HONG KONG WILL CONTINUE TO BE CATERED FOR,+ LADY MACLEHOSE ADDED.

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