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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1979

SNT PAYS TRIBUTE TO HEUNG YEE KUK

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THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES, TODAY (SATURDAY) PAID TRIBUTE TO THE HEUNG YEE KUK FOR THE VARIETY OF WORK THEY HAD DONE FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

SPEAKING TO OVER 100 RURAL LEADERS AT THE NEW YEAR TEA PARTY OF THE HEUNG YEE KUK, HE RECALLED THE PAST YEAR AS +A YEAR OF USEFUL CO-OPERATION AND THE RESOLUTION OF MANY LONG STANDING PROBLEMS+.

HE NOTED THAT IT WAS ALSO A YEAR OF CONSTRUCTIVE EFFORT IN PROMOTING CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND OF SUPPORT FOR MANY CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES.

+1 WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU HAVE DONE IN SO MANY WAYS,+ MR. AKERS-JONES SAID.

+ AM SURE WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER THIS YEAR, TO BRING ABOUT THE GREATER HAPPINESS, WELFARE AND PROSPERITY OF ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES,+ HE ADDED.

LATER IN THE EVENING, MR. AKERS-JONES HOSTED A +YAN YAT+ PARTY AT THE OCEANIA RESTAURANT IN KOWLOON FOR ABOUT 1,800 PEOPLE.

HEADING THE GUEST LIST WERE MEMBERS OF UMELCO, MEMBERS OF THE HEUNG YEE KUK INCLUDING ALL RURAL COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN, VILLAGE REPRESENTATIVES, MEMBERS OF THE SEVEN NEW TERRITORIES DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARDS, MUTUAL AID COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN, HEADS OF CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE AND SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS WHO WORK CLOSELY WITH NEW TERRITORIES AFFAIRS.

THE PARTY, WHICH IS AN ANNUAL EVENT, BECOMES A FEATURE OF NEW TERRITORIES COMMUNITY LIFE AND MARKS AN OFFICIAL RECOGNITION OF THE WORK PERFORMED BY COMMUNITY LEADERS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

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BEFORE THE DINNER, THE GUESTS WERE ENTERTAINED TO A HALF-HOUR PROGRAMME OF CHINESE MUSICAL PERFORMANCE AND CLASSICAL CHINESE DANCING.

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