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FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 1980

HE ASSURED THE TONG OF FULL SUPPORT BY THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION.

THE +NEW AND UNCONVENTIONAL APPROACH+ REFERRED TO BY MR AKERS- JONES WAS OUTLINED BY THE NEWLY-ELECTED CHAIRMAN, MR LAU WONG-FAT.

REFERRING TO TODAY'S CEREMONY, HE SAID THIS SIMPLE BUT DIGNIFIED OCCASION SYMBOLISES OUR UNPRETENTIOUS, DOWN-TO-EARTH DETERMINATION TO WORK TOWARDS OUR OBJECTIVES TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY.+

MR LAU SAID THAT ALTHOUGH THE YAN OI TONG HAD A LONG HISTORY IN TUEN MUN, WE ARE NOT A STATIC ORGANISATION WHICH SIMPLY DWELLS UPON OUR PAST AND FOLLOWS PREVAILING SOCIAL RULES.

+WE MOVE WITH TIME AND CONVENTIONS. TO KEEP PACE WITH GOVERNMENT'S VIGOROUS AND RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF TUEN MUN INTO A NEW TOWN, OUR PAST DIRECTORS HAVE REALISED THE NEED FOR THE TONG TO BRANCH OUT INTO A WIDER RANGE OF ACTIVITIES, HE SAID.

THE TONG WAS ACCORDINGLY RE-CONSTITUTED LAST NOVEMBER ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS WAS INCREASED FROM 21 TO 31 TO INCLUDE COMMUNITY LEADERS WHO SHARED A COMMON INTEREST IN PROVIDING BETTER COMMUNITY SERVICES TO BOTH THE TUEN MUN AREA AND THE WHOLE COMMUNITY. THE TONG NOW ALSO HAS AN ADVISORY BOARD.

MR LAU SAID THAT IN THE COMING YEAR THERE WOULD BE A VARIETY OF PROJECTS, THE SCOPE AND SIZE OF WHICH WOULD CALL FOR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION TO BRING TO COMPLETION. THEY INCLUDED THE COMMUNITY AND INDOOR SPORTS CENTRE COSTING $32 MILLION, FOR WHICH RAISING FUNDS WOULD BE A MAJOR TASK. +WE MUST PRESS AHEAD IMMEDIATELY AND LOSE NO TIME IN OUR FUND-RAISING EFFORTS,+ HE SAID.

HE NOTED THAT THE TONG WAS ABLE TO RAISE $4 MILLION LAST YEAR FOR THE YAN 01 POLYCLINIC, THE FOUNDATION STONE OF WHICH MR AKERS-JONES WOULD LAY NEXT MONDAY (APRIL 28).

IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE SWEARING IN CEREMONY, THE TONG HELD A MEETING AT WHICH THE COMMUNITY AND INDOOR SPORTS CENTRE PROJECT WAS DISCUSSED. THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB HAS DONATED $8 MILLION TOWARDS THE COST AND THE LOTTERIES FUND $9 MILLION. THE BALANCE IS EXPECTED TO BE RAISED BY THE SALE OF TONG PROPERTY AND BY PRIVATE DONATIONS.

THE MEETING ALSO DISCUSSED THE POLYCLINIC, WHICH IS TO BE NAMED YAN OF IN RECOGNITION OF THE TONG CONTRIBUTION.

THE TONG HAS SET UP FOUR SUB-COMMITTEES - GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATION, COMMUNITY SERVICE (PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT), FUND RAISING AND COMMUNITY SERVICE (CONSTRUCTION).

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THE DIRECTORS OF THE YAN 01 TONG FOR 1980/81 ARE :

MR LAU WONG-FAT (CHAIRMAN), MR CHAN CHUNG-HANG (VICE-CHAIRMAN), MR ANTONY H.S. LO, MR TIN HING-SIN, MR YIP HING-CHUNG, MR WONG HOK-YEE, MR ALEX WAI TZE-HANG, MRS SABINA Y.C. CHEN, MR HO SUN- KUEN, MR SIU WANG-NGAI, MR HO SUN-WING, MR CHONG SHUI-KIT, MR DAVID CHIU TAT-CHEONG, MR LI YIP-WANG, MR LEUNG HAY-MAN, MR TANG TUNG-CHIU, MR KOO TOO-SHING, MR LEUNG HONG-KIT, MR PHILIP CHAN FEI-LUNG, MISS ANNIE WU SUK-CHING, MR WOO PING,

MR DOMINIC CHEUNG KAI-MAN, MR KEVIN MAAND MR CHAN WING-HING,

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