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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1980

BESIDES GO-KART RACING, OTHER NEW ITEMS IN THIS YEAR'S PROGRAMME INCLUDE GAMES FOR THE HANDICAPPED, SQUASH COMPETITIONS AND CANOE-POLO MATCHES.

TSUEN WAN DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD WILL PROVIDE $150 000 FOR THE FESTIVAL AND ANOTHER $50 000 IS EXPECTED TO BE RAISED FROM PRIVATE DONATIONS.

ALL ACTIVITIES WALL BE HELD AT VENUES IN TSUEN WAN AND KWAI CHUNG PROVIDED BY THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT, ONE OF THE ORGANISERS OF THE FESTIVAL.

OTHER ORGANISERS ARE THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE AND TSUEN WAN SPORTS AND RECREATION ASSOCIATION.

THE FESTIVAL'S OPENING CEREMONY WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE NEWLY COMPLETED INDOOR GAMES HALL AT KWAI CHUNG. THIS HAS A MAXIMUM CAPACITY OF 8db PEOPLE AND WILL BE THE MAIN VENUE FOR INDOOR ACTIVITIES.

THIS YEAR'S FESTIVAL WILL BE HELD OVER A THREE-WEEK PERIOD, COMPARED WITH TO WEEKS LAST YEAR WHEN IT WAS INTRODUCED.

MORE COMMUNITY AND WELFARE FACILITIES IN PIPELINE

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THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT PLANS TO PROVIDE MORE FACILITIES FOR COMMUNITY WORK AND WELFARE SERVICES BY MORE THAN DOUBLING THE NUMBER OF ITS EXISTING COMMUNITY HALLS AND CENTRES BY MID-1980'S.

PLANS ARE IN THE PIPELINE TO BUILD 16 NEW COMMUNITY HALLS, 11 COMMUNITY CENTRES AND EIGHT ESTATE COMMUNITY CENTRES OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

THE DEPARTMENT AT PRESENT OPERATES 11 COMMUNITY HALLS, EIGHT COMMUNITY CENTRES AND NINE ESTATE COMMUNITY CENTRES. THEY ALL SERVE AS FOCAL POINTS FOR VARIOUS WELFARE SERVICES, AS WELL AS RECREATIONAL, CULTURAL AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES FOR LOCAL PEOPLE OF ALL AGE GROUPS.

THE LATEST ADDITION IS THE $3 MILLION TAI WO HAU ESTATE COMMUNITY CENTRE IN KWAI CHUNG WHICH CAME INTO OPERATION THIS MONTH.

APART FROM RECREATION FACILITIES, THE SIX-STOREY CENTRE ACCOMMODATES TWO SOCIAL CENTRES, ONE EACH FOR THE DISABLED AND THE ELDERLY, A CHILDREN AND YOUTH CENTRE, A CHILD CARE CENTRE, A LIBRARY AND STUDY ROOMS.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THE INCREASE IN PROVISION WAS PLANNED IN LINE WITH THE GOVERNMENT'S AIM OF BUILDING A COMMUNITY IS WHICH THERE WAS MUTUAL CARE, RESPECT AND RESPONSIBILITY.

/+THE GOVERNMENT'S