SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1980
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MRS AKERS-JONES OPENS FIRST NT CARITAS BAZAAR
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THE FIRST CARITAS FUND RAISING BAZAAR EVER HELD IN THE NEW TERRITORIES WAS TODAY OPENED BY MRS JANE AKERS-JONES, WIFE OF THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THE BAZAAR TOOK PLACE AT SHA TSUI ROAD PLAYGROUND, TSUEN WAN, AND WAS ATTENDED BY MORE THAN 20 000 PEOPLE.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING, MRS AKERS-JONES SAID THE OCCASION RECOGNISED THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS VALUABLE PART OF HONG KONG INTO A COMMUNITY WHICH WAS NOT NOW CONTENT ONLY TO RECEIVE BENEFITS FROM A SOCIETY SUCH AS CARITAS BUT PROUD TO BE ABLE TO OFFER ITS SUPPORT BY CONTRIBUTING TIME AND MONEY TO HELP THE LESS FORTUNATE.
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SHE SAID: +CARITAS PROVIDES MANY FORMS OF SERVICE FOR YOUTH, FOR THE HANDICAPPED, FOR THE SICK AND AGED, AND FOR BEWILDERED PEOPLE WHO FIND LIFE SO DIFFICULT THAT SYMPATHETIC HELP AND GUIDANCE IS OFTEN VERY NECESSARY.+
TODAY'S BAZAAR WAS THE THIRD ORGANISED BY CARITAS THIS YEAR. THEY ARE PART OF THE 20TH CARITAS FUND RAISING CAMPAIGN WHICH ALSO
INCLUDES RAFFLES AND PRIVATE DONATIONS.
MONEY RAISED WILL GO TO A GENERAL FUND TO MEET THE EXPENSES OF VARIOUS SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE 44 CARITAS CENTRES.
MORE THAN 20 LOCAL SCHOOLS AND CARITAS SOCIAL CENTRES TOOK PART IN THE BAZAAR, OPERATING 56 STALLS.
YUEN LONG CHILDREN LEARN ANTI-DRUG MESSAGES
AT FUNFAIR
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MORE THAN 4 000 YUEN LONG CHILDREN ATTENDED AN ANTI-DRUG FUNFAIR AT TAI YUK ROAD FOOTBALL PLAYGROUND THIS AFTERNOON.
A TOTAL OF 20 STALLS WERE DECORATED WITH ANTI-DRUG POSTERS AND DRAWINGS AND GAMES WERE SPECIALLY DESIGNED TO CONVEY ANTI-DRUG MESSAGES.
THERE WERE ALSO PUPPET SHOWS AND FOLK SONG PERFORMANCES.
SEVERAL CARTOON FIGURES WHICH ARE POPULAR CHARACTERS OF A CHILDREN'S TELEVISION PROGRAMME WERE PRESENT TO DISTRIBUTE ANTI-DRUG LEAFLETS TO VISITORS.
THE FUNFAIR WAS ORGANISED BY THE 140 MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES OF YUEN LONG IN SUPPORT OF THE DISTRICT'S MONTH-LONG ANTI-DRUG CAMPAIGN.
OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY WERE THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR FUNG KWOK-KEUNG, AND THE DIVISIONAL POLICE SUPER INTENDENT, MR DAVID GALLOWAY.
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