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SUNDAY, APRIL 19, 1981

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→WITH THE APPOINTMENT OF TWO MORE MUTUAL AID COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN TO THE DISTRICT BOARD, AND AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF CHAIRMEN SITTING ON ÁREA COMMITTEES, THE MAC MOVEMENT IN TSUEN WAN MAY BE SAID TO HAVE COME OF AGE, HE SAID.

+ I HOPE THAT THIS PUBLIC RECOGNITION OF YOUR GREAT VALUE TO THE NEW TOWN COMMUNITY WILL ENCOURAGE YOU TO YET FURTHER EFFORTS. IN PARTICULAR, I WOULD LIKE TO DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION TO THE NEIGHBOURHOOD LEVEL.

+WE WERE ALL VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE LACK OF ONGOING CONTINUOUS PROGRAMMES OF RECREATION AND SPORT AT THIS LEVEL.+

THERE WAS A LIMIT TO WHAT GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS COULD DO AND IT WAS FELT THAT EFFORT IN NEIGHBOURHOODS WAS BEST LEFT TO LOCAL BODIES SUCH AS MACS.

+WE WOULD LIKE NUMBERS OF YOU TO GET TOGETHER FOR THIS PURPOSE, CENTERING ON A LOCAL PLAYGROUND, MR LUI SAID.

+WE WILL GIVE YOU EVERY ASSISTANCE TO PROVIDE THESE PROGRAMMES, TO INCLUDE THE OFFER OF TRAINING FACILITIES BY THE RECREATION AND SPORTS SERVICES, FUNDS FOR UNIFORMS OR SPORTS KITS FOR TEAMS OF LOCAL RESIDENTS, AND FOR VARIOUS OTHER EXPENSES.+

IN ADDITION, THE POLICE WOULD MAKE ADEQUATE ARRANGEMENTS TO ENABLE COMPETITIONS AND TRAINING TO PROCEED WITHOUT INTERFERENCE.

+1_AM_CONFIDENT THAT, WITH HELP FROM THE TOWN OFFICERS AND CONCERNED DEPARTMENTS, YOU WILL RESPOND TO THIS IMPORTANT CHALLENGE IN THE COMING YEAR, MR LUI SAID.

THERE ARE AT PRESENT 519 MACS AND 56 OWNERS' INCORPORATIONS IN TSUEN WAN DISTRICT.

TSUEN WAN MARRIAGE REGISTRY MOVES

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THE TSUEN WAN MARRIAGE REGISTRY WILL MOVE TO ITS NEW OFFICE AT FAR EAST BANK BUILDING, 1ST FLOOR, LOT 2158 CASTLE PEAK ROAD, TSUEN WAN, ON TUESDAY (APŘIL 21).

THE NEW OFFICE PROVIDES FACILITIES FOR GIVING NOTICES OF INTENDING MARRIAGES, MARRIAGE REGISTRATION AND APPLICATION FOR CERTIFIED COPIES OF MARRIAGE CERTIFICATES.

+WITH TWO MARRIAGE ROOMS IN THE NEW MARRIAGE REGISTRY, MORE MARRIAGE CEREMONIES CAN NOW BE HELD,+ A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.

THE EXISTING OFFICE AT THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANK BUILDING, 1ST FLOOR, 445 CASTLE PEAK ROAD, TSUEN WAN WILL BE USED FOR BIRTH REGISTRATION ONLY.

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO MAKE ENQUIRIES CAN TELEPHONE 12-449102.

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