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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1981

YUEN LONG ARTS COMMITTEE OFFICERS INAUGURATED

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THE INAUGURATION OF OFF ICE-BEARERS OF YUEN LONG DISTRICT ARTS COMMITTEE TOOK PLACE TODAY (FRIDAY).

THE SECRETARY FOR CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, MR DAVID AKERS- JONES, CONDUCTED THE CEREMONY AT LUT SAU HALL.

RECEIVING CERTIFICATES OF APPOINTMENT WERE 27 COMMITTEE MEMBERS, INCLUDING THE NEW CHAIRMAN, DR TANG SIU-TONG, AND VICE- CHAIRMEN, MR TANG NGAN-HOI AND MR LÉE KI-BUN.

THE DISTRICT OFFICER IS PRESIDENT OF THE COMMITTEE AND VICE- PRESIDENTS ARE THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER (COMMUNITY) AND THE DISTRICT EDUCATION OFFICER.

THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT ARTS COMMITTEE, SET UP IN 1966, WAS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND PROMOTING CULTURAL ACTIVITIES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

+THE SUCCESS OF THE ARTS COMMITTEE IS DUE TO THE ABLE LEADERSHIP OF THE VARIOUS CHAIRMEN AND THE IR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES, AND THE SUPPORT GIVEN BY THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, MR AKERS-JONES SAID.

+1 AM PARTICULARLY PLEASED TO NOTE THAT THIS COMMUNITY SPIRIT IS AGAIN MANIFESTED IN THE LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE REGISTERED FOR THE DISTRICT BOARD ELECTION IN MARCH NEXT YEAR - AS MANY AS 30 000 PERSONS HAVE REGISTERED IN YUEN LONG AND I AM CONFIDENT THAT THE SAME ENCOURAGING RESPONSE WILL BE SEEN AGAIN ON ELECTION DAY.+

HE ALSO SAID THAT FUNDS ALLOCATED TO THE DISTRICT BOARD FOR THE PROMOTION OF CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES IN THE DISTRICT HAD BEEN INCREASED TO $1.22 MILLION THIS YEAR AND MUCH OF THIS WAS SPENT BY THE ARTS COMMITTEE.

THE IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIRMAN OF THE ARTS COMMITTEE WAS MR TAI KUEN. THE OTHER VICE-CHAIRMAN WAS MR CHEUNG KWAI-LUNG,

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