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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 1982

'IMPRESSIVE ACHIEVEMENTS' BY YAN QI TONG

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A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THE AUTHORITIES HAS ENABLED THE YAN OI TONG TO CO-OPERATE IN PROVIDING SOME OF THE MUCH-NEEDED FACILITIES AND SERVICES ESSENTIAL TO THE FAST EXPANDING TOWNSHIP OF TUEN MUN.

THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR NEW TERRITORIES, MR IAN MACPHERSON, SAID THIS TODAY (WEDNESDAY) WHEN HE OFFICIATED AT THE INAUGURATION CEREMONY OF THE YAN O TONG THIRD TERM BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THE SECRETARY FOR CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, ADMINISTERED THE OATH TO THE DIRECTORS.

MR MACPHERSON SAID THE TONG, WITH ITS 50 YEARS OF EXISTENCE, HAD LAID A SOLID FOUNDATION AND COMPLETED A NUMBER OF SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS IN QUICK SUCCESSION RECENTLY.

THESE INCLUDED THE TAI HING INDOOR SPORTS CENTRE LAST SEPTEMBER, THE YAN OI TONG KINDERGARTEN IN FEBRUARY AND THE YAN DI POLYCLINIC BUILT WITH A $4 MILLION DONATION BY THE TONG IN MARCH.

→THE COMING YEAR WILL BE AN EVEN MORE EXCITING ONE IN THE TONG'S HISTORY, HE SAID.

THE YAN OI TONG CHAN WONG SUK FONG SECONDARY SCHOOL WILL BE OPENED IN SEPTEMBER WHILE THE MAJOR PROJECT, THE $40 MILLION MODERN AND WELL-EQUIPPED YAN OF TONG COMMUNITY AND INDOOR SPORTS CENTRE WILL BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

+WORK IS ALSO IN HAND WITH A $5 MILLION DONATION FROM THE JOCKEY CLUB TO BUILD A LEISURE SWIMMING POOL NEAR TAI HING FOR COMPLETION NEXT YEAR,

+A FURTHER PROJECT, A MODERN, IMAGINATIVELY DESIGNED COLUMBAR TUM PARK IS ALSO BEING PLANNED AND TALKS ARE UNDERWAY BETWEEN THE TONG AND THE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.

+THESE ACHIEVEMENTS ARE CERTAINLY IMPRESSIVE AND DEMONSTRATE WHAT CAN BE DONE WITH FORESIGHT AND DETERMINATION.

+NOW THAT THE FOUNDATIONS HAVE BEEN LAID, THE TONG SHOULD CONSOLIDATE ITS POSITION FURTHER PROJECTS MUST BE CAREFULLY PLANNED HAVING REGARD TO THE HEAVY CAPITAL AND RECURRENT COMMITMENTS INVOLVED AND THE IMPORTANCE OF EFFICIENT MANAGEMENT OF THE FACILITIES, MR MACPHERSON ADDED.

MR DAVID CHAN CHUNG-HANG WAS ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF THE TONG FOR THE YEAR 1982/83.