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MONDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1982

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NEW COMMUNITY HALL FOR AP LEI CHAU

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A NEW COMMUNITY HALL HAS BEEN OPENED ON AP LEI CHAU, PROVIDING THE 13 000 RESIDENTS THERE WITH A MUCH NEEDED VENUE FOR CULTURAL, RECREATIONAL AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES,

THE SPECIALLY-DESIGNED BUILDING, LOCATED AMID LOW-COST HOUSING BLOCKS, IS COMPLETE WITH FACILITIES FOR ORGANISING DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMMES AND IS THE FIRST COMMUNITY HALL IN THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT.

THE MULTI-PURPOSE AUDITORIUM HAS A CAPACITY OF 400 PEOPLE AND IS EQUIPPED WITH A STAGE AND LIGHTING AND SOUND SYSTEMS SUITABLE FOR EXHIBITIONS, PARTIES, DRAMA PERFORMANCES, VARIETY SHOWS AND

INDOOR SPORTS.

OTHER FACILITIES INCLUDE A CONFERENCE/STUDY ROOM, A RECEPTION AREA, OFFICES AND CHANGING ROOMS.

SINCE ITS OPENING LAST MONTH, THE AP LEI CHAU COMMUNITY HALL HAS BEEN ORGANISING A NUMBER OF ACTIVITIES, SUCH AS HOME WORK GUIDANCE SESSIONS FOR PRIMARY STUDENTS, FAMILY CAMPS, SINGING COMPETITIONS AND MUSIC PROGRAMMES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.

+TO BOOST COMMUNITY ACTIVITES FOR THE DISTRICT, WE ARE NOW RECRUITING YOUNG VOLUNTEERS TO HELP US OUT, THE OFFICER-IN- CHARGE OF THE COMMUNITY HALL, MR LAM HANG-KWONG SAID TODAY.

INSIGNIA FOR OFFICER CADETS ***

FIFTY ASSISTANT OFFICERS OF THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT WERE APPOINTED OFFICER CADETS TODAY (MONDAY).

AT A SPECIAL CEREMONY HELD AT THE DEPARTMENT'S STAFF TRAINING INSTITUTE IN STANLEY, SENIOR SUPERINTENDENT OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, MR ALOYSIUS WONG, PRESENTED RANK INSIGNIA AND APPOINTMENT LETTERS TO THE NEWLY PROMOTED OFFICER CADETS.

ADDRESSING THE CEREMONY, MR WONG POINTED OUT THAT THE OFFICER CADETS HAD BRIGHT PROSPECTS FOR THE FUTURE AS THEY NOW HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OF REACHING THE TOP.

HE STRESSED, HOWEVER, THAT MUCH MORE WAS DEMANDED OF AN OFFICER THAN OF AN ASSISTANT OFFICER IN THE WAY OF TACTFULNESS, INITIATIVE AND DECISION MAKING.

THE NEWLY APPOINTED OFFICER CADETS WILL UNDERGO FURTHER DEVELOPMENT TRAINING IN VARIOUS PENAL INSTITUTIONS AND IN THE STAFF TRAINING INSTITUTE SO THAT THEY MAY CARRY OUT THEIR WORK EFFECTIVELY.

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IF THEY PASS THE REQUIRED EXAMINATIONS AND WORK HARD, THEY WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR PROMOTION TO THE OFFICER RANK IN DUE COURSE.

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