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FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1983

EXHIBITION OF COUNTRY PARK PHOTOS

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AN EXHIBITION OF SOME 200 PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN IN HONG KONG'S COUNTRY PARKS WILL OPEN ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE UNITED CENTRE SHOPPING ARCADE ON MONDAY (JANUARY 24).

THE DISPLAY IS BEING PRESENTED BY THE COUNTRY PARKS AUTHORITY AND ADMINISTERED BY THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT, THE PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY OF HONG KONG AND ELEGANT COLOUR PHOTO CENTRE LTD.

THE PRINTS WERE CHOSEN BY A PANEL OF JUDGES FROM MORE THAN 5 000 ENTRIES SUBMITTED BY PHOTOGRAPHIC ENTHUSIASTS WHO WENT TO THE COUNTRY PARKS ON EIGHT SEPARATE OUTINGS LAST YEAR.

THE COUNTRY PARKS VISITED ARE LOCATED IN SAI KUNG, TAI MO SHAN, SHING MUN, CLEAR WATER BAY, LANTAU, PAT SIN LENG AND MA ON SHAN.

THE PHOTOGRAPHS DEPICT SOME OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SCENERY TO BE FOUND IN THE COUNTRYSIDE.

THE EXHIBITION WILL BE OPENED BY A MEMBER OF THE COUNTRY PARKS BOARD AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD'S PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMITTEE, MRS MADEL IENE TANG. IT WILL CLOSE ON JANUARY 29.

JOINT AREA COMMITTEE NITE' IN KWUN TONG

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THE WELL-BEING AND BETTERMENT OF THE COMMUNITY IN A DISTRICT DEPEND GREATLY ON THE EFFECTIVENESS AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF LOCAL AREA COMMITTEES, ACCORDING TO THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR DAVID TSUI.

AND LIKE EVERY DISTRICT, HE SAID, KWUN TONG'S 13 SUB-DISTRICTS HAD THEIR OWN AREA COMMITTEES TO HELP INSTIL A SENSE OF CIVIC- MINDEDNESS AMONG THE LOCAL RESIDENTS.

IN ORDER TO INTRODUCE THE IR WORK AND FURTHER PROMOTE BETTER RELATIONSHIP WITH THE DISTRICT BOARD, A JOINT AREA COMMITTEE NITE+, IN THE FORM OF A VARIETY SHOW, WILL BE HELD TOMORROW (SATURDAY) EVENING AT TELFORD GARDENS, KOWLOON BAY.

+FOR YEARS, THE AREA COMMITTEES HAVE GAINED NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS IN A WIDE SPECTRUM OF ISSUES WHICH INCLUDED SOLVING ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS, HOUSING MANAGEMENT, TRAFFIC PROBLEMS, PROMOTION OF RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES, HEALTH EDUCATION AND THE FIGHT AGAINST CRIME,+ MR TSUI SAID.

/+THEY HAVE,