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MONDAY, MAY 9, 1983

+ THE PEOPLE OF WAN CHAI WILL ALSO HAVE A FRESH OPPORTUNITY TO WORK TOGETHER IN AN ORGANISATION WHOSE OBJECTIVES ARE TO PROVIDE MORE OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FIELD OF ARTS, CULTURE, RECREATION AND SPORTS, HE ADDED.

MR AKERS-JONES SAID ONE OF THE OBJECTIVES OF DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION WAS TO ENCOURAGE A GREATER DEGREE OF RESIDENTS* PARTICIPATION IN THE MANAGEMENT AND AFFAIRS OF THEIR DISTRICT.

+THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT BOARD WAS A BIO STEP TOWARDS THIS OBJECTIVE, FOR ALTHOUGH WAN CHAI IS A SMALL DISTRICT, IT HAS, NEVERTHELESS, A VIGOROUS AND ENTHUSIASTIC DISTRICT BOARD, + HE SAID.

THE ASSOCIATION, WHICH WAS INITIATED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD LAST YEAR, COMPRISES MEMBERS FROM THE AREA COMMITTEE AND THE BOARD.

A 98-MEMBER DANCE TROUPE AND A 30-MEMBER CHILDREN'S CHOIR HAVE ALREADY BEEN FORMED TO STAGE PERFORMANCES IN THE DISTRICT.

THOSE WHO LIVE OR WORK IN WAN CHAI ARE WELCOME TO BECOME MEMBERS. MEMBERSHIP IS DIVIDED INTO THREE CATEGORIES - GROUAL INDIVIDUAL AND YOUTH.

APPLICATION FORMS ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT OFFICE AT 201 HENNESSY ROAD.

ALSO PRESENT AT THIS EVENING'S INAUGURATION CEREMONY WERE THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR ALBERT LAM, THE URBAN COUNCIL CHAIRMAN, MR HILTON CHEONG-LEEN, AND THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR TONY COOPER.

$1.3 BILLION SPENT ON BUILDINGS IN MARCH

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FORTY-NINE NEW BUILDING PLANS WERE APPROVED BY THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE OF THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IN MARCH THIS YEAR, COMPARED WITH 68 IN MARCH LAST YEAR.

OF THESE, 17 WERE FOR NEW BUILDINGS ON HONG KONG ISLAND,

13 FOR KOWLOON AND 19 FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.

THEY INCLUDE THE COMPLEX FOR THE ACADEMY OF PERFORMING ARTS IN WAN CHAI, A PUBLIC CARPARK IN WONG NEI CHUNG GAP ROAD, TWO SCHOOLS IN OI KWAN ROAD AND TUEN MUN, TWO ELECTRICITY SUBSTATIONS IN WAI ON STREET AND TAI PO. A RECREATION HALL IN SHEK PIK, LANTAU ISLAND, AND A YOUTH HOSTEL IN CHEUNG CHAU.

THE DECLARED