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FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 1983

GROUPS TOLD TO APPLY EARLY FOR DB FUNDS

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LOCAL ORGANISATIONS WISHING TO APPLY FOR DISTRICT BOARD FUNDS TO ORGANISE ACTIVITIES SHOULD SUBMIT THEIR APPLICATIONS EARLY.

THE ADVICE WAS GIVEN BY THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT COMMISSIONER, MR ADOLF HSU, WHEN HE OPENED THE TSUEN WAN CULTURE AND RECREATION CO-ORDINATING ASSOCIATION'S NEW OFFICE IN SHEK WAI KOK ESTATE TODAY (FRIDAY).

HE SAID THAT BY APPLYING EARLY FOR FUNDS, THE GROUPS COULD AVOID DELAYS IN HOLDING THEIR ACTIVITIES.

HE ALSO SAID THAT MANY CULTURE AND RECREATION ASSOCIATIONS HAD BEEN SET UP IN VARIOUS DISTRICTS AND WERE SUPPORTED MAINLY BY GOVERNMENT FUNDS.

+WHILE THESE ASSOCIATIONS MAY NEED TIME TO GET USED TO THE PROCEDURES IN APPLYING FUNDS, THEY SHOULD PLAN THEIR ACTIVITIES VERY CAREFULLY AND APPLY FOR FUNDS WELL IN ADVANCE, MR HSU SAID.

HE NOTED THAT TSUEN WAN WAS THE SECOND DISTRICT TO HAVE A CULTURE AND RECREATION ASSOCIATION,

+THE AREA OF THE NEW OFFICE IS SIX TIMES LARGER THAN THE OLD ONE WITH GREATLY IMPROVED FACILITIES, AND I AM SURE THE ASSOCIATION WILL BE ABLE TO ORGANISE MORE ACTIVITIES FOR LOCAL RESIDENTS.+

+THE ASSOCIATION HAS BEEN ORGANISING A LOT OF ACTIVITIES SUCH AS DANCING, MUSIC AND DRAMA FOR THE RESIDENTS AND, VERY OFTEN, ASSIST GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS TO ORGANISE DISTRICT-WIDE ACTIVITIES,+ HE SAID.

QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY HONOURS LIST

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COPIES OF A SUPPLEMENT TO TODAY'S DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN, CONTAINING A LIST OF HONG KONG RECIPIENTS OF QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY HONOURS, INCLUDING THOSE IN THE BRITISH FORCES, MAY BE COLLECTED FROM GIS PRESS BOXES THIS (FRIDAY) EVENING.

PUBLICATION OF THE LIST IS PERMITTED IN HONG KONG NEWSPAPERS TOMORROW (SATURDAY) MORNING BUT NO NEWS AGENCY OR OVERSEAS RADIO MAY CARRY THE INFORMATION WITHOUT THE EMBARGO QUALIFICATION. THE NEWS MAY BE BROADCAST FROM 7 AM TOMORROW OVER LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS.

ON NO ACCOUNT SHOULD ANY OF THE RECIPIENTS OF HONOURS BE CONTACTED FOR INTERVIEWS OR FOR INFORMATION RELATIVE TO THEIR CAREERS OR BE APPROACHED IN ANY WAY IN CONNECTION WITH THEIR AWARD BEFORE THESE HAVE BEEN PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED.

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