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SUNDAY, JULY 10, 1983

BETTER MAIL SERVICE FOR VILLAGERS

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MAIL DELIVERY TO THE 1 200 RESIDENTS IN TWO CAUSEWAY BAY VILLAGES - MA SHAN AND LIN FA KUNG HAS BEEN MUCH IMPROVED WITH THE PROVISION OF TWO COMMUNAL LETTER BOXES.

HOUSES IN THE AREA ARE SCATTERED AND NOT NUMBERED AND THE RESIDENTS HAD PREVIOUSLY TO RELY ON THEIR RELATIVES AND NEARBY SHOPS FOR THEIR MAIL. HOWEVER, THROUGH THE COMBINED EFFORTS OF THE VILLAGES MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES (MACS), THE EASTERN DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE COOPERATION OF THE POST OFFICE, COMMUNAL LETTER BOXES WERE PROVIDED BY VILLAGERS TO RECEIVE LETTERS IN BULK FOR DISPATCH BY THE VILLAGERS TO OTHER SMALLER BOXES.

+THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF ACHIEVEMENTS BY MACS, WHICH ARE FORMED WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF DISTRICT OFFICES IN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES, MULTI-STOREY BUILDINGS AND SQUATTER AREAS,+ SAID THE EASTERN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR GORDON JONES.

+THEIR AIMS ARE TO PROMOTE A SENSE OF FRIENDSHIP, MUTUAL CARE AND RESPONSIBILITY AMONG MEMBERS, AND TO PROMOTE BETTER SECURITY AND LIVING ENVIRONMENT, HE ADDED.

AT PRESENT, THERE ARE A TOTAL OF 269 MACS FORMED IN THE EASTERN DISTRICT.

NOTE TO NEWS EDITORS

ANTI-DRUG VARIETY SHOW

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DETAILS OF THE ANTI-NARCOTICS EDUCATIONAL VARIETY SHOW+ WILL BE ANNOUNCED AT A PRESS CONFERENCE ON TUESDAY (JULY 12) AT 2.30 PM AT THE GIS THEATRE, 5TH FLOOR, BEACONSFIELD HOUSE, CENTRAL.

SPEAKERS AT THE CONFERENCE WILL INCLUDE THE COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS, MR G.L. MORTIMER THE ACTING DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF BROADCASTING, MR SIMON LUN AND AN URBAN COUNCILLOR, MR STEPHEN LAU.

THE SHOW, WHICH IS THE HIGHLIGHT OF THIS YEAR'S ANTI-NARCOTICS CAMPAIGN, WILL BE STAGED AT THE HONG KONG COLISEUM, HUNG HOM, ON JULY 17. IT WILL FEATURE PERFORMANCES BY TOP SINGERS, ROMAN TAM, FRANCES YIP, ELIZA CHAN AND BY THE PAN ASIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AND THE HONG KONG CHILDREN'S CHOIR.

THE ARTISTIC CONSULTANT OF THE SHOW, DR YIP WAI-HONG, ROMAN TAM WILL ALSO BE ATTENDING THE CONFERENCE.

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE PRESS CONFERENCE.

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