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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1983

AN OPEN FORUM ON COMPUTER EDUCATION IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS BETWEEN 10.30 AM AND 12.30 PM TOMORROW (SUNDAY).

SLIDE SHOWS AND COMPUTER DEMONSTRATIONS - THREE SESSIONS DAILY AT 10.30 AM, 2 PM AND 4 PM FROM MONDAY (NOVEMBER 7) TO FRIDAY (NOVEMBER 11).

TALKS ON HOW TO MAKE COMPUTER A CAREER+ AND +YOU CAN USE THE COMPUTER+ AT 10.30 AM AND 3 PM RESPECTIVELY ON SATURDAY (NOVEMBER 12).

A TALK ON +EDUCATE YOUR COMPUTER+ AT 10.30 AM ON SUNDAY (NOVEMBER 13).

IMPORTANCE OF CLANSMEN'S ROLE STRESSED

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CLANSMEN ASSOCIATIONS PLAY A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND INVOLVEMENT, THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

+ IN THIS FAST MOVING, EFFICIENT, MULTI-CULTURAL AND YET COMPACT PLACE, WE NEED ORGANISATIONS TO BRING TOGETHER PEOPLE WITH A COMMON INTEREST, HE SAID.

+CLANSMEN ASSOCIATIONS, WHICH BRING TOGETHER PEOPLE OF THE SAME CLAN AND RE-IDENTIFY THE TRADITIONAL CLANS IN THE MODERN SETTING OF HONG KONG, PLAY A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND INVOLVEMENT,+

MR AKERS-JONES WAS SPEAKING AT THE INAUGURATION CEREMONY OF THE SEVENTH TERM OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE SIU CLANSMEN GENERAL ASSOCIATION.

HE SAID THAT THE WORK HAD BEEN FURTHER STRENGTHENED IN MONG KOK WITH THE SETTING UP OF THE FEDERATION OF THE MONG KOK DISTRICT COUNTRYMEN AND CLANSMEN ASSOCIATIONS IN 1970.

+THE FEDERATION WHICH BRINGS TOGETHER 30 INDIVIDUAL ASSOCIATIONS, PLAYS A VERY ACTIVE ROLE IN THE COMMUNITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES SPONSORED BY THE MONG KOK DISTRICT BOARD, HE SAID.

MR AKERS-JONES NOTED THAT THE SIU CLANSMEN GENERAL ASSOCIATION WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE FEDERATIONS, AND HE WELCOMED THE DIRECT INVOLVEMENT OF THE ASSOCIATION'S CHAIRMAN IN THE WORK OF THE DISTRICT BOARD.

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