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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1983

WOMEN PRAISED FOR PUBLIC WORK

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THE VALUE OF YIN NGAI SOCIETIES IS THAT THE MEMBERS CAN HELP CHANGE THE LIVING ENVIRONMENT FROM A GROUP OF MULTI-STOREY BUILDINGS INTO A FRIENDLY NEIGHBOURHOOD, WIFE OF THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MRS JANE AKERS-JONES, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

►WOMEN ARE NATURALLY PEACEMAKERS, AND WITH THE BONDING TOGETHER OF MEMBERS OF THE ALREADY 15 YIN NGAI SOCIETIES IN EXISTENCE AND WITH A FURTHER 13 SOCIETIES IN THE PLANNING STAGE, THIS FORCE FOR GOOD CITIZENSHIP, ACTIVE, INTERESTED AND CONCERNED WOMEN, AND LIFE IN THE NEW TOWNS AND IN THE OLDER PARTS OF HONG KONG AND KOWLOON WILL ALSO TAKE ON A DIFFERENT DIMENSION, SHE SAID,

MRS AKERS-JONES WAS SPEAKING AT THE JOINT INAUGURATION CEREMONY OF THE CHING HONG AND FUK LOI MOON LOK YIN NGAI SOCIETIES AT THE TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL,

►YIN NGAI ARE ALREADY MAKING THEIR MARK IN THE COMMUNITY WITH SOCIAL SERVICE, INTEREST CLASSES, ORGANISED PICNICS AND VISITS TO PLACES OF INTEREST, SHE SAID.

+STRANGERS MOVING FROM DISTANT PARTS OF THE TERRITORY WILL BE HELPED SETTLE INTO THEIR NEW LIVES AND MADE WELCOME, AND IN THEIR TURN WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE LIVELINESS AND INTEREST OF THE COMMUNITY+.

SINCE THE FORMATION OF THE CHING HONG AND FUK LOI MOON LOK YIN NGAI SOCIETIES IN JANUARY AND OCTOBER THIS YEAR, A LOT OF FUNCTIONS HAVE BEEN ORGANISED FOR THE IR 172 MEMBERS.

THERE ARE MORE THAN 2 000 MEMBERS IN THE 15 YIN NGAI SOCIETIES.

METRIC SCALE COUNTER MOVES TO CENTRAL ***

BETWEEN NOVEMBER 28 AND DECEMBER 10, MORE THAN 13 000 PEOPLE VISITED THE METRIC SCALE COUNTER AT NGAU TAU KOK MARKET IN KWUN TONG.

CHAIRMAN OF THE METRICATION COMMITTEE, MR JAMES WU DISCLOSED THE FIGURE TODAY (SATURDAY) WHEN REVIEWING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE SCHEME SINCE ITS IMPLEMENTATION LAST MONTH,

+THIS COUNTER HAS PROVED JUST AS POPULAR AS THE ONE SET UP BY THE COMMITTEE AT BOWRINGTON MARKET IN WAN CHAI FROM NOVEMBER 11 TO 26,+ MR WU SAID.

AS FROM MONDAY (DECEMBER 12), THE COUNTER WILL BE MOVED TO CENTRAL MARKET FOR ANOTHER TWO WEEKS.

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