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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1983

INVOLVING PEOPLE IN LOCAL AFFAIRS

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THE EIGHT-MONTH OLD WAN CHAI DISTRICT ARTS, CULTURAL, RECREATIONAL AND SPORTS ASSOCIATION REPRESENTED A MAJOR STEP IN INVOLVING RESIDENTS IN DISTRICT AFFAIRS, THE DEPUTY REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR ALBERT LAM, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).

THIS WAS IN LINE WITH THE SPIRIT OF DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, HE ADDED.

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SPEAKING AT THE ORGANISATION'S FIRST ANNUAL BALL. HE SAID: +THE ASSOCIATION IS INSTRUMENTAL IN INSTILLING A SENSE OF DISTRICT IDENTITY AND IN OFFERING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARTICIPATION IN DISTRICT ACTIVITIES, IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING ENTERTAINMENT AND RECREATION FOR WAN CHAI RESIDENTS.

+THE PAST EIGHT MONTHS SAW THE ASSOCIATION GRADUALLY BUILDING UP ITS MOMENTUM, AND IT HAS WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE DISTRICT OFFICE, THE CITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT. +

MR LAM ALSO CITED THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE DISTRICT DANCE TROUPE AND A CHILDREN'S CHOIR AS EXAMPLES OF SOME OF THE ASSOCIATION'S ACHIEVEMENTS.

+THEY HAVE INVOLVED THEMSELVES ACTIVELY NOT ONLY IN DISTRICT RECREATIONAL AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES, BUT TERRITORY-WIDE PERFORMANCES AS WELL, SUCH AS THOSE ORGANISED UNDER THE URBAN COUNCIL CENTENARY PROGRAMME AND THE COMMUNITY CHEST'S WALK FOR A MILLION.

+I AM PLEASED THAT THEY HAVE SERVED TO PROJECT THE IMAGE OF THE DISTRICT, AS WELL AS THE DISTRICT BOARD.

+NOTWITHSTANDING THE FACT THAT THE ASSOCIATION IS STILL NEW, THROUGH THE ENTHUSIASM AND HARD WORK OF ITS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE THE ASSOCIATION HAS CONTRIBUTED SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE RECENT HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL WAN CHAI DISTRICT FESTIVAL,+ HE SAID.

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