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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1984

+ NEED HARDLY EMPHASISE THE CONTRIBUTION MADE OVER THE YEARS BY OUR KAIFONG ASSOCIATIONS, + HE SAID.

+THEY HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF COMMUNITY WORK THROUGH GENEROUS DONATIONS TO THE NEEDY, CARE FOR THE SICK AND AGED, EDUCATION AND PROMOTION OF RECREATION AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES.+

+WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM, THEY HAVE DEVELOPED THE IR TRADITIONAL ROLE IN ACTIVE COMMUNITY

INVOLVEMENT, SUCH AS SUPPORT FOR THE SYSTEM ITSELF AND THE BEAUTIFICATION OF OUR ENVIRONMENT.

+THIS IS A TIMELY AND WELCOME CHANGE, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THEIR CONTINUING SUPPORT AND PARTICIPATION IN THE FUTURE,+ HE SAID,

SHANGHAI TRADE DELEGATION VISITS SHA TIN

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A SIX-MEMBER ECONOMIC AND TRADE DELEGATION FROM SHAN GHA I HAS EXPRESSED KEEN INTEREST IN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENTS.

LED BY MR XIN YUANXI, ADVISOR OF THE SHANGHAI MUNICIPAL PEOPLE'S GOVERNMENT, THE GROUP VISITED SHA TIN EARLIER THIS WEEK TO SEE THE SUBSTANTIALLY DEVELOPED NEW TOWN.

THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR DONALD TSANG, BRIEFED THEM ON CHANGES IN SHA TIN OVER THE PAST FEW DECADES.

THEY SHOWED PARTICULAR INTEREST IN TOWN PLANNING AND PUBLIC HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS.

MR TSANG ALSO TOLD THE VISITORS ABOUT THE FORMATION OF THE DISTRICT BOARD AND THE DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE AND THEIR RESPECTIVE ROLE IN LOCAL AFFAIRS.

THE VISITORS WERE ACCOMPANIED BY THE DEPUTY REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR NEW TERRITORIES, MR PETER NG, WHO HAD EARLIER BRIEFED THEM ON THE GENERAL DEVELOPMENTS IN NT.

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