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FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 1985

SEVEN RESIDENTS COMMENDED FOR CIVIC WORK

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TRIBUTE WAS PAID TODAY TO SEVEN RECIPIENTS OF THE GOVERNOR'S COMMENDATION FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING AND VALUABLE CONTRIBUTION TO THE COMMUNITY.

AT A PRESENTATION CEREMONY HELD IN THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT, THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR PETER TSAO AWARDED CERTIFICATES OF COMMENDATION TO MRS ADA CHUNG LAU SHIN-YEE, MR FUNG KWONG-CHUNG, REV. ISAAC LIU CHI-SAN, MR LAI CHI-KIN, MR WONG CHE-KEUNG, MR CHANG BUTE AND MR LU KWONG-FAI.

MRS ADA CHUNG, AN EMPLOYEE OF THE HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION, WAS COMMENDED FOR HER OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO THE WORK OF THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT BOARD AND HER ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT IN PROMOTING THE WELFARE OF THE ELDERLY IN WAN CHAI.

MR FUNG KWONG-CHUNG, HEADMASTER OF PO YAN PRIMARY SCHOOL, WAS RECOGNISED FOR HIS SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO COMMUNITY BUILDING IN WONG TAI SIN THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF SPORTS AND RECREATION IN THE DISTRICT.

REV. ISAAC LIU, MINISTER OF THE CHINESE NATIONAL EVANGELICAL CHURCH AND SUPERVISOR OF THE CHINESE NATIONAL EVANGELICAL CHURCH TA TUNG PRIMARY SCHOOL, WAS COMMENDED FOR HIS OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO THE PROMOTION OF WELFARE FOR THE AGED IN KOWLOON WALLED CITY THROUGH THE LEADERSHIP HE PROVIDES TO A CENTRE FOR THE ELDERLY IN THE AREA.

MR LAI CHI-KIN, A CARETAKER OF LOK SIN TONG PRIMARY SCHOOL, WAS RECOGNISED FOR HIS ZEAL IN ASSISTING VICTIMS OF NATURAL DISASTERS AT A TEMPORARY SHELTER IN KOWLOON CITY AND THE ORGANISATION OF COMMUNITY FUNCTIONS IN THE DISTRICT.

MR LU KWONG-FAI, PRINCIPAL OF KEI KOK PRIMARY SCHOOL, WAS COMMENDED FOR HIS SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF SPORTS IN SHA TIN, IN PARTICULAR HIS PROMOTION OF LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL AS A SPORT FOR SCHOOLS AND YOUNG PERSONS IN THE DISTRICT.

MR WONG CHE-KEUNG, AN ARTISAN OF THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE OF THE ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, WAS RECOGNISED FOR HIS SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO COMMUNITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES IN HANG HAU, SAI KUNG AND IN PARTICULAR FOR HIS EFFORT IN SETTING UP A YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE IN THE VILLAGE.

MR CHANG BUTE, A RETIRED VOLUNTARY SOCIAL WORKER, WAS COMMENDED FOR HIS UNTIRING EFFORT IN PROMOTING THE WELFARE OF THE AGED THROUGH HIS VOLUNTEER WORK IN THE ST JOSEPH OLD PEOPLE'S RECREATION CLUB AND THE MA ON SHAN HOME FOR THE AGED.

THE GOVERNOR'S COMMENDATION FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE SCHEME WAS INTRODUCED IN 1982 TO GIVE RECOGNITION TO THOSE WORTHY MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO MAKE OUTSTANDING AND VALUABLE CONTRIBUTION THROUGH THEIR PHYSICAL EFFORTS OR INNOVATIVE IDEAS. HAVE RECEIVED THE COMMENDATION SINCE THE SCHEME WAS

TWENTY PEOPLE INTRODUCED.

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