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FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1985

+FOR ENTERTAINMENT, RECREATIONAL, CULTURAL AND FESTIVE ACTIVITIES, WE HOPE ORGANISERS WILL BEAR PART OF THE COSTS.

+THOSE WISHING TO APPLY FOR FUNDS TO ORGANISE FUNCTIONS BETWEEN JUNE AND SEPTEMBER, SHOULD SUBMIT THE IR APPLICATIONS TO THE DISTRICT BOARD'S SECRETARIAT BEFORE MAY 20, + HE SAID.

APPLICATION FORMS CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE EASTERN DISTRICT OFFICE AT 880-886 KING'S ROAD, THE CAUSEWAY BAY SUB-OFFICE AT 9-11 WING HING STREET, THE SHAU KEI WAN SUB-OFFICE AT 243 SHAU KEI WAN ROAD, AND THE CHAI WAN SUB-OFFICE AT BLOCK 2, HING WAH ESTATE.

SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS WILL BE NOTIFIED IN WRITING BY THE BOARD'S SECRETARIAT IN JUNE.

ORIENTATION SEMINAR FOR BOARD MEMBERS ****

WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS WILL ATTEND A SEMINAR TOMORROW (SATURDAY) TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE DISTRICT BOARD.

THE SEMINAR WILL BEGIN AT 9 AM WITH A BRIEFING BY A CHINESE UNIVERSITY LECTURER, MR ANDREW WONG, WHO WILL SPEAK ON THE ROLE OF THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS AND THE STRUCTURE OF THE GOVERNMENT MACHINERY.

ANOTHER GUEST SPEAKER, LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR, MISS MARIA TAM, WILL TALK ABOUT THE ROLE OF DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS IN THE PRESENT POLITICAL SYSTEM,

THERE WILL ALSO BE A DISCUSSION SESSION ON EFFECTIVE MEETING TECHNIQUES.

THE SEMINAR IS THE SECOND OF A TWO-PART ORIENTATION PROGRAMME ARRANGED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICE TO ACQUAINT THE NEW DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS WITH THE BOARD'S MODE OF OPERATION.

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