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SATURDAY, MAY 25, 1985

HEADQUARTERS BOOST FOR YIN NGAI SOCIETIES

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THE OPENING OF THE YIN NGAI CENTRAL COUNCIL HEADQUARTERS IN SHAM SHUT PO WILL ENABLE BETTER CO-ORDINATION OF YIN NGAI ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY.

A PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, MRS FANNY LAW, SAID THIS TODAY (SATURDAY) AT THE OPENING OF THE NEW OFFICE AT LAI KOK PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE.

SHE NOTED THAT THE HEADQUARTERS ALSO SIGNIFIED THE UNITY OF THE 24 YIN NGAI SOCIETIES IN HONG KONG AND THE IR 3 000 MEMBERS.

+APART FROM PROVIDING A VENUE FOR MEETINGS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES, THE NEW OFFICE WILL SERVE AS A COMMUNICATION POINT FOR YIN NGA I SOCIETIES IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE TERRITORY, MRS LAW SAID.

+THIS WILL HELP BOOST THE SENSE OF BELONGING OF EVERY YIN NGAI MEMBER, AND STRENGTHEN THE RELATIONS BETWEEN YIN NGA! GROUPS AND OTHER WOMEN ORGANISATIONS.

THE FIRST YIN NGAI SOCIETY WAS FORMED IN 1981 WITH THE OBJECTIVES OF PROMOTING WOMEN'S WELFARE AND ENCOURAGING THEIR PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS.

THE YIN NGAI HEADQUARTERS WHICH INCLUDE A CONFERENCE ROOM AND A REFERENCE LIBRARY HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE WITH DONATIONS

DISTRICT 303, AND SEVERAL FROM THE LIONS CLUB INTERNATIONAL

SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS.

JOINTLY OFFICIATING AT TODAY'S OPENING WERE THE SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT OFFICER, MR SYLVESTER TSE; DISTRICT GOVERNOR OF LIONS CLUBS INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT 303, MR LINCOLN LINN; AND THE PRESIDENTS OF NINE LIONESS CLUBS.

ALSO PRESENT WERE THE FIVE DB MEMBERS WHO HAD DONATED TOWARDS THE PROJECT, MR CHOW KWAN-LIM, MR KWOK CHEONG, MR TAI TUNG-NGOK, MR TAM PING-FAI AND MR WONG PING-HON.