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MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1985

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RSD STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS

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THE WAYS AND MEANS SELECT COMMITTEE OF THE PROVISIONAL REGIONAL COUNCIL WILL HOLD ITS MONTHLY MEETING TOMORROW

(TUESDAY) TO EXAMINE THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT'S STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS FOR THE QUARTER ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1985.

THE OPEN MEETING BEGINNING AT 2.30 PM WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE COUNCIL'S CHAMBER IN TSUEN WAN STATION MULTI-STOREY CARPARK AND GOVERNMENT OFFICE BUILDING, SECOND FLOOR, 174-208 CASTLE PEAK ROAD.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO ATTEND THE MEETING.

SPORTS PROGRAMME FOR QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION

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THE NEW REGIONAL COUNCIL WILL ORGANISE THE 1986 QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION SPORTS PROGRAMME ON JUNE 14 ON THE SAME SCALE AS THE ONE HELD THIS YEAR.

A PROPOSAL BY THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO THIS EFFECT WAS ENDORSED BY THE RECREATION AND CULTURE SELECT COMMITTEE OF THE PROVISIONAL REGIONAL COUNCIL AT A MEETING TODAY (MONDAY).

THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (LEISURE SERVICES) OF THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, MR DAVID WEEKS, TOLD THE COMMITTEE THAT THE 1985 PROGRAMME ORGANISED BY THE RSD OFFERED 32 RECREATION AND SPORTS ACTIVITIES. THEY ATTRACTED OVER 7 000 PARTICIPANTS IN THE NON-URBAN AREAS.

MR WEEKS SAID. +THE PROGRAMME WAS DESIGNED TO ENCOURAGE TERRITORY-WIDE PARTICIPATION BY AS LARGE A CROSS-SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY AS POSSIBLE, EITHER AS ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS OR AS SPECTATORS. EVENTS ORGANISED INCLUDED SPORTS COMPETITIONS AND RECREATION ACTIVITIES, DEMONSTRATIONS, CARNIVAL-TYPE EVENTS, MILITARY BANDS AND DANCE PERFORMANCES.+

ON LIBRARY FACILITIES IN FANLING, MR WEEKS SAID THAT A SECOND INTERIM LIBRARY - KNOWN AS THE FANLING PUBLIC LIBRARY AND LOCATED AT CHEUNG LOK HOUSE, CHEUNG WAH ESTATE WOULD BE OPENED TO THE PUBLIC IN NOVEMBER.

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