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MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1985

SOCIAL WORKERS OF WELFARE AGENCIES MAY ALSO REFER HARDSHIP CASES TO THE SECRETARY OF THE FUND OR THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE.

THE FUND, NOW TOTALLING MORE THAN $30 MILLION, WAS FOUND BY SIR SHIU KIN TANG AND MR HO TIM IN 1977.

THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE IS THE TRUSTEE AND MR CHARLES LUI IS THE ADVISER TO THE FUND.

SECOND LIBRARY FOR NORTH DISTRICT OPENS

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RESIDENTS IN THE NORTH DISTRICT WILL BENEFIT FROM THE WIDE RANGE OF SERVICES OFFERED IN A NEW PUBLIC LIBRARY.

Hi WAS STATED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE NORTH DISTRICT COMMITTEE OF THE PROVISIONAL REGIONAL COUNCIL, MR CHEUNG KUEN, WHEN HE DECLARED OPEN THE FANLING PUBLIC LIBRARY TODAY (MONDAY).

LOCATED AT CHEUNG LOK HOUSE, CHEUNG WAH ESTATE, THE NEW LIBRARY IS THE 16TH PROVIDED BY THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT IN THE NON-URBAN AREAS, AND THE SECOND IN THE NORTH DISTRICT.

OCCUPYING AN AREA OF 284 SQUARE METRES, THE LIBRARY HAS AN INITIAL STOCK OF 14 000 CHINESE AND ENGLISH BOOKS, SAID MR CHEUNG.

IT OFFERS FREE LENDING SERVICES TO ADULTS AND CHILDREN, QUICK REFERENCE AND READERS' ENQUIRY SERVICE, NEWSPAPERS AND PERIODICALS SERVICE AS WELL AS AUDIO CASSETTE LENDING SERVICE.

A WIDE RANGE OF LIBRARY EXTENSION ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING CONDUCTED VISITS FOR SCHOOLS AND ORGANISED GROUPS, STORY HOURS, BOOK EXHIBITIONS, AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES, WILL ALSO BE ORGANISED.

TO MARK THE OPENING, WINNING ENTRIES OF THE +N. T. IN PHOTO COMPETITION+ AND THE BOOKMARK DESIGN COMPETITION+ WERE DISPLAYED IN THE LIBRARY.

GUESTS WHO ALSO TOOK PART IN THE CEREMONY TODAY WERE THE VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE RECREATION AND CULTURE SELECT COMMITTEE OF THE PROVISIONAL REGIONAL COUNCIL, MRS MIRIAM LAU KIN-YEE; CHAIRMAN OF THE NORTH DISTRICT BOARD, MR PANG HANG-YIN, AND THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF REGIONAL SERVICES, MR MICHAEL SÚEN.

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