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FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 1986

+ QUESTIONS WILL FOCUS ON THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF THE DISTRICT AND ITS FACILITIES, HE SAID.

TO ACHIEVE GREATER PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN THE FESTIVAL, LOCAL COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS INCLUDING THE FIVE AREA COMMITTEES WILL BE INVITED TO DESIGN GAME STALLS FOR A CARNIVAL WHICH WILL MARK THE OPENING OF THE FESTIVAL ON NOVEMBER 9.

AS FOR FAMILIES, THE CONVENOR OF THE WORKING GROUP ON FAMILIES, MR JOHN WU, SAID A CÍVIC EDUCATION CAMP WOULD BE ORGANISED IN MID-NOVEMBER.

ACTIVITIES AT THE CAMP WOULD INCLUDE SEMINARS, GROUP DISCUSSIONS, FILM SHOWS AND VARIOUS COMPETITIONS AND GAMES TO HELP SPREAD KNOWLEDGE OF CIVIC EDUCATION, HE SAID.

THE FESTIVAL WILL CONCLUDE ON NOVEMBER 23 WITH A SEMINAR. THE ENTIRE PROGRAMME IS ESTIMATED TO COST ABOUT $110 000, OF WHICH $70 000 WILL COME FROM DISTRICT BOARD FUNDS.

SOUTHERN DISTRICT SEMINAR ON DISTRICT AFFAIRS *****

THE ABERDEEN AND AP LEI CHAU AREA COMMITTEE IN SOUTHERN DISTRICT WILL HOLD A SEMINAR TOMORROW (SATURDAY) AFTERNOON FOR RESIDENT ORGANISATIONS TO EXCHANGE VIEWS ON DISTRICT AFFAIRS.

JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE AREA COMMITTEE, THE MEETING WILL TAKE PLACE FROM 2 PM TO 5 PM AT THE CULTURAL ACTIVITIES HALL OF THE ABERDEEN CIVIC CENTRE.

+ THE DISTRICT OFFICE HAD ORGANISED A SIMILAR SEMINAR WITH THE POKFULAM AREA COMMITTEE LAST MONTH, AND SUCH MEETINGS WILL BE HELD IN THE COMING MONTHS IN THE OTHER FOUR AREAS OF THE DISTRICT - STANLEY AND SHEK O, TIN WAN AND SHEK PAI WAN, WAH FU, AND WONG CHUK HANG AND BAYS,+ ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER OF SOUTHERN, MISS OLIVIA NIP, SAID.

+A SEMINAR FOR DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS AND THE AREA COMMITTEES WILL BE HELD EARLY NEXT YEAR TO WRAP UP THE WHOLE EXERCISE OF STRENGTHENING TIES AMONG THE BOARD, AREA COMMITTEES, MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES AND RESIDENT BODIES+, SHE ADDED.

TOMORROW'S SEMINAR WILL INCLUDE A VIDEO ON THE NEW FACES OF SOUTHERN DISTRICT+, WHICH DEALS WITH THE DISTRICT'S DEVELOPMENT AND THE DISTRICT BOARD'S WORK, TO BE FOLLOWED BY GROUP DISCUSSIONS ON TRANSPORT, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT AND COMMUNITY BUILDING MATTERS.

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