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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1986

SPEAKING AT THE CLOSING CEREMONY OF THE 1986 SHAM SHUT PO DISTRICT FESTIVAL, MR CHUI SAID HE HOPED RESIDENTS, SCHOOLS AND ORGANISATIONS WOULD MAKE FULL USE OF THESE FACILITIES.

MR CHUI ALSO DISCLOSED THAT MORE PROJECTS WERE IN THE PIPELINE IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

THESE INCLUDED DEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR THE LAI CHI KOK PARK TUNG CHOW STREET PARK, FAT CHEUNG STREET PLAYGROUND AND SHEK KİP MEI LEISURE POOL.

MR CHUI ALSO PRAISED LOCAL ORGANISATIONS AND ENTHUSIASTS FOR THE IR CONTRIBUTION IN ORGANISING THE SUCCESSFUL DISTRICT FESTIVAL AS WELL AS THE IR PARTICIPATION AND CONCERN IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS.

MORE THAN 100 000 RESIDENTS HAD TAKEN PART IN THE 50-0DD PROGRAMMES DURING THE FIVE-WEEK LONG FESTIVAL WHICH CLOSED TONIGHT.

+APART FROM THE DISTRICT FESTIVAL, THE DISTRICT BOARD AND THE URBAN COUNCIL ALSO ORGANISED VARIOUS CLUTURAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR RESIDENTS SUCH AS LANTERN FESTIVAL, TOURNAMENTS, CROSS-COUNTRY RALLIES, BALL MATCHES, HEALTH DANCE, MARTIAL ARTS AND BALL GAMES TRAINING SESSIONS,+ MR CHUI SAID.

+BESIDES FOSTERING GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP, THESE ACTIVITIES HELP RESIDENTS TO ESTABLISH SELF CONFIDENCE, DEVELOP THE IR POTENTIAL, AND ENHANCE THE IR SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY TO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH PARTICIPATION, HE ADDED.

TONIGHT'S CLOSING CEREMONY WAS FOLLOWED BY A VARIETY SHOW FEATURING SINGERS AND TELEVISION ARTISTES AT THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY HALL.

SOUTHERN PREPARES FIGHT CRIME CAMPAIGN

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THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT WILL LAUNCH A LARGE-SCALE FIGHT CRIME CAMPAIGN IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY TO SPREAD CRIME PREVENTION MESSAGES TO RESIDENTS.

THE DISTRICT'S FIGHT CRIME CAMPAIGN COORDINATING COMMITTEE HAS DECIDED THAT HOME SECURITY AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH SCHEME SHOULD BE THE THEMES OF THE CAMPAIGN.

THE CAMPAIGN WILL INCLUDE A TELEVISION PROGRAMME, A CARNIVAL, SEMINARS AND VISITS.