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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1987

DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS WILL HOLD group DISCUSSIONS WITH AREA COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO EXCHANGE VIEWS ON VARIOUS DISTRICT PROBLEMS AND ISSUES WITHIN THE AMBIT OF THE DISTRICT BOARD AND ITS COMMITTEES,

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR SIMON LORD, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE OPENING AND REPRESENTATIVES OF VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS' WILL ALSO ATTEND TO LISTEN TO RESIDENTS' VIEWS AND ANSWER QUERIES,

A DISTRICT OFFICE SPOKESMAN SAID THE SEMINAR WAS AIMED AT STRENGTHENING TIES AND COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN THE BOARD AND

AREA COMMITTEES.

+THROUGH OPEN DISCUSSIONS. AREA COMMITTEES WILL HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORK OF THE BOARD, WHILE THE DISTRICT BOARD COULD STAIN FIRST-HAND INFORMATION AND FEEDBACK FROM RESIDENTS ON DISTRICT AND TERRITORY-WIDE ISSUES,+ HE SAID.

THE MEETING FOLLOWS A SERIES OF SIX SEMINARS 'HELD BETWEEN AREA COMMITTEES AND LOCAL RESIDENTS ORGANISATIONS, SUCH AS MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES, OWNERS CORPORATIONS AND RESIDENTS" ASSOCIATIONS, LAST YEAR.

+IT IS HOPED THAT SEMINARS OF THIS NATURE WOULD STRENGTHEN THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE THREE-TIER CONSULTATIVE SYSTEM OF THE DISTRICT BOARD, AREA COMMITTEES AND RESIDENTS ORGANISATIONS, + THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.

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NOTE TO EDITORS,

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE SEMINAR AT 7.30 PM ON FRIDAY IN THE AP LEI CHAU COMMUNITY HALL, AP LEI CHAU ESTATE.

YAU MA TEI RECEIVES $8 MILLION FOR YOUDE FUND

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ENTHUSIASTIC RESPONSE TO THE SIR EDWARD YOUDE FUND HAS BOOSTED DONATIONS RECEIVED SO FAR AT THE YAU MA TEI DISTRICT OFFICE TO ABOUT $8 MILLION, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DISTRICT OFFICE SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).

THE LATEST ADDITIONS TO THE FUND INCLUDED $3 000 FROM THE EAST AREA COMMITTEE, $3 000 FROM THE DISTRICT'S RECREATION AND SPORTS ASSOCIATION AND $48 300 FROM A NUMBER OF SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT.

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