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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1987

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BB COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER WELFARE ACTIVITIES

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THE SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT BOARD COMMUNITY BUILDING COMMITTEE WILL MEET TOMORROW (THURSDAY) TO DISCUSS THE INTRODUCTION OF CO- OPTED MEMBERS TO ITS SOCIAL WELFARE WORKING GROUP AND THE EXTENSION OF THE GROUP'S FUNCTIONS.

MEMBERS WILL ALSO DISCUSS ALLOCATION OF DISTRICT BOARD FUNDS FOR COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT PLANS FOR 1987-88; (MPROVEMENT OF FACILITIES IN LAI KOK COMMUNITY HALL PROPOSALS TO IMPROVE SOCIAL WELFARE SERVICES FACILITIES AND THE PROPOSED ́ESTABLISHMENT OF A DISTRICT BOARD CIVIC EDUCATION WORKING GROUP.

NOTE TO EDITORS.

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE MEETING WHICH WILL START AT 2.15 PH TOMORROW IN THE DISTRICT BOARD CONFERENCE ROOM ON THE SECOND FLOOR, 39 TONKIN STREET, KOWLOON.

MEDICAL STAFF RECEIVE LONG SERVICE AWARDS

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A TOTAL OF 101 STAFF MEMBERS OF THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH BEPARTMENT - INCLUDING DOCTORS, NURSES, PARA-MEDICAL STAFF, WORKMEN, DRIVERS, WARD ATTENDANTS, AMAHS AND DARKROOM TECHNICIANS WERE PRESENTED WITH LONG SERVICE MERIT CERTIFICATES TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

UNDER THE LONG SERVICE MERIT CERTIFICATE SCHEME, LAUNCHED LAST YEAR BY THE DEPARTMENT, ALL STAFF WHO HAVE PERFORMED THEIR DUTIES SATISFACTORILY WITHIN THE PAST 30 YEARS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE AWARD. LAST YEAR 383 STAFF MEMBERS RECEIVED THE CERTIFICATES.

TO MARK THE OCCASION, A PRESENTATION CEREMONY WAS HELD TODAY AT THE KWAI CHUNG HOSPITAL ASSEMBLY HALL WHERE CERTIFICATES WERE PRESENTED TO RECIPIENTS BY THE DIRECTOR, DR. K.L. THONG AND OTHER DIRECTORATE STAFF.

PRAISING RECIPIENTS FOR THEIR DEVOTION AND LOYALTY, DR. THONG SAID THE FIRST MONTH OF THE CHINESE NEW YEAR WAS AN AUSPICIOUS TIME TO PAY TRIBUTE TO STAFF WHO HAD WORKED LONG YEARS TO PROVIDE ESSENTIAL SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY.

/+THE INAUGURAL