SUNDAY, APRIL 12, 1987
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APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR SPONSORING COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
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RESIDENT ORGANISATIONS AND MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES IN SOUTHERN DISTRICT CAN APPLY FOR DISTRICT BOARD FUNDS THROUGH THEIR RESPECTIVE AREA COMMITTEES TO SPONSOR COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT ACTIVITIES.
THE BOARD'S COMMUNITY BUILDING COMMITTEE HAS SET ASIDE A
BLOCK ALLOCATION OF $60 000 THIS YEAR FOR THE PURPOSE.
TO STRENGTHEN TIES AMONG THE DISTRICT BOARD, AREA COMMITTEES AND RESIDENT BODIES, THE DISTRICT'S SIX AREA COMMITTEES HAVE BEEN ENTRUSTED WITH THE POWER TO VET APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED UNDER ITS SCHEME AND TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CONSIDERATION AND ENDORSEMENT BY THE COMMUNITY BUILDING COMMITTEE.
A DISTRICT OFFICE SPOKESMAN SAID THIS WOULD SHORTEN THE TIME AND SIMPLIFY PROCEDURES FOR APPLICATION FOR DISTRICT BOARD SPONSORSHIP.
+EACH AREA COMMITTEE IS GIVEN AN APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS ACCORDING TO POPULATION, THE NUMBER OF RESIDENT ORGANISATIONS AND THE PAST YEAR'S EXPENDITURE PATTERN IN THE CONSTITUENCY HE SAID.
+THE MAXIMUM GRANT FOR EACH APPLICATION IS $1 500, WHILE THAT FOR RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES SUCH AS PICNICS AND VEGETARIAN MEALS IS $750, + HE SAID.
RESIDENT BODIES CAN OBTAIN APPLICATION FORMS AT THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OFFICE AND BRANCH OFFICES IN ABERDEEN CENTRE, WAH FU AND STANLEY. APPLICATIONS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED TEN DAYS BEFORE EACH AREA COMMITTEE MEETING.
APPLICATIONS FOR FUNDS EXCEEDING $1 500 TO ORGANISE LARGE-SCALE ACTIVITIES MUST BE MADE TO THE COMMUNITY BUILDING COMMITTEE DIRECT. ENQUIRIES ON DETAILS OF THE BLOCK ALLOCATION SCHEME CAN BE MADE TO THE DISTRICT OFFICE ON 5-540271.
VIDEO. TO PROMOTE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT BOARD
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A 20-MINUTE VIDEO OUTLINING THE WORK AND FUNCTION OF THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT BOARD AND THE DISTRICT'S CHARACTERISTICS AND FACILITIES HAS BEEN PRODUCED AND IS AVAILABLE FOR LOAN TO LOCAL ORGANISATIONS AND SCHOOLS.
THE VIDEO. PRODUCED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD AND THE DISTRICT OFFICE, AIMS TO PROMOTE THE DISTRICT BOARD, DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION SCHEME AND CIVIC EDUCATION.
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