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SUNDAY, JUNE 7, 1987

FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT PROJECTS

LOCAL ORGANISATIONS IN THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT ARE BEING INVITED TO APPLY FOR FUNDS FROM THE DISTRICT BOARD

10 ORGANISE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT PROJECTS.

THESE PROJECTS SHOULD BENEFIT A WIDE SECTOR OF THE COMMUNITY AND BE HELD BETWEEN OCTOBER THIS YEAR AND MARCH NEXT YEAR.

'THEY SHOULD BE ABLE ΤΟ PROMOTE SOLIDARITY AND A STRONGER SENSE OF BELONGING TO THE DISTRICT AMONG RESIDENTS A DISTRICT OFFICE SPOKESMAN SAID.

THE BOARD HAS EARLIER ALLOCATED MORE THAN $370,000 FROM trs $1.4 MILLION FUNDS TO SUPPORT LOCAL BODIES IN ORGANISING MORE THAN 50 COMMUNITY PROGRAMMES FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THIS FINANCIAL YEAR, THE · SPOKESMAN SAID.

OF THE $370,000 ALLOCATION, $80,000 WAS GRANTED TO THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT RECREATION AND SPORT ASSOCIATION TO ORGANISE A LARGE-SCALE SPORTS FESTIVAL, AN INTER-HONG SPORTS PROGRAMME AND A DISTRICT SPORTS COMPETITION.

THE DISTRICT ASSOCIATION FOR CULTURE AND ARTS (CENTRAL AND WESTERN) RECEIVED $75,000 FROM THE BOARD TO RUN A NUMBER OF PROGRAMMES, INCLUDING DANCE COMPETITIONS, SINGING CONTESTS, ARTS EXHIBITION AND PERFORMANCES, TO ENHANCE LOCAL PEOPLE'S QUALITY OF LIFE.

SOME $80,000 WAS GIVEN TO SIX AREA COMMITTEES TO HOLD SEMINARS ON BUILDING MANAGEMENT AND TO ORGANISE LIAISON AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES.

THE WESTERN DISTRICT COMMUNITY CENTRI AL SO $30,000 TO CARRY OUT VARIOUS COMMUNITY PROGRAMMES FOR AS THE ELDERLY.

RECEIVEN ABOUT YOUTH AS WELL

IN ADDITTON, LOCAL ORGANISATIONS, INCLUDING Y.W.C.A., ELDERLY CENTRES AND RESIDENT ORGANISATIONS, WERF GRANTED TOTALLING $110,000 TO CARRY OUT PROJECTS RANGING FROM CIVIC PROJECTS, OUTDOOR PURSUITS, SPORTS FVENTS, ACTIVITIES TO FAMILY EDUCATION TO HEALTH PROGRAMMES FOR DIFFERENT SECTORS COMMUNIT1.

APPLICATION FOR FUNDS SHOULD BE BOARD'S FINANCE COMMITTEE REFORE JUNE 30. GIVEN PRIORITY.

ENQUIRIES CAN BE MADE AT 5-8523478.

CARITAS, SUBSIDIES EDUCATION PROMO TE OF THE

GURNIJIED CREATIVE

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DISTRICT MAY BE

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