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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1987

RESIDENTS' WELFARE ASSOCIATIONS HAVE IMPORTANT ROLE

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WELL ESTABLISHED RESIDENTS' WELFARE ASSOCIATIONS PROVIDE A FIRM FOUNDATION FOR DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT AND HELP POSTER COMMUNITY INTEGRATION, THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER FOR NORTH DISTRICT, MR TIM MILNES, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

SPEAKING AT THE INAUGURATION OP THE LOI TUNO RESIDENTS' WELFARE ASSOCIATION IN SHA TAU KOK, MR MILNES SAID THAT ТНІЯ FOUNDATION WAS PARTICULARLY SIGNIFICANT AS THE CONCEPT OF COMMUNITY

BUILDING WAS ABSUMING GREATER IMPORTANCE BECAUSE OF THE RAPID

DEVELOPMENT IN THE DISTRICT.

WITH REGARD TO THE FUTURE, MR MILNES SAID THAT SUCH ASSOCAITIONS WOULD FACK EVEN GREATER CHALLENGES AND WOULD HAVB MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES ON A WIDER SCALE.

ONE SUCH ACTIVITY WAS THE NORTH DISTRICT FLOWER, BIRD, FISH AND INSECT SHOW TO BE HELD FROM DECEMBER 23 TO 27, MR MILNES SAID.

THE SHOW, THE FIRST OF ITS KIND TO BE HELD IN HONG KONG, BE OPENED BY LADY WILSON, HE SAID.

WOULD

MR MILNES ALSO COMMENDED THE ASSOCIATION FOR ITS PARTICIPATION IN GOVERNMENT CAMPAIGNS, SUCH AS FIGHT CRIME, AND FOR ITS WORK FOR THE ELDERLY IN THE PAST NINE YEARS. HE ALSO PRAISED ITS EFFORTS IN SETTING UP A FIRE WATCH TEAM.

COLOURFUL KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN FANCY CAR PARADE

TWENTY-SEVEN ORGANISATIONS, 14 FROM DISTRICT BOARDS FROM PRIVATE CORPORATIONS, WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE LARGEST - EVER CAR PARADE ON SUNDAY (NOVEMBER 15).

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THE PARADE WILL MARK THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR'S KEEP KONG CLEAN CAMPAIGN AT DISTRICT LEVEL. FANCY CARS WILI. RUN TSUEN WAN SPORTS GROUND TO EDINBURGH PLACE, VIA TEXACO ROAD, KWAI CHUNG ROAD, CHING CHEUNG ROAD, WATERLOO ROAD, PRINCESS MARGARET ROAD, TSIM SHA TSUI EAST, CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL AND GLOUCESTER ROAD.

AT THE STARTING POINT, THERE WILL BE A

DRAGON DANCE PRECEDED BY AN EYE-DOTTING CEREMONY AT WHICH AN URBAN COUNCILLOR, DR RONALD LEUNG, WILL OFFICIATE. IT WILL НЕ FOLLOWED BY A SPEECH BY THE CHAIRMAN OF REGIONAL COUNCIL, MR CHEUNG YAN-LUNG. DR LEUNG AND MR CHRUNG WILL THEN TAKE THE SALUTE AS VEHICLES SET OFF.

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