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SUNDAY, JUNE 5, 1988

SOUTHERN DB COMMITTEE ELECTS CHAIRMAN

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AN APPOINTED MEMBER OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT BOARD, MADAM 30 CHOW YIM-PING, HAS BEEN ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD'S COMMUNITY BUILDING COMMITTEE.

AT ITS

FIRST MEETING HELD RECENTLY, THE COMMITTEE ALSO ENDORSED AN ALLOCATION OF $853,200 FROM DISTRICT BOARD FUNDS ΤΟ FINANCE VARIOUS COMMUNITY BUILDING PROGRAMMES TO BE ORGANISED 1N THE DISTRICT.

OF THE AMOUNT, A TOTAL OF $538,000 WILL BE SPENT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF DISTRICT BOARD CAMPAIGNS AND ON THE PROVISION OF SPORTS, MUSIC, ARTS AND CULTURE ACTIVITIES FOR RESIDENTS.

THE REMAINING $315,000 HAS BEEN SEI ASIDE FOR COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT PROJECTS THROUGH GRANTS TO LOCAL ORGANISATIONS; AND THE "BLOCK ALLOCATION SCHEME".

FESTIVITIES

FOR GRANTS, TOTALLING $250,000 ARE EARMARKED

AND NON-FESTIVAL ACTIVITIES ONLY. APPLICATIONS FOR THESE FUNDS CAN DE MADE TO THE COMMITTEE THROUGH THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OFFICE.

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UNDER THE "BLOCK ALLOCATIONS SCHEME' A SUM OF $65,000 HAS BEEN EARMARKED FOR THE DISTRICT'S SEVEN AREA COMMITTEES, WHICH WILL CONSIDER GRANT APPLICATIONS OF UP TO $1,800 BY LOCAL ORGANISATIONS REFORE RECOMMENDING THE APPLICATIONS TO THE COMMUNITY BUILDING COMMITTEE FOR ENDORSEMENT.

AT THE MEETING, THE COMMUNITY BUILDING COMMITTEE ALSO AGREED IN PRINCIPLE TO OPEN ITS FUTURE MEETINGS TO THE PUBLIC AND THE NEWS MEDIA. HOWEVER, PROCESSING OF APPLICATIONS FOR FUNDS WILL CONTINUE

HELD IN CAMERA.

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SURVEY ON OWNER-MANAGERS TRAINING NEEDS BEGINS

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OF THE SURVEY ON THE

THE COMMITTEE ON MANAGEMENT AND SUPERVISORY TRAINING VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL WILL, ᏴᎬ CONDUCTING MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT NEFDS OF OWNER-MANAGERS THIS MONTH.

QUESTIONNAIRES HAVE REEN SENT OUT TO 1,100 OWNER-MANAGERS RANDOMLY SELECTED FROM COMPANIES IN MAJOR ECONOMIC SECTORS, A SPOKESMAN POR THE COUNCIL SAID.

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