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FUNDS FOR SOUTHERN MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL ACTIVITIES

RESIDENTS' ORGANISATIONS AND LOCAL BODIES IN SOUTHERN DISTRICT CAN NOW APPLY FOR DISTRICT BOARD FUNDS TO SPONSOR ACTIVITIES IN CELEBRATION OF THE MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL.

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"APPLICATIONS CAN BE MADE TO THE BOARD'S COMMUNITY BUILDING COMMITTEE, WHICH HAS SET ASIDE A TOTAL OF $135,000 FOR FESTIVITIES THIS FINANCIAL YEAR, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT BOARD SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).

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ABERDEEN AND HARBOUR, POK FU LAM, HANG, AP LEI CHAU, AS BEEN ALLOCATED $10,000

THE DISTRICT'S SEVEN AREAS TIN WAN AND SHEK PAI WAN, WAH FU, WONG CHUK WELL AS STANLEY, SHEK O AND BAYS HAVE EACH TO $23,000.

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MEANWHILE, THE COMMITTEE HAS ALSO EARMARKED $115,000 FOR NON-FESTIVE ACTIVITIES. THE MONEY IS OPEN TO APPLICATIONS FROM DISTRICT ORGANISATIONS THAT WANT TO CARRY OUT COMMUNITY BUILDING PROJECTS.

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"APPLICATIONS, TOGETHER WITH DETAILS OF PROJECTS, SHOULD REACH THE COMMITTEE THROUGH THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OFFICE BY 5 PM ON JULY LATE APPLICATIONS WILL ONLY ВЕ CONSIDERED IN EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES," THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

"THE COMMITTEE WILL. MEET ON JULY 25 TO CONSIDER EACH APPLICATION CAREFULLY BEFORE DECIDING ON THE AMOUNT OF GRANT ΤΟ BE

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ENQUIRIES CAN BE MADE ΤΟ THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OFFICE ON

5-540271.

LEAFLET GIVES FACTS ON ISLANDS DB

WORK OF

PEOPLE WHO WISH TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE THE ISLANDS DISTRICT BOARD CAN OBTAIN A COPY OF THE RECENTLY PUBLISHED FREE INFORMATION LEAFLET ON THE DISTRICT BOARD.

THE INFORMATION LEAFLET, PUBLISHED BY THE COMMUNITY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE OF THE ISLANDS DISTRICT BOARD, OUTLINES THE ORGANISATION, MEMBERSHIP, TERMS OF REFERENCE AND SOURCE OF FINANCE OF THE DISTRICT BOARD AS WELL AS THE ROLE OF ITS FIVE FUNCTIONAL COMMITTEES.

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ISLANDS DISTRICT, HOUSING, AND TRAFFIC

ALSO GIVES BASIC FACTS ABOUT THE INCLUDING POPULATION, ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES, TRANSPORT MATTERS.

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