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FRIDAY, JULY 15, 1988

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THE SIU HONG YIN NGAI SOCIETY, WHICH WAS SET UP LAST ONE OF THE SIX YIN NGA1 SOCIETIES IN THE DISTRICT PROVIDING OF RECREATIONAL AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES FOR WOMEN, ESPECIALLY HOUSEWIVES, TO MAKE BETTER USE OF THEIR LEISURE TIME.

THE SOCIETY HAS MORE THAN 170 MEMBERS AND IS CHAIRED BY EXPERIENCED COMMUNITY LEADER.

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PURING HIS VISIT TO SUN FAT ESTATE, MR SUEN WAS RECEIVED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BLOCK III MAC, MADAM KWONG MAN-NUI, AT HER FLAT.

MADAM KWONG MOVED INTO THE ESTATE IN 1973. IN RECOGNITION OF HER EFFORTS IN SERVING THE COMMUNITY, SHE WAS AWARDED WITHI THE GOVERNOR'S COMMENDATION EARLY THIS YEAR.

RESIDENTIAL AREA

MR SUEN ALSO WENT TO AREA 4B WHICH 1S A COMPOSED OF 22 BLOCKS OF PRIVATE BUILDINGS WITH MORE THAN 8,500 RESIDENTS,

TO LEARN MORE ABOUT INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENTS IN TUEN MUN, MR SUEN VISITED THE INDUSTRIAL ZONES IN AREAS 9 AND 12 WHICH COVER A TOTAL AREA OF 23 HECTARES.

THERE ARE ABOUT 2,000 MANUFACTURING FIRMS INVOLVING IN PLASTICS, METAL AND GARMENT INDUSTRIES IN THE TWO AREAS. OVER 50 PER CENT OF THE 25,000 WORKFORCE THERE ARE TUEN MUN RESIDENTS.

THE REGIONAL SECRETARY THEN WENT ΤΟ THE TUEN MUN RURAL COMMITTEE BUILDING AND WAS GREETED BY THE CHAIRMAN, MR LAU WONG-FAT, AND VICE-CHAIRMEN, MESSRS CHAN WING-HING AND то KAM-CHOW. THEY EXCHANGED VIEWS ON DEVELOPMENTS IN VILLAGES AND RELATED IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.

MR SUEN ALSO MET DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS AND OTHER COMMUNITY LEADERS DURING A LUNCHEON.

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