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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1988

IN ADDITION, THE COMMITTEE WILL CONSIDER ALLOCATING FUNDS FOR ORGANISING A SEMINAR FOR THE DISTRICT'S SEVEN AREA COMMITTEES TO DISCUSS VARIOUS ISSUES.

OTHER ITEMS ON THE AGENDA INCLUDE FUND APPLICATIONS FROM LOCAL ORGANISATIONS FOR HOLDING COMMUNITY PROJECTS.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

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DISTRICT IN THE CENTRE,

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE MEETING OF THE SOUTHERN BOARD'S COMMUNITY BUILDING COMMITTEE ON MONDAY (NOVEMBER DB CONFERENCE ROOM, SECOND FLOOR, MEI FUNG COURT, ABERDEEN NAM NING STREET, ABERDEEN. THE MEETING WILL BEGIN AT 2.30 PM.

PLEASE NOTE THAT DISCUSSION ON APPLICATIONS FOR FUNDS WILL NOT BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

CONCERT HIGHLIGHTS CONCLUSION OF DISTRICT ARTS FESTIVAL

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THE WONG

ΤΑΙ SIN DISTRICT ART'S FESTIVAL '88 CAME ΤΟ A SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION WITH A CHINESE ORCHESTRAL CONCERT HELD IN THE NGAI CHI WAN CIVIC THEATRE THIS (SATURDAY) EVENING.

JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT ARTS COUNCIL AND THE URBAN COUNCIL WITH SPONSORSHIP FROM THE DISTRICT BOARD AND SIK SIK YUEN, THE FESTIVAL FEATURED 23 DIFFERENT CULTURAL EVENTS DURING THE PAST TWO WEEKS.

SPEAKING AT THE CLOSING CEREMONY, WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR NG HON-WAH, SAID THAT THE WONG ΤΑΙ SIN DISTRICT ARTS COUNCIL, IN ORGANISING THE FESTIVAL, NOT ONLY BOOSTED THE DISTRICT'S ARTISTIC ATMOSPHERE, BUT ALSO ACTIVELY ENDEAVOURED TO RAISE RESIDENTS' APPRECIATION OF ARTS.

NOTING THAT PROMOTION OF ARTS WAS A LONG-TERM REQUIRING SUSTAINED EFFORTS BEFORE SUCCESS WAS IN SIGHT, HE FESTIVAL HAD STIMULATED CULTURAL ACTIVITIES IN WONG ΤΑΙ MATURITY.

"I HOPE THAT IN THE FUTURE MORE SIMILAR ACTIVITIES HELD TO FURTHER PROMOTE CULTURE IN THE DISTRICT," HE ADDED.

PROJECT SAID THE SIN INTO

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DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, DR LEE YUK-KWAN, SAID THAT THE BOARD WAS ENDEAVOURING TO PROMOTE CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES IN THE DISTRICT WITH REGULAR ACTIVITIES.

CO-OPERATION WITH COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS WITH A VIEW TO PROMOTING A SENSE OF BELONGING AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AMONG LOCAL RESIDENTS, WAS ALSO AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF THE DB'S EFFORTS, HE SAID.

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