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MONDAY, APRIL 24, 1989

DB COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY ACTIVITIES

DISTRICT BOARD

THE COMMUNITY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE OF THE ISLANDS WILL MEET TOMORROW (TUESDAY) TO DISCUSS ACTIVITIES PROPOSED ΤΟ COMMEMORATE WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY (WED) 1989.

PROPOSED ACTIVITIES LEADING UP

ΤΟ JUNE 5 WHICH HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS WED 89, INCLUDE THREE PLANTING, MURAL PAINTING, WALLBOARD DESIGN COMPETITION AND COLOURING COMPETITION.

MEMBERS WILL ALSO DISCUSS THE KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN CAMPAIGN 1989/90, A PROPOSED CIVIC EDUCATION CAMP FOR YOUNG ISLANDERS DURING THE SUMMER, AND EXAMINE THE POSSIBILITY OF PUBLISHING A NEWSPAPER THE ISLANDS DISTRICT,

FOR

OTHER ITEMS ON THE AGENDA INCLUDE RECEPTION OF TELEVISION SIGNALS IN SUN KEI PANG AND SUN SHA PANG IN ΤΑΙ 0, LANTAU AND THE ALLOCATION OF DISTRICT BOARD FUNDS FOR COMMUNITY AFFAIRS ACTIVITIES WHICH AMOUNT TO $107,000 IN THE CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED то COVER THE ISLANDS DISTRICT BOARD'S COMMUNITY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE MEETING STARTING AT 2 PM TOMORROW (TUESDAY) IN THE ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICE CONFERENCE ROOM, 20TH FLOOR, HARBOUR BUILDING, 38 PIER ROAD, CENTRAL.

CCY MEMBERS VISIT GIRLS' HOME

IMPRESSED FOLLOWING

MEMBERS OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE ON YOUTH (CCY) WERE BY THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT THEIR VISIT TO THE MA TAU WEI GIRLS' HOME IN HO MAN TIN THIS (MONDAY) AFTERNOON.

THEY LEARNED THAT IN ADDITION TO EXISTING FACILITIES OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES IN CLASS-ROOMS AND PRE-VOCATIONAL WORKSHOPS, (SEWING, HANDICRAFT AND DOMESTIC SCIENCE), BEAUTY THERAPY AND OFFICE-PRACTICE CLASSES WOULD BE INCLUDED TO WIDEN THE CHOICE OP SKILL-LEARNING.

ACCOMPANIED BY THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR KWOK KA-CHI, THE CCY MEMBERS, MR CHAN CHEUK, MR HUI CHIU-YIN AND MRS C.K. KONG, WERE BRIEFED ON THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS OF THE HOME WHICH PROVIDES TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION FOR GIRLS AGED BETWEEN SEVEN AND UNDER 21.

/MR KWOK