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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1989

DINNER FOR 1.000 SENIOR RESIDENTS

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ABOUT 1,000 SENIOR DISTRICT WERE TONIGHT RESTAURANT.

RESIDENTS

(FRIDAY)

FROM THE TREATED TO

CENTRAL A DINNER

AND

AT

A

WESTERN LOCAL

MANY ALSO WON ATTRACTIVE PRIZES IN A

GRAND LUCKY DRAW AFTER

THE MEAL.

THE FESTIVAL,

DINNER WAS WITH ORGANISING COMMITTEE

OFFICER, MR STEPHEN

A

BEING PART OF THE CURRENT DISTRICT FESTIVAL FINANCED MAINLY BY THE DISTRICT

SPONSORSHIP FROM THE DISTRICT BOARD AND THE DISTRICT OFFICE.

SPEAKING BEFORE THE DINNER, THE DISTRICT FISHER, WELCOMED THE ELDERLY TO THE GATHERING WHICH HE DESCRIBED AS "HARMONIOUS AND HAPPY" OCCASION.

"YOU ALL DESERVE THE TREAT AFTER SO MANY YEARS OF TO THE COMMUNITY," HE TOLD THE PARTICIPANTS.

CONTRIBUTION

GENERATION TO

MAINTAIN

THE DISTRICT OFFICER ALSO CALLED ON THE YOUNGER

ELDERLY IN

то ORDER BE MORE CONSIDERATE OF THE FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS.

WERE THE REGIONAL

AND NAI-SIK,

SOCIAL CHAIRMAN

ALSO ATTENDING THE DINNER

KWOK OFFICER HONG KONG ISLAND), MR KENNEDY TOWN/MOUNT DAVIS AREA COMMITTEE, MR CHOW YIN-SUM.

AMICABLE

WELFARE OF THE

STUDENTS URGED TO BE CIVIC-MINDED

THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR CHRIS WAN, TODAY (FRIDAY) URGED STUDENTS OF NING PO COLLEGE TO BE MORE CIVIC-MINDED, AND TO PUT INTO PRACTICE WHAT THEY HAVE LEARNED ABOUT CIVIC AND MORAL EDUCATION.

SPEAKING AT THE SCHOOL'S GRADUATION CEREMONY. MR WAN DREW THE ATTENTION OF THE STUDENTS TO EXAMPLES OF UNCIVIC-MINDED BEHAVIOUR HE HAD WITNESSED.

THESE EXAMPLES INCLUDED OBSTRUCTION BY SHOP-KEEPERS OF A PAVEMENT IN KWUN TONG, A YOUNG MAN SCRAMBLING FOR A SEAT AHEAD OF A CHILD IN AN MTR TRAIN, AND PASSENGERS ELBOWING THEIR WAY ABOUT IN AN MTR TRAIN. HE ALSO REFERRED TO A WOMAN TEACHER WHO WAS KILLED BY A FALLING BRICK IN NORTH POINT.

MR WAN TOLD THE STUDENTS: "I AM SURE THAT CIVIC AND MORAL EDUCATION FORMS AN INTEGRAL PART OF YOUR SCHOOL CURRICULUM. HOWEVER. ACTION IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN WORDS. I URGE YOU TO PRACTISE WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED.

I

/HE SAID