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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1989

SHA TIN FESTIVAL CENTRES ON COMMUNITY BUILDING

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THE MONTH-LONG SHA TIN FESTIVAL, 40 ACTIVITIES, BEGAN TODAY (SUNDAY) AMIDST CHORUS AND 1,000 COLOURFUL RISING BALLOONS.

PROVIDING MORE THAN SINGING BY A 600-STRONG

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE FESTIVAL HELD IN FRONT OF THE SHA TIN TOWN HALL, THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR ADOLF HSU, SAID EVERY SHA TIN RESIDENT SHOULD RE PROUD OF THIS SPIRIT OF ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS.

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SHA TIN HAS BEEN DEVELOPING VERY RAPIDLY IN THE FESTIVE MOOD "OF THIS FESTIVAL, 1T IS GOOD TIME ΤΟ REVIEW THE DISTRICT'S DEVELOPMENT IN THE LAST DECADE AND TO PREPARE FOR FURTHER COMMUNITY -BUILDING WORK IN THE FUTURE, HE SAID.

MR HSU SAID THE SUCCESS FO COMMUNITY BUILDING DEPENDED ON CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND RESIDENTS, AS WELL AS THE ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT OF COMMUNITY LEADERS.

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"GOOD COMMUNICATION AND CO-OPERATION IS VERY VISIBLE IN THE FESTIVAL, THE ORGANISATION OF WHICH INVOLVES MANY DISTRICT BODIES," HE NOTED.

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WHILE WELCOMING ALL SHA TIN RESIDENTS FOR THEIR ARDENT SUPPORT, I HOPE RESIDENTS OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT WILL ALSO TAKE PART IN THE VARIED ACTIVITIES," HE SAID.

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TODAY'S PROGRAMME INCLUDED AN ELDERS' MARKET" A "YOUTH CORNER' AND NINE GAME STALLS STAGED BY THE NINE AREA COMMITTEES IN SHA TIN.

AT THE SAME TIME, IN THE EXHIBITION GALLERY OF THE SHA TIN TOWN HALL, A STATIC DISPLAY ENTITLED "SHA TIN

THE PAST AND THE PRESENT" WAS HELD.

THE EXHIBITION WILL BE OPEN DAILY FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM TILL DECEMBER 21.

DISTRICT RESPONSIBILITIES IN CIVIC EDUCATION

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THE DISTRICT OFFICES AND THE DISTRICT BOARDS ARE TASKED WITH PROMOTING CIVIC EDUCATION AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL, THE CONVENER OF THE RESOURCE CENTRE WORKING GROUP OF THE CIVIC EDUCATION COMMITTEE, MR CHAN WING-TAI, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).

SPEAKING AT A CIVIC EDUCATION CARNIVAL AT THE PLAYGROUND, MR CHAN CITED AS AN EXAMPLE THE SHAM SHUI COMMITTEE ON THE PROMOTION OF CIVIC EDUCATION WHICH WAS THE SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT OFFICE IN SEPTEMBER LAST YEAR.

MAPLE STREET

PO DISTRICT APPOINTED BY

/SINCE THEN

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