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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1990

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DAY CAMP TO PROMOTE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION

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COMMUNITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES HELP TO

PROMOTE THE SPIRIT OF

MUTUAL HELP, THE REGIONAL SECFETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR DAVID LAN SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).

THE

DISTRICT MR LAN

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF ADMINISTRATION DAY CAMP AT THE LEI YUE MUN HOLIDAY VILLAGE, SAID COMMUNITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES PROVIDED OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESIDENTS TO GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER, AND HELPED STRENGTHEN THEIR SENSE OF BELONGING TO THE COMMUNITY.

"IT IS HOPED THAT

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THE INDIFFERENT ATTITUDE OF CITY PEOPLE BE BROKEN THROUGH TAKING PART IN ACTIVITIES AND SHARING EXPERIENCES.

COULD

'THEY ARE ENCOURAGED TO CARE FOR EACH OTHER AND THEIR AWARENESS OF THE ESSENCE OF GREGARIOUS LIFE IS AROUSED. MR LAN SAID.

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"I AM PLEASED TO SEE THAT MEMBERS OF THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT BOARD AND AREA COMMITTEES WORK CLOSELY TO PROMOTE THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION SCHEME BY ORGANISING THIS DAY CAMP, HE ADDED.

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THE CAMP WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT BOARD, THE DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE URBAN COUNCIL.

PART

MORE THAN 470 RESIDENTS FROM 15 AREAS IN THE DISTRICT TOOK IN THE EVENT AND ENJOYED THE WIDE RANGE OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES IN THE HOLIDAY VILLAGE. THERE WERE ALSO TELEMATCHES ON THE THEME OF DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION.

ALSO ATTENDING THE DAY CAMP WERE KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR CHRIS WAN, AND DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR LAM HANG-FAI.

DEC ORDERS-ON-HAND, EMPLOYMENT AND PAYROLL FIGURES RELEASED

IN DECEMBER 1989, THE AVERAGE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND

REPORTED BY THE 200

LARGEST

MANUFACTURING COMPANIES SHOWED LITTLE CHANGE WHEN COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1989 BUT DECREASED BY 2 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH DECEMBER

1988, ACCORDING TO THE RESULTS OF A SURVEY RELEASED TODAY (SUNDAY) DEPARTMENT.

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STATISTICS

BY THE CENSUS

AVERAGE VOLUME

OF

COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1989, THE ORDERS-ON-HAND IN DECEMBER 1989 INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY. OVER THE SAME PERIOD, THE ORDERS POSITION SLIGHTLY IN THE TEXTILES INDUSTRY, AND SHOWED ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY.

IMPROVED

THE

IN LITTLE CHANGE

/ON THE