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FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR NEIGHBOURHOOD ACTIVITIES

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RESIDENTS ORGANISATIONS IN SOUTHERN DISTRICT CAN NOW APPLY THEIR AREA COMMITTEES FOR SUBSIDIES FOR ORGANISING NEIGHBOURHOOD ACTIVITIES.

UNDER A "BLOCK ALLOCATION SCHEME", AREA COMMITTEES IN SOUTHERN HAVE BEEN ENTRUSTED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD'S COMMUNITY BUILDING AND AFFAIRS COMMITTEE (CBAC) TO VET APPLICATIONS FOR DB FUNDS FROM MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES, RESIDENTS' ASSOCIATIONS AND OTHER RESIDENTS' BODIES.

"A TOTAL OF $100,000 HAS BEEN EARMARKED FOR ALLOCATION TO THESE ORGANISATIONS THROUGH THE SEVEN AREA COMMITTEES IN THE DISTRICT," A DB SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).

"THE CBAC WILL CONSIDER THE RECOMMENDATIONS BY THE AREA COMMITTEES AND MAKE GRANTS TO THE APPLICANT ORGANISATIONS DIRECT,

HE ADDED.

THE MAXIMUM GRANT IS $1,800. HOWEVER, FOR PURE ENTERTAINMENT FUNCTIONS SUCH AS PICNICS, BARBECUES AND VEGETARIAN MEALS, THE MAXIMUM GRANT WOULD BE $1,000.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE SCHEME AIMS ΤΟ STRENGTHEN THE TIES AMONG THE DISTRICT BOARD, AREA COMMITTEES AND RESIDENTS' ORGANISATIONS, AND TO ENCOURAGE LOCAL RESIDENTS TO ORGANISE MORE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT ACTIVITIES.

CAN BE

MADE THE TO

SUB-OFFICES,

ENQUIRIES ABOUT APPLICATION PROCEDURES AREA COMMITTEES DIRECT, OR TO THE DISTRICT OFFICE OR ITS OR BY TELEPHONING MISS WINNIE CHONG ON 554 0271.

ISLANDS DB STUDY TOUR TO THAILAND

AN ISLANDS DISTRICT BOARD OVERSEAS

STUDY GROUP, LED BY THR

DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR LAM WAI-KEUNG, LEFT TODAY (THURSDAY) FOR A SEVEN-DAY VISIT TO THAILAND.

MR KIM SALKELD, ACCOMPANIED BY THE ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICER,

MRS MARINA SECRETARY,

WOODHEAD. THE GROUP AND THE DISTRICT BOARD COMPRISED BIGHT DB MEMBERS, FOUR CO-OPTED MEMBERS AND SOME LOCALS.

EMPHASIS MR LAM SAID THAILAND WAS CHOSEN BECAUSE THE COUNTRY'S

TO THAT OF THE ISLANDS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF TOURISM WAS SIMILAR DISTRICT.

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