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FESTIVE LIGHTING SWITCHED ON IN MONG KOK

THE FESTIVE ILLUMINATIONS IN MONG KOK REFLECT THE ENTHUSIASTIC PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS BY RESIDENTS OF THE DISTRICT, THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR PETER TSAO, SAID THIS (FRIDAY) EVENING.

SPEAKING AT THE SWITCHING-ON CEREMONY OF THE CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR LIGHTING, MR TSAO SAID THE LIGHTING WAS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH CONTRIBUTIONS OF TIME AND MONEY BY RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS CONCERNS IN THE DISTRICT.

WHILE PRAISING THE DISTRICT BOARD FOR ITS ACTIVE SUPPORT IN PROMOTING COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES, MR TSAO ALSO HOPED THAT THROUGH THIS EVENT, ITS TIES WITH LOCAL ORGANISATIONS AND BUSINESS CONCERNS WOULD BE STRENGTHENED RESULTING IN A STRONGER SENSE OF BELONGING LOCAL RESIDENTS.

"THE DISTRICT BOARD ALSO HOPES THAT THE FESTIVE WOULD BRING ABOUT MORE PROSPERITY TO THE DISTRICT.

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"ALL THESE OBJECTIVES COINCIDE WITH THE SPIRIT OF THE GOVERNMENT'S DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION SCHEME, HE SAID.

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THE ILLUMINATIONS COST $800,000 TO MOUNT, AND WERE A JOINT EFFORT, OF THE 1990-91 MONG KOK CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR LIGHTING PROJECT ORGANISING COMMITTEE AND LOCAL BUSINESSES WITH SPONSORSHIP FROM THE DISTRICT BOARD.

COLOURFUL LIGHTS AND BUNTING HAVE BEEN MOUNTED ALONG SECTIONS OF NATHAN ROAD, ARGYLE STREET AND LAI CHI KOK ROAD AND WILL BE SWITCHED ON UNTIL JANUARY 6, AND FROM FEBRUARY 8 TO MARCH 1 FOR THE LUNAR NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONS.

SOCIAL CENTRES ESSENTIAL TO NEEDS OF ELDERLY

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SOCIAL CENTRES SERVE A VERY USEFUL FUNCTION THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SOCIAL ACTIVITIES AND MUTUAL HELP PROGRAMMES TO MEET THE RECREATIONAL AND SOCIAL NEEDS OF THE ELDERLY, THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR M.D. CARTLAND, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

BENEVOLENT

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE CHUNG SING SOCIETY MRS AW BOON HAW SOCIAL CENTRE FOR THE ELDERLY AND THE CHUNG SING BENEVOLENT SOCIETY SOCIAL SERVICE OFFICE AT WO LOK ESTATE, KWUN TONG, MR CARTLAND SAID 55 MORE SOCIAL CENTRES HAD BEEN PLANNED FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

"AT PRESENT, THERE ARE 118 SUCH CENTRES IN THE TERRITORY SERVING THE GREAT MAJORITY OF OUR SENIOR CITIZENS, HE ADDED.

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MR CARTLAND EXTENDED HIS APPRECIATION FOR THE GENEROSITY OF MRS AW BOON HAW, WHO HAD MADE AN IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION

FORM OF A SUBSTANTIAL DONATION TOWARDS THE CAPITAL COSTS OF THE CENTRE OPENED TODAY.

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