XN000022-1991-10-02 — Page 2

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1991

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GOVERNOR CONGRATULATES CHINESE YMCA OF HK ON ITS 90TH ANNIVERSARY

THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, THIS (WEDNESDAY) BVRNING PRAISES THE CHINESE YMCA OF HONG KONG FOR SETTING AN EXAMPLE CHRISTIAN CARING.

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"IT IS AN EXAMPLE OF GREAT VALUE IN TODAY'S HONG KONG. WB ARE LIVING THROUGH FASCINATING TIMES. THE OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES BEFORE US ARE EXHILARATING," THE GOVERNOR SAID, WHEN ADDRESSING THE 90TH ANNIVERSARY DINNER OF THE ASSOCIATION.

HE POINTED OUT THAT IF WE WERE TO MAKE THE BEST OF THEM. WE NEEDED THE KIND OF COMMITMENT TO SERVICE AND TO COMMUNITY VALUES WHICH THE ASSOCIATION ENCOURAGED IN ITS MEMBERS.

"FOR IT IS BY RESPECTING THE RIGHTS OF ALL IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND BY CARING FOR THE YOUNG AND THE LESS FORTUNATE, THAT WE CAN MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG, HE SAID.

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AND THEIR THE GOVERNOR NOTED THAT MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION

SERVED PREDECESSORS HAD

THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG IN MANY, MANY DIFFERENT WAYS OVER THE YEARS AND THAT THEY HAD REDIRECTED THEIR EFFORTS WHERE NECESSARY TO MEET THE CHANGING NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.

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SERVICES PROVIDED BY MEMBERS INCLUDED PROMOTING civic EDUCATION, RUNNING SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY, DEVELOPING A NETWORK

WATERLOO CENTRES, AND BUILDING A MAJOR NEW EDUCATION CENTRE ON

YOUTH

ROAD.

PRESENT, AND

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SIR DAVID CONGRATULATED MEMBERS, BOTH PAST MANY YEARS OF SERVICE AND ACHIEVEMENT AND WISHED THEM VERY BEST IN THEIR FUTURE SERVICE.

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REHOUSING RESPONSIBILITY GIVEN TOP PRIORITY BY LDC

THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION HAS GIVEN THE HIGHEST PRIORITY TO ITS REHOUSING RESPONSIBILITY, THE ACTING CHIEF SECRETARY, MR GRAHAM BARNES, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE CORPORATION'S FIRST REHOUSING PROPERTY IN SAI YING PUN, MR BARNES SAID FROM THE OUTSET, THE CORPORATION APPRECIATED ITS RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THOSE AFFECTED BY ITS REDEVELOPMENT SCHEMES.

'ALL OVER THE WORLD YOU CAN SEE THE PROBLEMS WHICH HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY THE WHOLESALE SHIPPING OUT OF THE EXISTING OWNERS AND TENANTS CLEARED FROM PROPERTIES," HE SAID.

/MR BARNES