SUNDAY, APRIL 6, 1980
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THE NEW MEMBERS IN SAI KUNG DISTRICT ARE MRS ANITA CHAN, PRINCIPAL OF SAI KUNG HANG HAU SECONDARY SCHOOL MR CHOW TIN-SANG CHAIRMAN OF SAI KUNG KAI FONG ASSOCIATION FATHER NICHOLAS RUGGIERO OF SAI KUNG CATHOLIC CHURCH AND SUPERVISOR OF SUNG TSUN MIDDLE SCHOOL- MR WILLIAM WAN, A MEMBER OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, AND A MEMBER OF THE ANTIQUITIES ADVISORIES BOARD- MR YAU KOON-KAU, PRINCIPAL OF LUNG TANG PRIMARY SCHOOL AND MR CHIU CHUN-BONG, CHAIRMAN OF PO LEUNG KUK FOR 1980/81.
WITH THE SPLITTING OF TAI PO AND NORTH DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD INTO TWO SEPARATE BOARDS, SIX NEW MEMBERS HAVE BEEN APPOINTED TO TA PO DAB. THEY ARE MR POON CHUN-KAU, PRINCIPAL OF MOK SAU CHUN SCHOOL- MR MICHAEL LAI, HEAD OF ST CHRISTOPHER'S HOME= MR CARLOS CHEUNG, AN ARCHITECT- MR HUNG CHEUNG-HO, HEADMASTER OF TAI PO PRIMARY SCHOOL AND A FOUNDER MEMBER OF THE NT SCHOOLS' SPORTS ASSOCIATION MR YU KWAN, A DOCTOR AND MR HO YUNG-SANG VICE-CHAIRMAN OF TAI PO RURAL COMMITTEE. THE THREE NEW MEMBERS OF NORTH DAB ARE MR CHAN CHEE-CHUNG, A DENTIST- MR CHONG KAM-NING, CHAIRMAN OF SHEUNG SHUI SPORTS ASSOCIATION AND MR KO KIM-CHING, A BUSINESSMAN IN SHEUNG SHUI.
MRS IVY WU, 1980/81 CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF YAN CHAI HOSPITAL, IS NEWLY APPOINTED TO TSUEN WAN DAB, TOGETHER WITH MR WONG DAI-HEI, FISHERMEN'S REPRESENTATIVE OF MOON TSAI-TONG, AND MISS ALICE YUK, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SHENG KUNG WUI MACLEHOSE CENTRE.
THE NEW APPOINTEES TO TUEN MUN DAB ARE: MR AUGUSTINE NG CHEUK-TAI, DIRECTOR OF MARDEN FOUNDATION CARITAS SOCIAL CENTRE- MR SELWYN MA, A BUSINESSMAN AND MR CHAN WU-CHING, MANAGER OF A LARGE COMPANY.
TWO NEW APPOINTMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO YUEN LONG DAB. THEY ARE MR NATHAN MA NING-HEI, PRINCIPAL OF LUTHERAN MIDDLE SCHOOL- AND MR SUEN HING-PING, MANAGER OF YUEN LONG BRANCH OF THE CHARTERED BANK.
A NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION SPOKESMAN SAID SOME OF THE APPOINTMENTS WERE TO FILL VACANCIES CAUSED BY RETIREMENTS.
HE SAID THE NUMBER OF DAB MEMBERS HAD BEEN INCREASED FROM 140 IN 1979/80 TO 160 IN THE CURRENT YEAR.
DABS WERE FIRST ESTABLISHED IN NOVEMBER, 1977, WITH THE FOLLOWING TERMS OF REFERENCE:
* TO ADVISE ON MATTERS AFFECTING THE WELL BEING
OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE DISTRICT.
* TO ADVISE ON THE PROVISION AND USE OF PUBLIC
FACILITIES WITHIN THE DISTRICT, IN PARTICULAR:
(I) ON THE ADEQUACY AND PRIORITIES OF THE
PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMME FOR THE DISTRICT-
(11) ON THE USE OF FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR
EXPENDITURE WITHIN THE DISTRICT UNDER THE LOCAL PUBLIC WORKS VOTE.
TO UNDERTAKE,
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