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WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1981
THE WORK, COSTING ABOUT $2.5 MILLION, WILL START IN THE
IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE BERTH WILL BE READY FOR
NEXT FEW DAYS.
USE IN SEPTEMBER.
SPEAKING AFTER THE SIGNING CEREMONY, MR NG SAID THAT THE GOVERNMENT WOULD PROVIDE A TEMPORARY BUS TERMINUS AND A COVERED WALKWAY NEAR THE BERTH TO PROTECT THE PASSENGER FROM RAIN AND SHINE.
MEANWHILE, PLANS ARE IN HAND TO BUILD A PERMANENT PIER AT
THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE NEW TOWN.
+DESIGN WORK HAS ALREADY BEGUN AND THE PIER IS EXPECTED TO SE READY BY THE END OF 1983, + MR NG SAID.
SHA TIN TO HOLD SEMINAR ON DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION
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SHA TIN DISTRICT OFFICE IS ORGANISING A SEMINAR TO INCREASE LOCAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM.
IT WILL BE HELD AT LEK YUEN COMMUNITY HALL ON MAY 28 (THURSDAY) AT 8.30 PM.
SPEAKERS WILL INCLUDE THE SHA TIN ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFF ICER. MR AUGUSTINE CHENG, AND A CHINESE UNIVERSITY LECTURER IN GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, MR ANDREW WONG, WHO IS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE DISTRICT BOARD,
BESIDES OUTLINING THE SCHEME, THE SPEAKERS WILL ANSWER QUESTIONS.
A SPOKESMAN FOR SHA TIN DISTRICT OFFICE SAID THE SEMINAR WAS PART OF THE CAMPAIGN IN THE NEW TOWN TO ENCOURAGE INTEREST IN THE NEW PATTERN OF DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, WHICH IS INTENDED TO CREATE MORE AND BETTER COMMUNICATION BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE.
THE NEW SYSTEM WILL ALSO GIVE PEOPLE A MORE DIRECT SAY ON GOVERNMENT SERVICES AND POLICIES AFFECTING THEIR DISTRICTS AND ENSURE THAT THE IR NEEDS ARE IDENTIFIED AND DEALT WITH EFFECTIVELY, HE SAID.
UNDER THE NEW SCHEME, DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES OF SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND DISTRICT BOARDS COMPRISING BOTH UNOFFICIAL AND OFFICIAL MEMBERS WILL BE FORMED.
UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES DISTRICT BOARDS WILL INCLUDE DIRECTLY ELECTED AND APPOINTED MEMBERS AND RURAL COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN.
ELECTIONS TO THESE BOARDS WILL BE HELD IN MARCH, 1982, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
HE ADDED THAT SHA TIN WILL BE DIVIDED INTO FOUR CONSTITUENCIES, WHICH WILL ELECT TWO MEMBERS EACH TO THE DISTRICT BOARD.
HE SAID CONSTITUENCY BOUNDARIES WILL BE ANNOUNCED SOON.
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