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SUNDAY, JUNE 26, 1981
WHEN A NEW DENTAL CLINIC IN ARGYLE STREET IS COMPLETED IN NOVEMBER, THE MAJORITY OF THE SCHOOL CHILDREN IN KOWLOON AND IN THE NEW TERRITORIES WILL BE TAKEN THERE FOR TREATMENT WHILE THE REST AND THOSE ON THE ISLAND SIDE WILL BE TREATED AT THE TANG SHIU KIN SCHOOL DENTAL CLINIC.
THREE OTHER DENTAL CLINICS IN LAM TIN, TSUEN WAN AND SHA TIN ARE BEING PLANNED, SO THAT BY 1985 THE SCHOOL DENTAL CARE SERVICE WILL BE IN FULL OPERATION.
DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION SEMINAR HELD
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ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICE HELD THE FIRST OF A SERIES OF SEMINARS ON DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION TODAY (SUNDAY).
THE SEMINARS ARE INTENDED TO ACQUAINT RESIDENTS OF OUTLYING ISLANDS WITH THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION SCHEME AND TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO TAKE PART IN NEXT YEAR'S ELECTIONS.
TODAY'S WAS HELD AT CHEUNG CHAU RURAL COMMITTEE OFFICE.
ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICER, MR ANDREW FOK, REMINDED RURAL LEADERS AND VILLAGERS OF THE IMPORTANT ROLE THEY WILL PLAY IN THE FUTURE DISTRICT BOARD.
FOR THE COMING DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS, ISLANDS DISTRICT WILL BE DIVIDED INTO SIX CONSTITUENCIES, THREE ON CHEUNG CHAU AND THE OTHERS ON PENG CHAU, LANTAU AND LAMMA/PO TOI.
THERE WILL BE A TOTAL OF 16 POLLING STATIONS THROUGHOUT
THE DISTRICT.
ISLANDS DISTRICT BOARD HAS 18 MEMBERS, COMPRISING SIX OFFICIALS, FOUR UNOFFICIALS AND EIGHT RURAL COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN AS EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS.
IT HAS CULTURE AND RECREATION, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT AND TRANSPORT SUB-COMMITTEES.
MORE THAN 60 MEMBERS OF CHEUNG CHAU RURAL COMMITTEE, LOCAL SPORTS AND INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL ORGANISATIONS ATTENDED THE SEMINAR.
SLIDES, CHARTS AND MAPS WERE ALSO SHOWN, GIVING REGISTRATION DATES, THE DATE OF THE ELECTIONS AND CONSTITUENCY BOUNDARIES. THERE WILL BE 13 SEMINARS IN ALL BETWEEN NOW AND THE END OF JULY.
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