WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1981
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SCHOOL PRINCIPALS URGED TO VOTE IN ELECTIONS
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SECONDARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS IN TSUEN WAN AND KWAI CHUNG DISTRICTS WERE TODAY (WEDNESDAY) ENCOURAGED TO REGISTER AND VOTE IN NEXT YEAR'S DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS.
THE APPEAL CAME FROM TSUEN WAN TOWN MANAGER, DR JAMES HAYES, AND KWAI CHUNG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR FRED TING, OVER LUNCH WITH ABOUT 30 PRINCIPALS.
+WE HOPE THAT THROUGH YOUR SUPPORT TEACHERS AND STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT WILL BETTER UNDERSTAND THE DISTRICT BOARD AND ITS WORK, MR TING SAID.
HE ALSO TOLD THEM THAT BY ENCOURAGING EVERYONE TO REGISTER AND VOTE IN THE ELECTIONS THEY WOULD BE HELPING BOTH GOVERNMENT AND LOCAL ASSOCIATIONS TO MAKE TSUEN WAN A BETTER PLACE IN WHICH TO LIVE AND WORK.
DR HAYES SAID AT THIS STAGE LOCAL TEACHERS EXPERIENCED WITH ASSOCIATIONS AND IN DISTRICT WORK SHOULD BE SERIOUSLY THINKING OF STANDING FOR ELECTION,
THEY WERE ALREADY SHARING IN SUB-COMMITTEE WORK OF THE DISTRICT BOARD AND IN ORGANISING LOCAL CAMPAIGNS AND THE ANNUAL TSUEN WAN ARTS AND SPORTS FESTIVALS,
+ IF THEY COULD STAND FOR ELECTION I FEEL THEY WOULD HAVE AN EVEN MORE VALUABLE ROLE TO PLAY IN THE COMMUNITY LIFE OF TSUEN WAN. PERSONS WHO ALREADY KNOW SOMETHING OF OUR WORK HAVE MOST TO GIVE, SAID DR HAYES.
FOR THE ELECTIONS, TSUEN WAN WILL BE DIVIDED INTO 10 CONSTITUENCIES, WITH SIX IN KWAI CHUNG, ONE ON TSING YI ISLAND AND THREE IN TSUEN WAN, TO INCLUDE MA WAN AND NORTH LANTAU.
REGISTRATION OF VOTERS WILL TAKE PLACE BETWEEN AUGUST 31 AND OCTOBER 11 AND THE ELECTION ON MARCH 4, 1982.
AT PRESENT TSUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD HAS A MEMBERSHIP OF 30. THE NEW BOARD WILL HAVE 37 MEMBERS. COMPRISING 11 OFFICIALS, FOUR EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS, 12 APPOINTED MEMBERS AND 10 ELECTED
UNOFFICIALS.
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