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FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 1981
EDUCATIONAL STANDARD NO BAR TO DISTRICT BOARD WORK
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A LOW EDUCATIONAL STANDARD SHOULD NOT STAND IN THE WAY OF ANYONE INTERESTED IN TAKING PART IN DISTRICT BOARD WORK.
TSUEN WAN'S ACTING TOWN MANAGER, MR LUI HAU-TUEN, SAID THIS TODAY (FRIDAY) DURING A SPEECH TO THE LOCAL Y'S MEN'S CLUB.
HE SAID GOVERNMENT WELCOMED PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE, WHO WERE INTERESTED IN SERVING THE COMMUNITY, TO TAKE PART IN DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION WORK,
MR LUI DREW MEMBERS' ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT WAS NOT A CRITERIA GOVERNING EITHER VOTING IN OR STANDING AS A CANDIDATE FOR THE ELECTIONS.
+GOVERNMENT FEELS THAT EAGERNESS TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, HE SAID.
+WE WELCOME ANYONE INTERESTED IN COMMUNITY WORK, WHO CARES FOR THE PEOPLE AND IS WILLING TO WORK FOR THEM,+ HE STRESSED.
SOME PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE A LOW EDUCATIONAL STANDARD, HE SAID YET MORE OFTEN THEY WERE WELL INFORMED OF THE NEEDS OF RESIDENTS THROUGH THE IR DAILY CONTACTS.
+THEY KNOW WHERE IMPROVEMENT IS NEEDED AND THIS IS THE TYPE OF PERSON REQUIRED ON DISTRICT BOARDS, HE SAID.
REGISTRATION OF VOTERS WILL BE BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 1 AND OCTOBER 11, WHILE NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES WILL TAKE PLACE BETWEEN JANUARY 15 AND FEBRUARY 9, 1982.
THE ELECTION DATE IS MARCH 4, 1982.
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