MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 1981
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DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION SURVEY IN TSUEN WAN
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ABOUT 2 000 HOUSEHOLDS IN TSUEN WAN WILL TAKE PART IN A SURVEY ON DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION AND DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS.
THE SURVEY WILL BE THE THIRD CONDUCTED BY TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICE TO COLLECT RESIDENTS' VIEWS ON THE SCHEME AND THE ELECTIONS.
IT WILL TAKE PLACE ON THURSDAY (AUGUST 20).
ABOUT 200 VOLUNTARY WORKERS, ASSISTED BY LIAISON OFFICERS AND COMMUNITY ORGANISERS, WILL ASK HOUSEHOLD ABOUT THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF THE DISTRICT BOARD, THEIR WILLINGNESS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ELECTION AND THEIR CONFIDENCE IN DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION.
RESULTS WILL BE PUBLISHED AT THE END OF THIS MONTH.
SIMILAR SURVEYS WERE HELD IN MAY AND JUNE THIS YEAR WHEN ABOUT 1 200 PEOPLE WERE INTERVIEWED.
RESULTS FROM THE FIRST SURVEY SHOWED THAT MORE THAN 40 PER CENT OF TSUEN WAN RESIDENTS WERE AWARE OF THE SCHEME AND THE ELECTIONS. THIS ROSE TO 65 PER CENT IN THE SECOND SURVEY.
REGISTRATION OF VOTERS FOR DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS BEGINS ON SEPTEMBER 1.
LAUNCH PICNIC FOR SHAM SHUI PO WORKERS
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INDUSTRIAL WORKERS FROM THE SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT WILL BE ABLE TO ENJOY A LAUNCH PICNIC IN SAI KUNG ON SUNDAY (AUGUST 23).
THE LAUNCH PICNIC IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE SHAM SHUI PO CITY DISTRICT OFFICE, LAI CHI KOK AND UN CHAU AREA COMMITTEE AND THE TING TAI WAH CHONG METAL MANUFACTURING CO. LTD.
+THE AIM OF THE PICNIC IS TO INTRODUCE THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION SCHEME AND DISTRICT BOARD ELECTION TO INDUSTRIAL WORKERS IN THE DISTRICT THROUGH RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES, A SPOKESMAN OF THE SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT OFFICE SAID.
THE PROGRAMME FOR THE DAY WILL INCLUDE SWIMMING, FISHING, WATER GAMES, A QUIZ, A LUCKY DRAW, AND TALKS ON DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION AND DISTRICT BOARD ELECTION.
AMONG THOSE PRESENT WILL BE MR ISAAC CHOW, DISTRICT OFFICER (SHAM SHUI PO), AND OTHER COMMUNITY LEADERS.
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