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SUNDAY, AUGUST 30, 1981
DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION WELL KNOWN IN TSUEN WAN
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ABOUT SIX OUT OF 10 TSUEN WAN RESIDENTS ARE AWARE OF THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION SCHEME, ACCORDING TO A SURVEY CONDUCTED RECENTLY.
AND MORE THAN 20 PER CENT OF THOSE WHO KNOW OF THE SCHEME SAY THEY WILL REGISTER AS VOTERS FOR THE DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS. REGISTRATION STARTS ON TUESDAY (SEPTEMBER 1) AND CONTINUES UNTIL OCTOBER 12.
THE SURVEY WAS THE LAST OF THREE CONDUCTED BY TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICE TO FIND OUT RESIDENTS' UNDERSTANDING OF DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION AND DISTRICT BOARDS.
ABOUT 2 000 RESIDENTS WERE INTERVIEWED, OF WHOM 1 183 ( OR 59 PER CENT) SAID THEY KNEW OF THE SCHEME.
OF THESE, 864 (OR 73 PER CENT) SAID THEY BELIEVED THE SCHEME COULD HELP IMPROVE THEIR LIVING ENVIRONMENT≈ 842 (OR 71 PER CENT) AGREED DISTRICT BOARDS COULD REFLECT PUBLIC OPINION- AND 259 (OR 22 PER CENT) SAID THEY WOULD REGISTER AS VOTERS.
A DISTRICT OFFICE SPOKESMAN SAID THE LATEST SURVEY WAS ON A LARGER SCALE AND WAS MORE COMPREHENSIVE.
+DISTRICT BOARD ELECTION IS STILL A RELATIVELY NEW CONCEPT BUT THE RESPONSE SO FAR, AS SHOWN FROM THE SURVEY, IS QUITE PROMISING.
+OF COURSE IT TAKES TIME TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC, HE SAID.
SURVEYS CONDUCTED IN MAY AND JUNE WHEN A TOTAL OF 1 200 RESIDENTS WERE INTERVIEWED SHOWED THAT ABOUT 40 TO 60 PER CENT OF TSUEN WAN PEOPLE WERE AWARE OF THE SCHEME.
NEW GAMES HALL FOR KWAI CHUNG
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ANOTHER INDOOR GAMES HALL WILL SHORTLY BE BUILT AT KWAI CHUNG TO PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL VENUE FOR RECREATIONAL AND SPORTS ACTIVITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE AREA.
THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS INVITING TENDERS FOR THE SITE FORMATION AND PILING WORKS FOR THE PROJECT.
A PWD SPOKESMAN SAID THE HALL, TO BE BUILT ON A 2 800-SQUARE- METRE SITE AT WO HOP ROAD, WOULD HAVE A GAMES AREA MEASURING 36 METRES BY 36 METRES, THREE SQUASH COURTS, TWO GAMES ROOMS, A SPECTATOR STAND AND CHANGING FACILITIES.
WORK ON THE SITE FORMATION AND PILING WILL BEGIN IN OCTOBER AND WILL TAKE ABOUT SIX MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
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