WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1981
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EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD INAUGURATED
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THE EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD, THE FIRST TO BE SET UP ON HONG KONG ISLAND, WAS INAUGURATED TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
SPEAKING IN CANTONESE AT THE INAUGURAL MEETING, THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR DENIS BRAY CALLED FOR WHOLE-HEARTED SUPPORT FOR THE REGISTRATION OF VOTERS IN SPRING NEXT YEAR.
IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT CANDIDATES WHO ARE PREPARED TO STAND FOR ELECTION BE IDENTIFIED AND PERSUADED TO TAKE THE PLUNGE, HE SAID.
THE DISTRICT BOARD HAS 12 MONTHS TO LAY THE FOUNDATIONS OF DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION WHICH WILL PROVIDE CONTINUITY FOR THE NEXT BOARD DUE TO ASSEMBLE AFTER THE DISTRICT ELECTIONS IN OCTOBER 1982.
MR BRAY SAID THE EASTERN DISTRICT HAD RECENTLY BEEN FACED WITH THE COMPLICATIONS OF LARGE SCALE DEVELOPMENT OF ITS TRANSPORT AND TRAFFIC INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE SHAPE OF THE ISLAND EASTERN CORRIDOR AND THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY ISLAND LINE, AS WELL AS THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF QUARRY BAY AND CHAI WAN.
+THE RAMIFICATIONS OF THESE DEVELOPMENTS WILL PRESENT A CHALLENGE TO THE DISTRICT BOARD WHICH MUST SEEK TO ENSURE THAT THE TRADITIONAL IS NOT SWEPT AWAY BY THE NEW AND THE NEW IS NOT UNDULY DELAYED BY SHORTS IGHTED DEMANDS TO MAINTAIN THE STATUS QUO, + HE SAID.
TOP ICS DISCUSSED AT THE MEETING INCLUDED THE FUNCTIONS AND TERMS OF REFERENCE OF THE DISTRICT BOARD, ITS FINANCIAL POSITION AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THREE COMMITTEES TO DEAL WITH ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT, AS WELL AS COMMUNITY, TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT MATTERS.
ALSO PRESENT AT THE MEETING WERE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE URBAN COUNCIL, MR HILTON CHEONG-LEEN- THE DIRECTOR OF HOME AFFAIRS, MR GRAHAM BARNES- AND THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR, MR ALBERT LAM.
MORE PARKING SPACES RE-OPENED IN HUNG HOM
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A FURTHER 180 PARKING SPACES ON THE FIFTH AND SIXTH FLOORS OF THE HUNG HOM MULTI-STOREY CAR PARK WILL BE RE-OPENED FOR PUBLIC USE FROM 8 AM ON SATURDAY (OCTOBER 31).
THIS BRINGS TO 748 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES AVAILABLE IN THE CAR PARK,
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