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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7, 1982
+ALL THESE ARE MATTERS WHICH AFFECT THE DAILY LIVES OF RESIDENTS, THAT IS TO SAY, YOUR WELL-BEING AND MINE, HE SAID.
THE GROWING COMPLEXITY OF PRESENT-DAY PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED 4. RAPID ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CHANGES HAVE CALLED FOR A STRENGTHENING OF THE GOVERNMENT AT DISTRICT LEVEL, MR LAM POINTED OUT.
+A CENTRAL GOVERNMENT MACHINERY ACTING ALONE IS NO LONGE
ADEQUATE,+ HE SAID,
IT WAS AGAINST THIS BACKGROUND THAT A NEW DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION SCHEME WAS BROUGHT INTO BEING.
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THE SCHEME INVOLVES THE SETTING UP OF A DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE AND A DISTRICT BOARD IN EACH OF THE 10 DISTRICTS IN URBAN AREAS AND EIGHT IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
A DMC COMPRISES SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS WORKING IN THE DISTRICT CONCERNED WHILE A DB CONSISTS OF BOTH OFFICIAL AND UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS.
+BY INVOLVING PEOPLE WHO LIVE OR WORK IN THE DISTRICT, WE HOPE TO HAVE THE BEST ADVICE ON HOW THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD DEPLOY_ITS RESOURCES TO DEAL WITH PROBLEMS WHICH PEOPLE IN THE DISTRICT CONSIDER DESERVE PRIORITY ATTENTION, + MR LAM SAID.
IN THE URBAN AREAS, DISTRICT BOARDS HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED IN ALL THE 10 CITY DISTRICTS, BUT AT THE MOMENT THEY ONLY CONSIST OF MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR, URBAN COUNCILLORS AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS. THE ELECTED MEMBERS HAVE YET TO BE ELECTED IN SEPTEMBER.
*THAT IS WHY WE ARE CURRENTLY ENGAGED IN A MAJOR REGISTRATION CAMPAIGN OF VOTERS, MR LAM SAID.
*ANY REGISTERED VOTER WHO HAS BEEN ORDINARILY RESIDENT IN HONG KONG FOR 10 YEARS OR MORE IS ABLE TO STAND FOR ELECTION, + HE ADDED.
TO DO SO, A CANDIDATE NEEDS 10 SIGNATURES ON HIS NOMINATION FORM INCLUDING A PROPOSER AND A SECONDER, AND HE CAN RUN FOR ANY
CONSTITUENCY.
THE PERIOD FOR NOMINATION WILL BE IN AUGUST THIS YEAR, HE SAID.