SUNDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1982
RESIDENTS URGED TO CONTACT DB MEMBERS ON DISTRICT MATTERS ****
THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR GRAHAM BARNES, TODAY (SUNDAY) APPEALED TO LOCAL RESIDENTS TO GET INTO THE HABIT OF CONTACTING THEIR DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS TO MAKE THE IR VIEWS KNOWN ON LOCAL ISSUES.
HE WAS ADDRESSING SOME 3 000 KOWLOON CITY RESIDENTS AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE DISTRICT FESTIVAL HELD AT THE KOWLOON TSAI PARK THIS AFTERNOON.
MR BARNES SAID: +FROM NOW ON, YOUR DISTRICT BOARD WILL HAVE THE SERVICE OF BOTH APPOINTED AND ELECTED MEMBERS.
+THERE IS EVERY REASON TO BELIEVE THAT THEY WILL WORK TOGETHER IN A DOWN-TO-EARTH MANNER TO REFLECT THE NEEDS AND VIEWS OF LOCAL RESIDENTS.
+MAKE IT A HABIT TO CONTACT YOUR DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS, BE THEY APPOINTED OR ELECTED, WHENEVER YOU WANT TO MAKE KNOWN YOUR OPINIONS ON DISTRICT MATTERS.
+ IF YOU FEEL THAT A LARGE-SCALE COMMUNITY ACTIVITY SUCH AS THE ONE BEING HELD HERE TODAY IS WORTH PROMOTING, YOU SHOULD TELL THEM SO THAT ACTIVITIES OF THIS KIND CAN BE ORGANISED IN FUTURE FOR THE ENJOYMENT OF RESIDENTS.+
THE MONTH-LONG FESTIVAL, BY FAR THE LARGEST DISTRICT-WIDE ACTIVITY ORGANISED IN KOWLOON CITY, WILL INCLUDE PARADES, SPORTS AND HORTICULTURE DEMONSTRATIONS, PHOTOGRAPHIC, DRAWING AND ESSAY COMPETITIONS, DRAGON DANCE, SINGING, DANCING AND BAND PERFORMANCES, VARIETY SHOWS, GAMES STALL, PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITIONS AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES.
IN ADDITION TO BRINGING ENTERTAINMENT AND ENJOYMENT TO THE RESIDENTS, IT AIMS TO CULTIVATE A SENSE OF BELONGING TO KOWLOON CITY, AS WELL AS AROUSE INTEREST IN LOCAL AFFAIRS AND SUPPORT FOR THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION SCHEME.
+TO ORGANISE SUCH A FUNCTION ON THIS SCALE REQUIRES THE WHOLEHEARTED CO-OPERATION AND FULL SUPPORT OF ALL CONCERNED,+ MR BARNES SAID IN THANKING THE VARIOUS LOCAL ORGANISATIONS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND THE DISTRICT BOARD FOR MAKING THE FESTIVAL A SUCCESS.
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