TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1983
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FESTIVE LIGHTING IN CAUSEWAY BAY
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+HAPPY NEW YEAR+ GREETINGS - DECORATED BY 4 000 LIGHT BULBS LIT UP THE TOP OF CAUSEWAY BAY MAGISTRACY BUILDING THIS (TUESDAY) EVENING, HERALDING THE FESTIVAL ONLY FOUR DAYS AWAY.
THE SEASONAL LIGHTING DECORATION, MADE POSSIBLE WITH A CONTRIBUTION OF $50 000 FROM THE EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD AND $5 000 FROM PRIVATE DONATIONS, WILL BE ON NIGHTLY UNTIL FEBRUARY 27.
OFFICIATING AT TODAY'S SWITCH-ON CEREMONY AT THE CAUSEWAY BAY KAI FONG WELFARE ASSOCIATION WERE THE EASTERN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR H.T. LUI: ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICERS, MR C.C. WAN AND MR MATTHEW CHEUNG AND MEMBERS OF THE DISTRICT BOARD AND LOCAL AREA COMMITTEES.
ELECTORS URGED TO VOTE
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DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION CAN ONLY BE SUCCESSFUL WITH THE FULL PARTICIPATION OF LOCAL PEOPLE AND GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, THE EASTERN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR H.T. LUI, SAID TODAY.
+WITH THE DISTRICT BOARDS FULLY IN OPERATION, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT ALL ELIGIBLE REGISTERED ELECTORS VOTE FOR THEIR URBAN COUNCILLORS ON MARCH 8, HE ADDED.
MR LUI WAS ADDRESSING 100 PARTICIPANTS AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE EASTERN DISTRICT YOUTH LEADERSHIP TRAINING SCHEME ON DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, WHICH WILL LAST ONE AND A HALF MONTHS.
*THE URBAN COUNCIL LOOKS AFTER AMENITY AFFAIRS, CULTURAL FACILITIES, HAWKERS AND MARKETS, ABATTOIRS, CLEANSING SERVICES AND RESTAURANTS THE FACILITIES AND SERVICES THAT AFFECT THE DAILY LIFE OF THE PEOPLE IN HONG KONG,+ HE SAID.
+CO-OPERATING WITH THE URBAN COUNCIL, THE DISTRICT BOARDS CAN MAXIMISE THEIR USEFULNESS TO THE LOCAL PEOPLE.+
THE TRAINING SCHEME, JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD, DISTRICT OFFICE, SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND LOCAL VOLUNTARY AGENCIES, AIMS AT TRAINING YOUTHS WHO WILL HELP GOVERNMENT OFFICERS AND PÅRT TIME COMMUNITY ORGANISERS TO PROVIDE SERVICES AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL.
IT CONSISTS OF 15 LECTURES COVERING SUCH TOPICS AS DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, EASTERN DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT, LEADERSHIP AND COMMITTEE WORK, PLANNING OF COMMUNITY PROJECTS, INTER-PERSONAL RELATIONS IP, MANAGEMENT AND SOCIAL CHANGES.
IN ADDITION,