WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1983
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+THEREFORE I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY ONCE AGAIN TO ASK EVERYONE WHO HAS AN INTEREST IN HONG KONG'S EDUCATION SYSTEM, AT WHATEVER LEVEL AND WHETHER PERSONAL OR PROFESSIONAL, TO READ THE REPORT AND LET ME HAVE THEIR VIEWS, + MR TOPLEY SAID.
THE REPORT SAYS THAT EDUCATION IN HONG KONG IS OVER-ADMINISTERED AND UNDER-PLANNED.
MR TOPLEY SAID THAT ALTHOUGH THERE MIGHT WELL BE AREAS WHERE RELAXATION OF DETAILED ADMINISTRATION CONTROL WAS POSSIBLE, THE PRINCIPLES OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY WERE ALSO IMPORTANT.
+ IT IS GOOD TO ADMINISTER WITH A LIGHT HAND, BUT WE HAVE TO FACE THE FACT THAT THINGS WILL GO WRONG OCCASIONALLY AND ONE THEN GETS A SHARP REMINDER OF ONE'S RESPONSIBILITIES FROM THE PUBLIC,+ HE ADDED.
POLL DAY IN QUARRY BAY TOMORROW
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REGISTERED VOTERS IN QUARRY BAY ARE URGED TO TURN OUT FOR TOMORROW'S EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD BY-ELECTION.
THE LAST-MINUTE APPEAL CAME FROM THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, WHO SAID THE EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD HAD ALREADY A TRACK RECORD OF ACHIEVEMENT AND THE BY-ELECTION FOR THE QUARRY BAY CONSTITUENCY CAUSED BY THE ELECTION OF MR KWAN LIM-HO TO THE URBAN COUNCIL WAS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE ELECTORAL PROCESS.
+THE GROWING POPULATION OF QUARRY BAY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHOOSE A CANDIDATE TO REFLECT THEIR NEEDS AND WISHES ON THE DISTRICT BOARD AND I HOPE THE 22 000 REGISTERED ELECTORS OF QUARRY BAY WILL EXERCISE THEIR RIGHT BY COMING OUT TO VOTE,+ HE SAID.
+EVERY SINGLE VOTE WILL COUNT.
+VOTING IS SIMPLE. AN ELECTOR ONLY NEEDS TO BRING ALONG HIS IDENTITY CARD AND GO TO THE POLLING STATION SPECIFIED ON THE POLL CARD AT ANY TIME BETWEEN 7 AM AND 10 PM TOMORROW, + MR AKERS-JONES SAID,
POLLING STATIONS WILL BE SET UP AT THE TAIKOO PRIMARY SCHOOL AND THE HONG KONG CHINESE WOMEN'S CLUB COLLEGE.
COUNTING OF VOTES WILL TAKE PLACE SHORTLY AFTER 10 PM IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM OF THE EASTERN DISTRICT OFFICE.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
A PRESS CENTRE WILL BE OPEN IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM OF THE EASTERN DISTRICT OFFICE AT 884-886, KING'S ROAD, 1ST FLOOR, FROM 7 AM UNTIL THE COUNTING OF VOTES IS OVER TO FACILITATE PRESS COVERAGE OF TOMORROW'S BY-ELECTION. CNTA INFORMATION OFFICERS WILL HANDLE ALL PRESS ENQUIRIES AT 5-630181. MEMBERS OF THE PRESS ARE ALSO WELCOME TO COVER THE COUNTING OF VOTES. RESULTS OF THE ELECTION WILL BE TRANSMITTED THROUGH THE GIS FACSIMILE NETWORK AS SOON AS THEY ARE AVAILABLE.
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