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THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1984
MR LEE SAID HE WAS AMAZED TO HEAR THAT ALMOST ALL OF THE DEVELOPMENTS IN KWAI CHUNG TOOK IN THE LAST 30 YEARS.
HE PRAISED THE GOVERNMENT FOR ITS +FORESIGHT, PLANNING AND HARD WORK+, AND CONGRATULATED ALL RESIDENTS AND ENTREPRENEURS WHO HAD HELPED BUILD KWAJ CHUNG.
EARLIER, THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT COMMISSIONER, MR ADOLF HSU ALSO OKE ON HOW KWAI CHUNG EVOLVED FROM A SMALL VILLAGE IN THE EARLY 18TH CENTURY TO A BUSY TOWN OF THE 1980'S.
HE POINTED OUT THAT SINCE 1961, KWAI CHUNG HAS BEEN TURNING FROM A RURAL AREA INTO AN IMPORTANT INDUSTRIAL AREA AND A WORLD- FAMOUS CONTAINER TRANSPORT CENTRE BESIDES BEING A MAJOR NEW TOWN IN HONG KONG.
WITH ITS 440 000 PEOPLE, KWAI CHUNG IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PROVIDING A LARGE, SUITABLY TRAINED, WORKFORCE.
+ITS RAPID DEVELOPMENT HAS MADE KWA CHUNG THE MOST FULLY- FLEDGED NEW TOWN IN HONG KONG AND SEEN BOTH ITS INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE FLOURISH. KWAI CHUNG'S PRESENT PROSPERITY REFLECTS THE JOINT EFFORTS OF GOVERNMENT AND THE RESIDENTS, HE SAID.
MR HSU ADDED THAT THE LOCATION OF THE NEW HEADQUARTERS WAS IDEAL AND PUBLIC TRANSPORT IN THE VICINITY WAS MORE THAN ADEQUATE.
CALL FOR MORE VOTERS
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MORE PEOPLE MUST BE ENCOURAGED TO REGISTER AS VOTERS THIS YEAR SO THAT MORE RESIDENTS CAN ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE, EITHER AS CANDIDATES OR VOTERS, IN NEXT YEAR'S TERRITORY-WIDE DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS.
THE DISTRICT OFFICER FOR KWAI CHUNG AND TSING YI, MR TAM WING-PONG, SAID THIS TONIGHT AT A NEW YEAR DINNER PARTY ATTENDED BY COMMUNITY LEADERS FROM VARIOUS LOCAL ORGANISATIONS.
+WE MUST DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF ELECTORS IN ORDER TO RAISE PEOPLE'S INTEREST IN DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, HE SAID.
+THE IR ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN THE 1985 ELECTIONS WILL HELP MAKE THE DISTRICT BOARD A LOCAL GOVERNMENT ORGANISATION OF ABSOLUTE REPRESENTATIVENESS.
STRESSING THAT THIS IS NOT AN EASY TASK, MR TAM SAID IT COULD NOT BE ACCOMPLISHED ONLY BY THE DISTRICT BOARD OR DISTRICT OFFICE.
ORGANISATIONS SUCH AS VARIOUS AREA COMMITTEES AND MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES SHOULD ALSO PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE BY SPREADING THE MESSAGE OF DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION TO RESIDENTS IN THEIR DISTRICT.
+THIS WILL ENABLE THE TERRITORY'S ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM TO SUCCESSFULLY MARCH INTO A NEW ERA,+ HE SAID.
/MR TAM