SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 1984
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CALL FOR VOTER REGISTRATION
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REGISTERING AS A VOTER IS THE FIRST PRACTICAL STEP TO SHOW ONE'S SUPPORT TOWARDS THE EXPANDED DISTRICT BOARDS AND A MORE DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM IN HONG KONG, THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER OF SHAM SHU! PO, MISS REBECCA KO, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE DISTRICT'S PRELIMINARY SINGING CONTEST, SHE REFERRED TO THE RECENT DECISION TO FURTHER DEVELOP LOCAL ADMINISTRATION IN WHICH DISTRICT BOARDS WOULD HAVE MORE ELECTED MEMBERS AND A WIDER MANAGEMENT ROLE AFTER NEXT YEAR'S ELECTIONS.
+ THE WIDENING OF THE SCOPE OF THE BOARDS WILL ENABLE MORE PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION WORK AND MORE MEMBERS' VIEWS COULD BE HEARD, SHE SAID.
REFERRING TO SHAM SHUI PO WHICH IS ONE OF THE MOST DENSELY POPULATED DISTRICTS, WITH 500 000 RESIDENTS, SHE SAID THE DISTRICT HAD HAD VARIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL AND TRAFFIC PROBLEMS, AND WAS FACED WITH AN ACUTE SHORTAGE OF PUBLIC FACILITIES AND AMENITIES.
+1981 SAW THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A DISTRICT BOARD HERE. SINCE THEN, THROUGH ITS CLOSE COOPERATION WITH VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND THE DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE, TREMENDOUS ACHIEVEMENTS HAVE BEEN BROUGHT ABOUT BY THE BOARD IN THE AREA OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT, AND THE PROVISION OF CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES, SHE SAID.
+SUCH ACHIEVEMENTS COULD NOT HAVE BEEN ATTAINED WITHOUT THE PARTICIPATION AND SUPPORT OF OUR RESIDENTS WHOSE CONCERN AND ADVICE PLAY A KEY ROLE.
+YOUR ACTIVE RESPONSE TO THE CALL FOR REGISTRATION AND VOTING FOR NEXT YEAR'S DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS WILL, ON THE ONE HAND, MEAN EXERCISING YOUR CIVIL RIGHT AND, ON THE OTHER HAND, MANIFEST YOUR FAITH AND SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR HONG KONG.+
TWELVE AMATEUR SINGERS PERFORMED IN TONIGHT'S GATHERING, WHICH ALSO FEATURED A MAGIC SHOW AND MODERN DANCES.
THE WINNER WILL REPRESENT SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT IN A SEMI- FINAL TO BE HELD ON AUGUST 11 AT THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY HALL.
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SHAM SHUI PO ARTS ASSOCIATION, MR KWOK CHEONG, WAS ALSO PRESENT AT TONIGHT'S CONTEST WHICH WAS ORGANISED BY THE LOCAL DISTRICT OFFICE, RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG AND SING TAO NEWSPAPERS LIMITED.
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