WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1984
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MAKING BOARD WORK BETTER KNOWN
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TUEN MUN RESIDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO KNOW BETTER THE WORK OF THE IR LOCAL DISTRICT BOARD, AT AN OPEN SEMINAR ON FRIDAY (SEPTEMBER 7).
ORGANISED BY THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT OFFICE AND TUEN MUN DISTRICT BOARD, THE SEMINAR WILL START AT 8 PM AT THE YAN OI TOWN SQUARE.
IT IS PART OF THE VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVE, AND WILL ALSO HELP PROMOTE THE IMAGE OF THE DISTRICT BOARD,
PANELISTS AT TOMORROW'S SEMINAR WILL INCLUDE THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR RICKY FUNG AND SIX CHAIRMEN OF THE BOARD'S COMMITTEES.
APART FROM BRIEFING RESIDENTS ON THE BOARD'S ACTIVITIES, PANEL WILL ALSO ANSWER QUESTIONS FROM THE FLOOR.
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TEAMS HELP SWELL VOTER LIST ***
WORKERS IN A GARMENT FACTORY IN KWUN TONG WERE GIVEN TIME OFF THIS MORNING TO REGISTER AS VOTERS.
LOCAL DISTRICT OFFICE STAFF VISITED CROCODILE GARMENTS LIMITED TO BRIEF WORKERS ON DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION AND TO EXPLAIN WHAT
IT MEANS TO BE A VOTER.
A DISTRICT BOARD MEMBER, MR LAM LEUNG-KI, WHO IS ALSO AN EMPLOYEE AT THE FACTORY, AND MR PETER LOO, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE INDUSTRIAL AREA COMMITTÉE, HELPED WORKERS TO REGISTER.
SO FAR, THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICE HAS BEEN ABLE TO ADD 37 000 VOTERS TO THE 120 000 ALREADY ON THE REGISTER.
AND IN THE JADE MARKET IN YAU MA TEI, THERE WAS KEEN RESPONSE TO THE VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVE CARRIED OUT BY A TEAM OF DISTRICT OFFICE STAFF, MEMBERS OF THE DISTRICT BOARD AND THE AREA COMMITTEE.
THE GROUP OF 20 PERSONS IN THE TEAM VISITED THE 410 STALLS IN THE MARKET AND HELPED ALL PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO REGISTER.
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