SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1984
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YOUTHS CIVIC EFFORT URGED
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THE PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, MR C.M. LEUNG TODAY (SUNDAY) URGED YOUNG PEOPLE TO BE MORE ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN PROMOTING DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION.
SPEAKING AT THE FINALS OF THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION QUIZ COMPETITION, MR LEUNG SAID: WITH THE EVOLVEMENT OF THE POLITICAL SYSTEM IN HONG KONG, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF DISTRICT BOARDS, THE REGIONAL COUNCIL, AND THE PROPOSED INTRODUCTION OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT, ARE INSTANCES OF THE CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION.+
+THE GOVERNMENT KEEPS ON PROVIDING MORE CHANNELS AT DISTRICT, REGIONAL AS WELL AS CENTRAL LEVELS FOR THE PUBLIC TC EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS AND TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE TERRITORY, SO THAT IT WILL BE MADE MORE DIRECTLY ACCOUNTABLE TO THE PEOPLE,+ HE ADDED.
+ IT IS IMPERATIVE FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF HONG KONG, AS MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, TO SUPPORT, AND TO TAKE PART IN PROMOTING DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, HE SAID.
MR LEUNG STRESSED THE INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT ROLE OF THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION AND THE DISTRICT BOARDS.
+ACCORDING TO PROPOSALS IN THE GREEN PAPER ON REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT, DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITIES TO BE ELECTED TO THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS, THUS ENABLING THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN THE FORMULATION OF POLICIES, + HE SAID.
TODAY'S DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION QUIZ COMPETITION WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION AND A LOCAL CHINESE NEWSPAPER TO PROMOTE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION AMONG YOUTHS AND TO STIMULATE THEIR ACTIVE PARTICIPATION.
AFTER KEEN COMPETITION, GIFFEN CHENG EMERGED AS THE WINNER TAKING THE FIRST PRIZE OF A COMPUTER DONATED BY THE ST. LOUIS GROUP OF SCHOOLS. THE THREE RUNNERS-UP WERE TSOI YEE-HANG, SILVIA LEE AND STANLEY AU WHO RECEIVED A TYPEWRITER, A CAMÉRA AND A CALCULATOR.
ALSO PRESENT AT THE EVENT WERE LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR MRS PAULINE NG CHOW MEI-LIN, CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT BOARD MEMBER, MR LEE TAT-YU; THE SUPERVISOR OF THE ST LOUIS GROUP OF SCHOOLS, REV PATRICK DEANE AND THE ADVISORS OF THE COMPETITION MR WONG MUNG-HEA OF SING TAO WAN PAO AND MR CHEUNG CHOK-LEUNG OF THE EXPRESS.
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