FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 1985
'GOOD NEIGHBOURS' URGED TO STAND FOR ELECTION
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PEOPLE CONSIDERED BY OTHERS AS GOOD NEIGHBOURS SHOULD STAND FOR THE DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS IN MARCH AND CONTRIBUTE TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR BARRIE WIGGHAM SAID TONIGHT (FRIDAY).
+WE NOT ONLY ENCOURAGE THOSE INTERESTED TO STAND FOR ELECTION, BUT ALSO APPEAL TO ALL OF YOU TO CAST YOUR VOTES SO AS TO ELÉCT SOME GOOD NEIGHBOURS, WHO CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THE COMMUNITY, TO BE YOUR GOOD DB MEMBERS, MR WIGGHAM SAID.
HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE MODEL NEIGHBOUR AWARD PRESENTATION CEREMONY, ORGANISED BY THE NEIGHBOUR ADVICE-ACTION COUNCIL, AT THE KO SHAN THEATRE THIS EVENING.
+ IT IS HOPED THAT ALL THOSE DEDICATED TO THE WELL-BEING OF THE COMMUNITY AND INTERESTED IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS WILL REGISTER AS CANDIDATES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, AND THE REGISTERED VOTERS WILL VOTE IN THE ELECTIONS ON MARCH 7,+ MR WIGGHAM SAID.
THE AIMS OF THE MODEL NEIGHBOUR AWARD ARE TO SELECT GOOD NEIGHBOURS WHO ARE WILLING TO HELP EACH OTHER, PARTICULARLY IN TIMES OF ADVERSITY, AND TO MAKE THE PUBLIC AWARE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF NEIGHBOURLINESS.
MR WIGGHAM SAID THE RESULTS OF THE AWARD SCHEME PROVED THAT GOOD NEIGHBOURS WHO SHOWED CONCERN FOR OTHERS AND WERE INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS WILL BE DULY COMMENDED.
+IT IS MY SINCERE HOPE THAT THROUGH THIS MODEL NEIGHBOUR AWARD, MORE CITIZENS WILL BE ENCOURAGED TO PLAY AN ACTIVE ROLE IN COMMUNITY BUILDING AND DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION. SO AS TO MAKE HONG KONG MORE PROSPEROUS AND MORE STABLE, HE SAID.
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VITAL LIAISON ROLE SEEN IN DISTRICT BOARD ****
THE DISTRICT BOARD PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN BREAKING DOWN TRADITIONAL PSYCHOLOGICAL BARRIERS BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE PUBLIC, SENIOR ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER (EASTERN), DR SIMON VICKERS SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
SINCE ITS INCEPTION THREE YEARS AGO, THE EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD HAD CONTRIBUTED MUCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT AND COMMUNITY BUILDING IN THE DISTRICT, AS WELL AS LESS EVIDENT CONSULTATION OVER LOCAL AND TERRITORY-WIDE ISSUES, HE SAID.
+ONE OF ITS ROLES IS TO STRENGTHEN COMMUNICATION WITH THE PUBLIC.
/+AND THE