SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 18
PEOPLE URGED TO STAND FOR ELECTIONS
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KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFF ICER, MR KEVIN MAK, TODAY (SATURDAY) URGED CIVIC-MINDED PEOPLE IN THE DISTRICT - PARTICULARLY WORKERS AND PROFESSIONAL TO STAND FOR THE DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS ON MARCH 7.
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+AS MORE THAN HALF THE POPULATION IN KWUN TONG ARE WORKERS, IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT THE BOARD SHOULD HAVE REPRESENTATIVES WHO CAN PROVIDE SOUND ADVICE ON MATTERS CONCERNING THE WORKERS, + MR MAK SAID.
+ THOSE WHO UNDERSTAND THE PROBLEMS AND NEEDS OF THE WORKERS ARE, THEREFORE, THE IDEAL CHOICE TO REPRESENT THEIR INTERESTS, HE ADDED.
MR MAK SAID IT WAS ENCOURAGING TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE, INCLUDING COMPANY DIRECTORS, DRIVERS, SOCIAL WORKERS AND A CONSTRUCTION WORKER, AMONG THE 30 WHO SIGNED UP TO CONTEST THE 20 ELECTED SEATS IN THE LOCAL DISTRICT BOARD.
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+HOWEVER, PEOPLE LIKE HOUSEWIVES, DOCTORS, LAWYERS HAVE YET TO PUT THEIR NAMES ON THE LIST, MR MÁK CONTINUED.
+ I HOPE THEY WOULD GIVE SERIOUS THOUGHT TO STANDING AS DE CANDIDATES AND SERVING THE COMMUNITY.+
+AS THE PERIOD FOR THE NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES IS DRAWING TO AN END, THOSE WHO WANT TO HELP BUILD A BETTER COMMUNITY, SHOULD NOT MISS THE CHANCE, HE URGED.
CANDIDATE TURNOUT +ENCOURAGING+
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+ABOUT 40 PEOPLE INTERESTED IN SERVING THE COMMUNITY HAD SIGNED UP TO RUN FOR THE 18 ELECTED SEATS IN THE EASTERN DISTRICT. + EASTERN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR LUI HAU-TUEN, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
THIS WAS +VERY ENCOURAGING+, HE SAID.
+THESE CANDIDATES COME FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE, RANGING FROM PEOPLE IN THE LEGAL, EDUCATION, COMMERCIAL, MEDICAL, ENGINEERING AND JOURNALISTIC PROFESSIONS, TO HOUSEWIVES AND THE MAN IN THE STREET, HE SAID.
+SOME OF THE CANDIDATES ARE LONG TIME RESIDENTS IN THE DISTRICT, WHILE A FEW ARE WELL KNOWN KAIFONG AND LOCAL LEADERS, OR MEMBERS OF
UTUAL AID COMMITTEES AND OWNERS CORPORATIONS.+
MR LUI ALSO URGED OTHERS INTERESTED IN RUNNING FOR THE ELECTIONS TO SUBMIT THEIR NOMINATIONS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
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