SUNDAY, MARCH 3, 1985
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MUTUAL AID GROUP'S CIVIC ROLE STRESSED
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MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN COMMUNITY BUILDING AND REFLECTING VIEWS OF RESIDENTS ON PROBLEMS AFFECTING THEIR WELL-BEING, ACTING TAI PO DISTRICT OFFICER, MS ANISSA WONG SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE KWONG FUK GALA AND THE OPENING OF MUTUAL AID COMMITTEE OFFICES IN KWONG FUK ESTATE, MS WONG SAID MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES HAD AN EVEN MORE IMPORTANT ROLE TO PLAY, AS HONG KONG MOVED TOWARDS MORE REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT.
SHE SAID THE NEW MAC OFFICES WOULD ENHANCE THE RELATIONSHIP AND UNDERSTANDING AMONG RESIDENTS OF THE ESTATE+.
MS WONG SAID THAT SHE HOPED THE COMMITTEES WOULD CONTINUE TO PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES, AND ENCOURAGED REGISTERED VOTERS +TO GO TO THE POLLS ON MARCH 7 TO CHOOSE A DISTRICT BOARD CANDIDATE WHO CAN GENUINELY REPRESENT THE PEOPLE+.
THE KWONG FUK GALA IS PART OF THE TWO-WEEK TAI PO LUNAR NEW YEAR PROGRAMME ORGANISED BY 13 LOCAL ORGANISATIONS AND SPONSORED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD.
CHILDREN HELP PUBLICISE ELECTIONS
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MORE THAN 100 000 PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN KWUN TONG WILL HELP PUBLICISE THE ELECTION MESSAGE BY BRINGING HOME A LETTER FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT BOARD, MR KEVIN MAK, CALLING ON THEIR PARENTS TO VOTE ON THURSDAY (MARCH 7).
+APART FROM BRINGING A REMINDER TO THE PARENTS, THE EXERCISE WILL ALSO BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR THE STUDENTS TO LEARN ABOUT THE DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS,+ MR MAK SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
IN THE LETTER, PARENTS WILL BE GIVEN A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE WORK OF THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT BOARD.
MEANWHILE, THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICE WILL ALSO DISTRIBUTE PAMPHLETS CONTAINING THE SLOGAN OF THE DISTRICT'S ELECTIONS PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN TO THE PUBLIC HOUSING TENANTS.
MORE THAN 70 PER CENT OF THE POPULATION IN KWUN TONG LIVE IN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES.
+ON POLLING DAY, FOUR BROADCASTING VANS WILL TOUR KWUN TONG FROM 7 AM TO 10.30 PM TO URGE RESIDENTS TO VOTE, MR MAK SAID.
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