BUNDAY, AUGUST 18, 1985
EACH LIFEBUOY IS PAINTED WITH A NOTICE WHICH SAYS, *LIFEBUOY FOR EMERGENCY USE, PLEASE DON'T DAMAGE+ TO WARN THE PUBLIC NOT TO VANDALISE.
THE SPOKESMAN NOTED THAT MOST OF THE TEN TEMPORARY LIFEBUOYS PUT UP ALONG THE PROMENADE A FEW MONTHS AGO WERE STOLEN.
+IT IS BELIEVED THAT PEOPLE TOOK AWAY THE LIFEBUOYS MERELY FOR FUN AS THEY ARE NOT OF MUCH USE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
+WE APPEAL TO THE PUBLIC TO EXERCISE THE IR CIVIC RESPONSIBILITIES SINCE THE LIFEBUOYS ARE MEANT TO SAVE LIVES. IT WILL BE A PUBLIC DISGRACE TO DAMAGE OR STEAL PUBLIC PROPERTY AND TO WASTE TAXPAYERS' MONEY.
+ IN THE ABSENCE OF A RESPONSIBLE ATTITUDE BY SOME SELFISH MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. RIGID ENFORCEMENT ACTION WILL BE INEVITABLE. ANYONE FOUND STEALING OR DAMAGING THE LIFEBUOYS WILL BE PROSECUTED, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
SEARCH FOR ELECTORS CONTINUES ****
ELIGIBLE ELECTORS SHOULD SIGN UP DURING THE CURRENT VOTER REGISTRATION EXERCISE SO THAT THEY CAN VOTE IN THE URBAN COUNCIL ELECTIONS NEXT YEAR AND IN FUTURE DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS, WAN CHAI DISTRICT OFFICER, MR ROGER GARCIA, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
+ THE PIVOT OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT RESTS IN THOSE WHO ARE BEING REPRESENTED AND IT IS ONLY THE PEOPLE, WHO AS RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS, COULD MAKE THE SYSTEM OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT WORK EFFECTIVELY, HE SAID.
DURING THE SEVEN-WEEK CAMPAIGN, THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT OFFICE WOULD CONDUCT HOUSEHOLD VISITS, ORGANISE BUS AND TRAM PARADES, AND SEND LETTERS TO RESIDENTS, SCHOOLS AS WELL AS OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN THE DISTRICT URGING PEOPLE TO REGISTER AS VOTERS, HE ADDED.
MR GARCIA WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF A FUN FAIR, ORGANISED BY THE BAPTIST 01 KWAN SOCIAL SERVICE AND SUBSIDISED EY THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT BOARD.
MR GARCIA NOTED THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE VARIOUS ORGANISATIONS AND PRAISED THEIR EFFORTS IN PROMOTING THE WELFARE OF THE DISTRICT.
WAN CHAI RESIDENTS WOULD CERTAINLY BENEFIT FROM SUCH CONTINUING CO-OPERATION, HE SAID.
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