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SIR DAVID HAD EARLIER TAKEN PART IN THE YAN CHAI HOSPITAL CHARITY WALK IN TSUEN WAN BY-PASS.
HE SAID ASKED WHETHER HE HAD COMPLETED THE WHOLE ROUTE +WE TOOK A VERY SHORT CUT AT THE VERY FAR END OF THE ROAD.+
THIS WAS BECAUSE HE HAD TO GO HOME TO DO SOME WORK, HE ADDED.
CIVIC EDUCATION KEY TO POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT
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ACTING SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR BARRIE WIGGHAM, SAID THIS (SUNDAY) EVENING THAT THE PUBLIC SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THE IR CIVIC RESPONSIBILITIES AS HONG KONG MOVED FORWARD IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT.
+THE PROMOTION OF CIVIC EDUCATION IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT TASKS FACING US, HE SAID.
MR WIGGHAM POINTED OUT THAT AFTER THE RATIFICATION OF THE SINO-BRITISH JOINT DECLARATION ON THE FUTURE OF THE TERRITORY, HONG KONG WENT STRAIGHT INTO THE TASK OF DEVELOPING POLITICAL REFORM.
+MARCH THIS YEAR SAW THE ELECTIONS TO THE 19 DISTRICT BOARDS, AND LAST MONTH WE HAD OUR FIRST EVER ELECTIONS TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, HE SAID.
+WE HAVE TAKEN THESE FIRST STEPS WITH CONFIDENCE AND HAVE MADE A SUCCESSFUL START ON AN IMPORTANT JOURNEY, HE ADDED.
MR WIGGHAM WAS SPEAKING AT A DINNER PARTY HOSTED BY THE HONG KONG CIVIC ASSOCIATION TO COMMEMORATE ITS 31ST ANNIVERSARY.
HE POINTED OUT THAT THROUGHOUT THE DEVELOPING STAGES OF THE NEW POLITICAL SYSTEM, HONG KONG ENJOYED THE ACTIVE SUPPORT OF THE CIVIC ASSOCIATION.
+ONCE AGAIN I AM SURE WE CAN COUNT ON THE SUPPORT OF THE ASSOCIATION IN PROMOTING CIVIC EDUCATION, HE SAID.
MR WIGGHAM ALSO EXPRESSED HIS PERSONAL CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ASSOCIATION, MR HILTON CHEONG-LEEN, WHO HAD BEEN ELECTED TO THE NEW LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
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