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+THEY CAN OBTAIN FORMS FROM ANY DISTRICT OFFICE AND MAKE THE IR APPLICATION IN PERSON TO THE REGISTRATION AND ELECTORAL DIVISION, HE SAID.
MR CHAN POINTED OUT THAT THE URBAN COUNCIL'S WORK COVERS THE DEVELOPMENT AND ORGANISATION OF SPORTS, RECREATION, ARTS AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES AND THE MANAGEMENT OF AMENITIES ALL OF WHICH ARE CLOSELY RELATED TO THE LIVELIHOOD OF THE PUBLIC AT LARGE.
+THE STAGING OF THIS ATHLETICS MEET, FOR EXAMPLE, WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE WORK AND THE VENUE PROVIDED BY THE COUNCIL, HE SAID.
THE 10TH SOUTHERN DISTRICT ATHLETICS MEET WAS SPONSORED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD, AND CO-ORGANISED BY THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT RECREATION AND SPORTS COUNCIL, THE URBAN COUNCIL AND THE ROTARY CLUB OF HONG KONG SOUTH.
A HIGHLIGHT OF THE PROGRAMME THIS MORNING WAS A 4 BY 100-METRE INVITATION RELAY RACE BETWEEN DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS AND GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE.
HANDBOOK ON YUEN LONG REVISED WITH MORE DETAILS *****
THE YUEN LONG RESIDENTS' HANDBOOK HAS BEEN REVISED AND WILL GIVE NEW AND EXISTING RESIDENTS A BETTER KNOWLEDGE OF THE DISTRICT.
THE HANDBOOK, FIRST PRINTED IN 1983, HAS BEEN REVISED WITH MORE INFORMATION AND PHOTOGRAPHS ABOUT YUEN LONG WHICH HAS DEVELOPED RAPIDLY IN THE PAST TWO YEARS.
IT PROVIDES INFORMATION ON FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS IN YUEN LONG INCLUDING SOCIAL SERVICES, RECREATION AND SPORTS, TRANSPORT AND PUBLIC HOUSING.
A CHAPTER ON TIN SHUI WAI TELLS OF PLANS TO BUILD THE NEW TOWN WHICH WILL HOUSE 135 000 PEOPLE IN THE 1990'S.
IT ALSO TELLS ABOUT THE TRANSFORMATION OF YUEN LONG FROM A RURAL COMMUNITY TO A MODERN NEW TOWN WHICH HAS NOT LOST ITS COUNTRY CHARM,
THE CHAPTER ON RURAL COMMITTEE TELLS HOW RESIDENTS OF THE SIX 'HEUNGS' COMPRISING 138 VILLAGES LIAISE WITH EACH OTHER. THE STRUCTURES OF THE RURAL COMMITTEES AND THEIR EFFORTS TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN PEOPLE AND GOVERNMENT ARE ALSO DESCRIBED.
THERE IS