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FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 1987
"DECISION ON THE NUMBERS OF ELECTED AND
APPOINTED MEMBERS OF THE NEXT TERM OF THE DISTRICT BOARDS HAS TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT PUBLIC OPINION EXPRESSED ON THE COMPOSITION OF DISTRICT BOARDS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE GREEN PAPER: 1987 REVIEW OF DEVELOPMENTS IN REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT. THESE NUMBERS, THEREFORE, CAN ONLY BB
PAPER DECIDED AFTER PUBLIC CONSULTATION ON THE GREEN
IS COMPLETED, HE ADDED.
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THE CONSTITUENCY BOUNDARIES OF THE URBAN AND REGIONAL COUNCILS HAVE ALSO BEEN REVISED IN LINE WITH CHANGES ΤΟ THE DISTRICT BOARD CONSTITUENCY BOUNDARIES. DECLARATIONS OF THESE CHANGES WERE ALSO PUBLISHED IN TODAY'S GAZETTE.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
A PRESS BRIEFING ON REVISED DB CONSTITUENCY BOUNDARIES WILL BF HELD AT 4.30 PM TODAY (FRIDAY) IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM OF THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION HEADQUARTERS, 12TH FLOOR, SHIPPING CENTRE, 7 CANTON ROAD, KOWLOON.
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PRESENT AT THE BRIEFING WILL BE A PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, MR PETER TAM, AND ASSISTANT SECRETARY, CONSTITUTIONAL AND ELECTORAL AFFAIRS, MR G.F. WOODHEAD.
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE BRIEFING.
COMMUNITY RESPONSIBILITY AND HUMAN DIGNITY ESSENTIAL IN WELFARE CHARITY
THE RECOGNITION OF RESPECT FOR HUMAN DIGNITY AND COMMUNITY RESPONSIBILITY IS ESSENTIAL IN THE PROVISION
OF SOCIAL WELFARE IN HONG KONG, CHAIRMAN OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE ADVISORY COMMITTEE (SWAC), MR J.P. LEE, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
WHILE GIVING A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE WORKS OF THE SWAC AT A LUNCHEON MEETING OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF KWUN TONG, MR LEE SAID SOCIAL WELFARE IN HONG KONG HAD GROWN AND IMPROVED OVER THE PAST FEW DECADES.
"IT HAS DEVELOPED FROM CARE FOR THE DESTITUTE AND REFUGEES ΤΟ A SYSTEM CATERING FOR DIVERSE SITUATIONS AND NEEDS AS FAR AS RESOURCES ALLOW, AND BUILDING UPON CHARITY, THE RECOGNITION RESPECT FOR HUMAN DIGNITY AND COMMUNITY RESPONSIBILITY.
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