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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1987
NEW DISTRICT OFFICER LEARNS ABOUT HIS DISTRICT
WAN CHAI DISTRICT OFFICER, MR ALLAN CHOW, TODAY (THURSDAY) VISITED THE METHODIST CENTRE IN HENNESSY ROAD AS PART OF HIS FAMILIARISATION TOUR OF THE DISTRICT.
MR CHOW, WHO TOOK UP THE POST EARLIER THIS MONTH, SAID AFTER THE VISIT THAT FAMILIARISATION TOURS WERE HELPFUL TO HIS WORK AS THEY GAVE HIM THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN, AT FIRST-HAND, THE MANY ASPECTS AND PROBLEMS OF THE DISTRICT.
MR CHOW EXPRESSED DELIGHT AT BECOMING THE DISTRICT ONE OF THE FASTEST DEVELOPING DISTRICTS AND ADDED PARTICULARLY HAPPY TO BE INVOLVED IN THE RUNNING OF WAN TIME WHEN IT IS EVOLVING FROM AN OLD URBAN AREA TO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT FULL OF ACTIVITIES.
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MR CHOW NOTED THAT WAN CHAI, LIKE MANY OTHER DISTRICTS, HAD ITS FAIR SHARE OF PROBLEMS SUCH AS TRAFFIC CONGESTION, ENVIRONMENTAL AND BUILDING MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS, AND THE PRESENCE OF STREET SLEEPERS AND ILLEGAL HAWKERS,
"ALTHOUGH THERE MAY NOT BE QUICK SOLUTIONS ΤΟ THESE DIFFICULTIES, THE DISTRICT OFFICE HAS, AND WILL CONTINUE TO STRIVE ΤΟ BRING ABOUT IMPROVEMENT, SAID MR CHOW.
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HE POINTED OUT THAT THE ARRIVAL LATER THIS YEAR OF A BUILDING MANAGEMENT CO-ORDINATION TEAM WOULD DEFINITELY HELP FACILITATE BETTER MANAGEMENT OF PRIVATE BUILDINGS IN THE DISTRICT.
TURNING TO THE PEOPLE OF WAN CHAI, THE NEW DISTRICT OFFICER SAID HE WAS VERY IMPRESSED BY THE CONCERN AND DEVOTION TO DISTRICT AFFAIRS SHOWN BY MEMBERS OF THE DISTRICT BOARD AND AREA COMMITTEES DURING HIS MEETINGS WITH THEM, AND HE LOOKED FORWARD TO WORKING CLOSELY WITH THEM.
ITS EFFORTS
AT PRESENT, THE DISTRICT OFFICE WAS CONCENTRATING ON THE VOTER REGISTRATION CAMPAIGN AND THE RESPONSE SO FAR WAS FAVOURABLE WITH MORE THAN 5,000 NEW ELECTORS HAVING RETURNED THEIR VOTER REGISTRATION FORMS TO THE DISTRICT OFFICE SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE CAMPAIGN IN MID-AUGUST, MR CHOW SAID.
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