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FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 1988
CALL FOR SUPPORT TO DB ELECTIONS
TODAY
THE
KAM-KWONG, CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR LAM (FRIDAY) REMINDED RESIDENTS THAT THE NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES FOR
AND WOULD DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS IN MARCH WOULD START ON JANUARY 8 LAST UNTIL FEBRUARY 1.
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HE URGED CIVIC-MINDED RESIDENTS TO NOMINATE ABLE CANDIDATES
TO ENABLE A STAND FOR ELECTION IN THE INTEREST OF THE COMMUNITY AND MORE EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF THE DISTRICT BOARDS.
CEREMONY AT THE OPENING APPEAL MR LAM
THE MADE DISTRICT'S NEW YEAR CARNIVAL HELD AT BLAKE GARDEN AT PO HING SHEUNG WAN THIS AFTERNOON.
OF THE FONG IN
HE ADDED THAT REGISTERED VOTERS WHO HAD LIVED IN HONG KONG 10 YEARS OR MORE WERE ELIGIBLE FOR NOMINATION.
FOR
COMMENDED HE ALSO
THE DISTRICT
BOARD
FOR
ITS
EFFORTS
IN
PROMOTING COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT ACTIVITIES.
TOOK RESIDENTS MORE THAN 500 FEATURED CHORAL SINGING, CHILDREN GAMES AND STALL GAMES.
PART
THE IN
CARNIVAL,
WHICH
OFFICE, URBAN THE EVENT WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE DISTRICT
THE COUNCIL, SHEUNG WAN AREA COMMITTEE AND YMCA WITH SPONSORSHIP FROM
CULTURE AND ARTS (CENTRAL DISTRICT BOARD, DISTRICT ASSOCIATION FOR AND WESTERN) AND A LOCAL ORGANISATION.
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GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY CONTINUES
THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT WILL CONTINUE THE GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY IN JANUARY TO MARCH 1988.
THE SURVEY,
TO CONDUCT
AND THE
SINCE AUGUST 1981. COLLECTS MONTHLY CONDUCTED INFORMATION ON EMPLOYMENT, UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT, GENERAL SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE POPULATION.
EXPENDITURE
ON HONG KONG RESIDENTS' IN ADDITION, QUESTIONS
VIEWS ON TELEVISION PERFORMANCE, ON CULTURAL PREFERENCE ABROAD:
OF FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION SERVICE; WEATHER PROGRAMME AND AWARENESS
IN HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE ON RENT; GAS SAFETY AND ELECTRICAL ACCIDENTS
JANUARY TO MARCH HOUSEHOLDS WILL ALSO BE INCLUDED IN THE QUARTER OF 1988.
SOME 5,000 HOUSEHOLDS ARE SELECTED AT RANDOM ALL DISTRICTS FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE SURVEY.
EACH MONTH FROM
/ABOUT HALF .............