TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1988

"THE VERY REAL ACHIEVEMENTS MADE IN THIS AREA ARR OVERLOOKED. THESE ISSUES HAVE MUCH LESS MEDIA DISPUTES, BUT MUCH MORE BEARING POPULATION, HE SAID.

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FREQUENTLY

POLITICAL HONG KONG'S

THAN APPEAL ON THE WELL-BEING OF

BERN HE POINTED TO THE STEPS THAT HAD VARIOUS FREEDOMS

IN TRAVEL

TAKEN

TO

ENSURE THAT

FOR EXAMPLE IN ECONOMIC MATTERS, IN EDUCATION WERE MAINTAINED.

AND

THERE

SIR DAVID CONCLUDED BY SAYING HE HAD SOUGHT TO SHOW THAT WAS MUCH MORE TO THE TRANSITION PERIOD THAN THE DEVELOPMENT OF WAS, REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT, IMPORTANT THOUGH THAT ISSUE CERTAINLY AND HE EMPHASISED AGAIN THAT THE ADMINISTRATION TOOK SERIOUSLY ITS DUTY TO MAINTAIN AND DEVELOP HONG KONG.

NOMINATIONS FOR DB ELECTIONS CLOSE NEXT WEEK

NOMINATIONS OF CANDIDATES FOR

THE 1988 DISTRICT BOARD 416 CANDIDATES

ELECTIONS WILL CLOSE MONDAY (FEBRUARY 1) AND SO FAR HAVE ALREADY SENT IN THEIR NOMINATION PAPERS THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR DONALD LIAO, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).

MR LIAO REMINDED CIVIC-MINDED PEOPLE WHO WISH TO STAND FOR THE ELECTIONS TO SUBMIT THEIR NOMINATION PAPERS EARLY AS THERE WAS ONLY FOUR MORE WORKING DAYS BEFORE THE END OF THE NOMINATION PERIOD.

"I HOPE TO SEE MORE PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE TO STAND FOR THE ELECTIONS," HE SAID.

"OUR INITIAL ANALYSIS INDICATES THAT THOSE WHO HAVE REGISTERED AS CANDIDATES SO FAR COME FROM A WIDE CROSS-SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY.

THE OTHER

"ABOUT HALF OF THEM ARE EXECUTIVES AND BUSINESSMEN, HALF RANGES FROM PROFESSIONALS, SOCIAL WORKERS, EDUCATIONISTS то FACTORY WORKERS, TECHNICIANS AND HOUSEWIVES,"

BOARDS

MR LIAO NOTED THAT OVER THE PAST YEARS, THE 19 DISTRICT HAD MADE IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO IMPROVING THE GENERAL LIVING ENVIRONMENT AND CULTIVATING COMMUNITY SPIRIT IN THE DISTRICTS.

TO

WELL AS

"THEY HAVE PROVED TO BE EFFECTIVE CHANNELS IN REFLECTING THE GOVERNMENT THE VIEWS OF RESIDENTS ON DISTRICT MATTERS AS MAJOR TERRITORY-WIDE ISSUES.

/"I HAVE ............

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