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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1988
SIR S.Y. CALLS ON ELECTORS TO VOTE
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THE SENIOR MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, SIR SZE-YUEN CHUNG, IN THE SHA TODAY (FRIDAY) CALLED ON SOME 90,000 REGISTERED ELECTORS TIN DISTRICT TO VOTE IN THE DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS ON MARCH 10.
THE LUNAR NEW YEAR SPEAKING AT THE SWITCHING-ON CEREMONY OF
HE SAID: LIGHTING DECORATIONS AT THE SHA TIN TOWN HALL THIS EVENING,
STEP TOWARDS "VOTING IN THE DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS IS AN IMPORTANT BUILDING UP A SUCCESSFUL COMMUNITY.'
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HE NOTED THAT THE DISTRICT BOARDS HAD BECOME MORE MATURE THE INTRODUCTION OF THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION SCHEME IN 1981.
SINCE
DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT
"DB MEMBERS GIVE VALUABLE ADVICE TO THE GOVERNMENT ON MANAGEMENT MATTERS AND DB'S PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT, HE SAID.
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ACTIVE
CULTURAL,
"IN TERMS OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, DB MEMBERS ARR VERY IN PLANNING, PARTICIPATING, AND
VARIOUS PROMOTING RECREATIONAL, SPORTS, CIVIC EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SERVICE ACTIVITIES.
"THIS
IN DEVELOPING A
DONE BAS
MUCH
AND HEALTHY COMMUNITY, IN SHA TIN, SUCH ACHIEVEMENTS ARE SELF-EVIDENT."
ACTIVE
INTO
SIR SZE-YUEN SAID THE VAST NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAD MOVED SHA TEN IN RECENT YEARS HAD MIXED WELL WITH THE INDIGENOUS RESIDENTS.
NEW
RESIDENTS HAVE "WORKING HARD TOGETHER, THE GOVERNMENT AND THE CONTRIBUTED TO THE PROSPERITY OF SHA TIN WHICH HAS BECOME A MODEL TOWN TODAY," HE ADDED.
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LUNAR NEW THE SAND MARTIN
THE LIGHTING DECORATIONS IN SHA TIN CELEBRATING THE YEAR ARF MOUNTED NEAR SHING MUN RIVER, LIGHTING BRIDGE, BANYAN BRIDGE AND RIVERSIDE PROMENADES.
OF A ROARING DRAGON THE MOST PROMINENT FEATURE IS A PICTURE
OF THE DRAGON. AMIDST CLOUDS, BLESSING RESIDENTS IN THE COMING YEAR
SEVEN METRES THE
METRES LONG AND
HIGH AND LINED PICTURE, ABOUT 100
OF ATTRACTION ON SAND WITH COLOURFUL LIGHT BULBS, FORMS THE CENTRE MARTIN BRIDGE.
PM 5.30
ΤΟ THE LIGHTS WILL BE SWITCHED ON EVERY EVENING FROM
EVE (FEBRUARY 16) TILL MIDNIGHT UNTIL MARCII 2. ON LUNAR NEW YEAR'S
TILL 5 AM THE FEBRUARY 19 AND ON MARCH 2, THEY WILL BE SWITCHED ON NEXT DAY.
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