THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1988
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SAI KUNG DO VISITS RESIDENTS IN JUNK BAY
MORE THAN 1,750 RESIDENTS IN JUNK BAY NEW TOWN HAVE 30 FAR REGISTERED AS ELECTORS IN THIS YEAR'S VOTER REGISTRATION EXERCISE, BRINGING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF REGISTERED VOTERS IN SAI KUNG DISTRICT TO NEARLY 17,000.
THESE FIGURES WERE GIVEN BY THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR CHRISTOPHER MUNN, WHO JOINED DISTRICT OFFICE STAFF THIS (THURSDAY) EVENING IN THEIR VISITS TO HOUSEHOLDS IN THE PO LAM AND TSUI LAM ESTATES AS PART OF THE VOTER REGISTRATION EXERCISE.
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MR MUNN DESCRIBED THE RESPONSE OF RESIDENTS IN JUNK BAY TO THE REGISTRATION CAMPAIGN AS MOST ENCOURAGING, AND A SIGN THAT THE RESIDENTS ARE KEEN TO PARTICIPATE IN DISTRICT AFFAIRS".
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MR MUNN SAID THAT LIAISON OFFICERS AND COMMUNITY OFFICERS VISITED SOME 3,000 HOUSEHOLDS IN JUNK BAY SINCE THE MIDDLE OF LAST MONTH AND WOULD, BY THE END OF THE EXERCISE LATER THIS MONTH, HAVE BEEN TO EVERY HOUSEHOLD IN THE NEW TOWN.
"ALL THE RESIDENTS VISITED ARE NEW TO THE DISTRICT, WHICH 18 WHY THE REGISTRATION EXERCISE IN JUNK BAY THIS YEAR HAS BEEN 30 THOROUGH AND ENERGETIC," HE SAID.
MR MUNN NOTED THAT DURING THE VISITS DISTRICT OFFICE STAFF ALSO TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE NREDA OF THE RESIDENTS AND TO PAVE WAY FOR THE SETTING UP OF MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES.
"IN ADDITION TO THE 10,000 OR SO PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN LIVING IN THE VILLAGES AND SETTLEMENTS IN THE JUNK BAY AREA FOR MANY YEARS, SOME 15,000 NEW RESIDENTS HAVE MOVED INTO THE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED PO LAM AND TSUI LAM HOUSING ESTATES IN THE PAST SIX MONTHS. ABOUT HALF OF THESE MOVED IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST ALONE.
"WITH SUCH A RAPID INTAKE OF POPULATION AND WITH CONSTRUCTION STILL GOING ON AROUND THEM, IT IS ONLY NATURAL THAT MANY NEW RESIDENTS WILL FACE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF DISRUPTION IN THEIR FIRST FEW MONTHS," HE EXPLAINED.
DURING THEIR VISITS, DISTRICT OFFICE STAFF HAVE RESIDENTS TO BRING UP PROBLEMS AND COMPLAINTS ARISING FROM ENVIRONMENT.
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PROBLEMS RAISED INCLUDE TEMPORARY SHORTAGES OF KINDERGARTEN PLACES, RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, AND MEDICAL SERVICES IN THE NEW TOWN IN GENERAL AND DIFFICULTIES WITH TRANSPORT SERVICES AND SHOPPING FACILITIES IN THE TSUI LAM ESTATE IN PARTICULAR.
"COMMENTS AND COMPLAINTS BY RESIDENTS ARE BEING TAKEN VERY SERIOUSLY BY GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS INVOLVED IN THE PLANNING AND DAILY ADMINISTRATION OF THE NEW TOWN, AND MANY OF THE PROBLEMA WILL BE ALLEVIATED IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE, MR MUNN SAID.
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