WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1991
PEOPLE URGED TO TAKE UP CIVIC RESPONSIBILITIES
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HONG KONG PEOPLE SHOULD STRIVE TO BOOST THEIR SENSE OF
PARTICIPATION IN RESPONSIBILITIES THROUGH
MORE COMMUNITY BUILDING MR DAVID PURSUITS, THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, LAN, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
ADDRESSING A JOINT LUNCHEON MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL
LAN MR
ENCOURAGED THEM ΤΟ ASSOCIATION OF LIONS CLUB DISTRICT 303, REFLECT, THROUGH THE MANY CHANNELS, THEIR CRITICISMS OR SUGGESTIONS TO THE GOVERNMENT TO MAKE THE ADMINISTRATION MORE EFFICIENT.
"TO HELP FULFILL THIS OBJECTIVE, ELIGIBLE ELECTORS SHOULD FIRST EXERCISE THEIR CIVIC DUTY BY CASTING THEIR VOTES IN HONG KONG'S DIRECT ELECTIONS TO THE LEGISLATURE ON SEPTEMBER 15.
CAN FIGHT FOR
"BY ELECTING CAPABLE REPRESENTATIVES WHO LEGITIMATE RIGHTS AND BENEFITS FOR THE PEOPLE AT LARGE, ABLE TO CREATE A MORE IDEAL COMMUNITY," HE SAID.
THE REGIONAL SECRETARY NOTED THAT AS A AND MORE AFFLUENT, PEOPLE'S ASPIRATIONS FOR ITS MUCH HIGHER.
MORE WE WOULD BE
BECAME COMMUNITY
MORK GOVERNMENT WOULD BE
NO GOVERNMENT COULD PROGRESS IF THERE WAS A LACK OF AND SUPPORT FROM ITS PEOPLE, HE ADDED.
MR LAN ALSO GAVE AN ACCOUNT OF THE GOVERNMENT'S OVER THE PAST 20 TO 30 YEARS.
HAVE
CONFIDENCE
ACHIEVEMENTS
ACHIEVED,
"WE SHOULD NOT BE COMPLACENT WITH WHAT WE SAID, ADDING THAT MORE NEEDED TO BE DONE TO MAINTAIN THAT MOMENTUM.
MR LAN ALSO TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRAISE THE LIONS ITS EFFORTS IN COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT.
HE
CLUB FOR
PARA 8 (M) DOES NOT INFRINGE BILL OF RIGHTS
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IN RESPONSE TO MEDIA ENQUIRIES,
GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT PARAGRAPH 8 (M) OF THE RADIO ADVERTISING STANDARDS CODE OF PRACTICE DOES NOT INFRINGE THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 16 OF THE HONG KONG BILL OF RIGHTS ORDINANCE.
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HE SAID THAT SOME RESTRICTIONS ON POLITICAL THE ELECTRONIC MEDIA ARE DESIRABLE TO TRY TO ENSURE THE IMPARTIALITY OF THE ELECTORAL PROCESS.
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