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MONDAY, JANUARY 11, 1993
MORE WOULD VOTE IN ELECTIONS
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DISTRICT
WITH POLITICAL AWARENESS HEIGHTENED IN THE COMMUNITY, MORE PEOPLE WOULD VOTE IF ELECTIONS WERE TO BE HELD NOW, WAN CHAI OFFICER, MR PETER MANN, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).
A
DISTRICT THE
SPEAKING AT
ROTARY LUNCHEON, HE DESCRIBED THE OFFICE AS A BRIDGE BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE PEOPLE AND ALSO PRIVATE SECTOR.
"WE
WANT TO INVOLVE BOTH RESIDENTS AND COMMERCIAL ORGANISATIONS IN DISTRICT AFFAIRS, HE SAID.
NUMEROUS
AND
FESTIVAL,
ORGANISED AS AN EXAMPLE, MR MANN SAID HIS OFFICE HAD
AS COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES, SUCH
THE RECENT WAN CHAL HELPED TO CO-ORDINATE THE WORK OF OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS IN DISTRICT.
ON ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT, HE SAID ABOUT 600 TREES HAD PLANTED OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS UNDER THE DISTRICT BOARD'S "GREEN CHAL" CAMPAIGN.
FURTHERMORE, HE SAID HE HAD ENCOURAGED THE ESTABLISHMENT WAN CHAI TENANTS ASSOCIATION TO HELP PROMOTE DISTRICT AFFAIRS.
THE
BERN WAN
OF A
WATER STORAGE FIGURE
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STORAGE IN HONG KONG'S RESERVOIRS AT 9 AM TODAY (MONDAY) STOOD AT 53.6 PER CENT OF CAPACITY OR 314.413 MILLION CUBIC METRES.
THIS TIME LAST YEAR THE RESERVOIRS CONTAINED 177.881 MILLION CUBIC METRES OF WATER, REPRESENTING 30.4 PER CENT OF CAPACITY.
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