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FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1981

SIX NEW MEMBERS APPOINTED TO NT DISTRICT BOARDS

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THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCED TODAY (FRIDAY) THE APPOINTMENT OF SIX NEW MEMBERS TO SERVE ON DISTRICT BOARDS.

THEY ARE

TSUEN WAN

SHA TIN -

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MR CHAN YIU, AGED 51, A BUSINESSMAN, WHO IS ACTIVE IN MUTUAL AID AND AREA COMMITTEE WORK- AND

MADAM CHAN KWOK WAI-MAN, A HOUSEWIFE, WHO

IS ALSO ACTIVE IN MUTUAL AID COMMITTEE WORK IN KWAI SHING ESTATE. MADAM CHAN IS A MEMBER OF KWAI SHING AREA COMMITTEE AND OF THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE OF KWAI SHING COMMUNITY HALL.

MR CHEUNG CHI-YUEN, AGED 36, DIRECTOR OF SHA TIN CHILDREN AND YOUTH CENTRE, AND A CURRENT MEMBER OF THE DISTRICT BOARD RECREATION AND SPORTS SUB-COMMITTEE- AND

MR FRANKLIN SHUM TUNG-KEUNG, AGED 50, AN

INDUSTRIALIST WITH A KEEN INTEREST IN COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES. MR SHUM IS PRESIDENT OF THE NEWLY-FOUNDED SHA TIN ROTARY CLUB.

MR STEPHEN TANG LUNG-WAI, AGED 30, ASSISTANT LECTURER IN SOCIOLOGY AT THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, OF WHICH HE IS A SOCIAL SCIENCES GRADUATE. MR TANG IS KEENLY INTERESTED IN THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION SCHEME- AND

MR VINCENT LO WING-SANG, AGED 30, A LOCAL LAWYER, WITH AN INTEREST IN ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS.

WELCOMING THE NEWLY-APPOINTED MEMBERS, DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR AUGUSTINE CHUI KAM, SAID THEIR RANGE OF INTERESTS WOULD ENSURE VALUABLE CONTRIBUTION TO THE WORK OF THE IR LOCAL DISTRICT BOARDS.

MR CHUI SAID THE BOARDS WERE ENTERING A +VITAL STAGE+, WITH ELECTIONS OF UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS ONLY ONE YEAR AWAY, AND ADDED, +OUR SUCCESS IN ATTRACTING SIX NEW MEMBERS OF SUCH CALIBRE AUGURS WELL FOR THE ELECTIONS.+

THE EIGHT NEW TERRITORIES BOARDS NOW HAVE 165 MEMBERS, FIVE MORE THAN LAST YEAR AND 25 MORE THAN IN 1979/80, CF THIS NUMBER, 106 (OR 64 PER CENT) ARE UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS.

/BOARDS WERE