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FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1981
TSUEN WAN RESIDENTS AWARE OF
DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION SCHEME
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MORE THAN 40 PER CENT OF TSUEN WAN RESIDENTS HAVE SAID THEY ARE AWARE OF THE NEW DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION SCHEME, ACCORDING TO A SAMPLE SURVEY CONDUCTED IN THE AREA RECENTLY.
AND OVER 90 PER CENT OF THOSE WHO KNOW OF THE SCHEME SAY THEY APPROVE.
THE SURVEY WAS ONE OF THE PUBLICITY MEASURES NOW TAKING PLACE IN TSUEN WAN DISTRICT TO INCREASE LOCAL AWARENESS OF DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION AND ITS PURPOSE. IT WAS CONDUCTED BY 36 LIAISON OFFICERS AND COMMUNITY ORGANISERS FROM THE DISTRICT OFFICE.
ABOUT 620 RESIDENTS FROM TSUEN WAN AND KWAI CHUNG WERE INTERVIEWED IN CONNECTION WITH THE SURVEY, OF WHOM 266 (OR 42.8 PER CENT) SAID THEY KNEW ABOUT THE SCHEME.
THESE 266 WERE THEN ASKED IF THEY AGREED WITH IT AND WHETHER THEY WOULD REGISTER AS VOTERS AND RUN FOR ELECTION NEXT MARCH.
IN ANSWER 245 RESIDENTS (OR 92.1 PER CENT) SAID THEY SUPPORTED THE SCHEME= 161 (OR 60.5 PER CENT) SAID THEY WOULD REGISTER AS VOTERS AND 34 (OR 12.8 PER CENT) SAID THEY WOULD STAND AS CANDIDATES.
COMMENTING ON THE SURVEY, A DISTRICT OFFICE SPOKESMAN SAID1 +THIS IS VERY ENCOURAGING AND I WOULD SAY THAT LOCAL RESIDENTS ARE MORE AWARE OF AND SHOWING GREATER CONCERN TOWARDS THE SCHEME THAN THEY WERE THREE MONTHS AGO.+
HE SAID THIS MIGHT BE DUE TO VISITS MADE BY STAFF OF THE DISTRICT OFFICE TO LOCAL ORGANISATIONS TO EXPLAIN THE SCHEME.
+BUT IT MIGHT ALSO BE DUE TO THE FAIRLY HIGH LEVEL OF COMMUNITY AWARENESS IN THE TOWN, AND THE WORK DONE BY MANY OF OUR LOCAL ASSOCIATIONS, HE ADDED.
SO FAR, STAFF OF THE DISTRICT OFFICE HAVE VISITED 82 ORGANISATIONS IN THE AREA, INCLUDING MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES, SCHOOLS AND ASSOCIATIONS.
OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, BEFORE REGISTRATION OF VOTERS BEGINS IN AUGUST, THEY WILL CONTINUE TO VISIT MEMBERS OF ALL MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES, OWNERS INCORPORATIONS AND LOCAL ASSOCIATIONS IN THE DISTRICT.
AS WELL AS THESE VISITS, THERE WOULD BE SEMINARS, TALKS AND MEETINGS BETWEEN TSUEN WAN RESIDENTS AND DISTRICT OFFICE STAFF, HE SAID.
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