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MONDAY, JULY 13, 1981

THE PREDOMINANTLY YOUNG POPULATION IN SOME OF OUR NEW TOWNS HAD CREATED AN ABNORMAL DEMAND FOR SCHOOLS AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES.

YOUNG MARRIED MOTHERS WITH TIME AND CHILDREN ON THE IR HANDS NEEDED HELP AND FRIENDSHIP.

+WHAT IS CERTAIN TO ME IS THAT WE MUST INVOLVE PEOPLE MORE AND MORE IF WE ARE TO FIND A SOLUTION TO THESE MANY PROBLEMS.

+THE FORMATION OF DISTRICT BOARDS TO INCLUDE REPRESENTATIVES CHOSEN BY ELECTION AMONG THE PEOPLE THEMSELVES, THE GROWTH OF ORGANISATIONS TO BRING YOUNG WOMEN TOGETHER, THE STEADY EXPANSION OF YOUTH ORGANISATIONS, AND CITIZENS COMING TOGETHER TO FIGHT CRIME AND CLEAN HONG KONG ARE ALL ASPECTS OF THE RESPONSE OF THIS VITAL COMMUNITY WE LIVE IN TO THE PROBLEMS THAT WE FACE,+ MR AKERS-JONES SAID.

DESCRIBING THE ROTARY CLUB OF THE NEW TERRITORIES AS THE FIRST DELIBERATE ORGANISATIONAL LINK TO BE FORGED BETWEEN THE NT AND THE METROPOLITAN AREA+, MR AKERS-JONES SAID HE WAS CONF IDENT THAT ITS MEMBERS, WHO HAD GIVEN SO MUCH SERVICE AS A CLUB AND AS INDIVIDUALS IN THE PAST 12 YEARS, WOULD FACE THE CHALLENGE OF THE FUTURE WITH A SIMILAR DETERMINATION TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE IR UTMOST.

INAUGURATED AS PRESIDENT WAS MR WILLIAM H.C. WAN, WHO TAKES OVER FROM MR IP YIN-WAH. VICE PRESIDENTS ARE MR LAM YIM AND MR KWOK MING-YEE, THE TREASURER IS MR DAVID CHENG AND THE SECRETARY MR PATRICK M.H. WONG,

TUEN MUN DISTRICT OFFICE TO HOLD SEMINAR ON DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION

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TUEN MUN DISTRICT OFFICE HAS ORGANISED A SEMINAR ON DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION FOR TOMORROW (TUESDAY).

IT WILL START AT 8 PM IN THE SCHOOL HALL OF THE HOH FUK TONG COLLEGE ON CASTLE PEAK ROAD.

THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR BILLY LAM, WILL BE IN THE CHAIR AND WILL INTRODUCE THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM.

OTHER SPEAKERS WILL BE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HEUNG YEE KUK, MR LAU WONG-FAT, WHO IS ALSO A MEMBER OF TUEN MUN DISTRICT BOARD, MR CHAN YAT-SUN, MR CHEUNG KAM-HUNG, MR NG CHEUK-TAI AND MR CHOW MAN-PING, WHO ARE ALSO DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS.

ALL ASPECTS OF DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION WILL BE DISCUSSED AT THE SEMINAR WHICH IS TO ENABLE LOCAL PEOPLE TO KNOW THE SCHEME BETTER AND TO ENCOURAGE THE IR PARTICIPATION IN DISTRICT AFFAIRS.

MEMBERS OF RURAL AND MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES AND LOCAL ORGANISATIONS HAVE BEEN INVITED TO ATTEND. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ALSO WELCOME.

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