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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1981

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SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT BOARD FORMED

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THE GOVERNOR HAS APPOINTED 16 UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS TO THE SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT BOARD, THE THIRD ONE FORMED IN THE URBAN AREA AFTER KWUN TONG AND WONG TAI SIN.

MEMBERS OF THE DISTRICT BOARD COME FROM A WIDE CROSS-SECTION OF SOCIETY, INCLUDING INDUSTRY, EDUCATION, SOCIAL WORK, BUSINESS AND ALL AREA COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN IN THE DISTRICT.

THE WIDE REPRESENTATION WILL ENSURE THAT THE DISTRICT BOARD IS A TRULY REPRESENTATIVE ONE WHICH CAN REFLECT THE VIEWS OF ALL WALKS OF LIFE.

THE APPOINTED UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS ARE:

THE HON ALLEN LEE, MR FAN KAMPING, MISS LI MEI-LIN, MR CHENG PO-HONG, MR LEE KWONG-YUEN, MR SHEK KWOK-NAM, MADAM HUNG WAI-CHING, MR TONG KAM-BIU, MR WONG PING-HON, MR GEORGE HSUEH, MR TU KUEI- YUE, MR HUI GUT-YIN, MR ENG SOON-CHAO, MR CHAN FOO-LEUNG, MR MOK KIN ́AND MR KWOK CHEONG.

TWO URBAN COUNCILLORS, MR TSIN SAI-NIN AND MR HOWARD YOUNG, WILL ALSO SIT ON THE BOARD. IN ADDITION, THERE ARE SEVEN OFFICIAL MEMBERS WHO COME FROM GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, WITH MR STEPHEN IP, CITY DISTRICT COMMISSIONER (SHAM SHUI PO), SERVING AS THE CHAIRMAN.

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MEMBERS OF THE SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT BOARD WILL MEET THE PRESS TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY), OCTOBER 21 AT 4.30 PM IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM OF THE SHAM SHUI PO CITY DISTRICT OFFICE, 299 LAI CHI KOK ROAD, THE BOARD WILL START WORKING IMMEDIATELY AND WILL HOLD ITS FIRST MEETING ON THURSDAY AT 3 PM AT THE CMA PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL, NAM CHEONG STREET. MR DENIS BRAY, SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, WILL ATTEND THE INAUGURAL MEETING.

INDIAN COMMUNITY PRAISED

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THE DIRECTOR OF TRADE INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS, MR BILL DORWARD TODAY (OCTOBER 20) PRAISED THE INDIAN COMMUNITY FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE PROSPERITY OF HONG KONG.

ADDRESSING A LUNCHEON MEETING OF THE INDIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, MR DORWARD SAID IN THE NEARLY THREE DECADES I HAVE BEEN IN HONG KONG, I HAVE SEEN THE VISIBLE ACTIVITIES OF YOUR COMMUNITY GROW FROM MAINLY SMALL SHOPKEEPERS AND TRADING BUSINESS TO THE FULL RANGE AND DIVERSITY OF BUSINESS ACTIVITIES YOU REPRESENT TODAY.

/+THERE JAMAI