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THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1962

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DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION MOVES INTO NEW ERA

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DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION IN THE NEW TERRITORIES MOVED INTO A NEW ERA TODAY WHEN THE APPOINTMENTS OF 58 UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS TO THE EIGHT DISTRICT BOARDS WERE ANNOUNCED.

THEIR APPOINTMENTS, TO BE GAZETTED TOMORROW (FRIDAY), WILL COMPLETE THE FULL COMPOSITION OF EACH DISTRICT BOARD FOLLOWING THE FIRST ELECTIONS HELD IN THE NEW TERRITORIES LAST MONTH,

THE SECRETARY FOR CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID THIS COMPLETES THE FIRST STAGE OF THE PROPOSALS WHICH WERE PUBLISHED IN THE WHITE PAPER IN 1981 AND FIRMLY ESTABLISHES THE AUTHORITY OF THE DISTRICT BOARDS.

+THE BOARDS' ADVICE ON ALL MATTERS AND PROBLEMS AFFECTING THE LIVES OF THE PEOPLE IN THE DISTRICT WILL BE EXTREMELY VALUABLE IN DETERMINING HOW PROBLEMS ARE TO BE TACKLED.+

TODAY ALSO SAW THE FIRST MEETING OF A NEW DISTRICT BOARD,

IN NORTH DISTRICT, ATTENDED BY ITS APPOINTED AND ELECTED UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS AND OFFICIAL MEMBERS.

THE 58 UNOFFICIALS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR COMPRISED SEVEN NEW FACES AND 51 OTHERS WHO WERE REAPPOINTED.

THE EIGHT DISTRICT BOARDS ALSO INCLUDED 27 EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS, WHO ARE THE CHAIRMEN OF RURAL COMMITTEES, AND 62 OFFICIAL MEMBERS.

TOGETHER WITH THE 56 MEMBERS WHO WERE ELECTED LAST MONTH, THEY WILL SERVE ON THE BOARDS FOR A THREE-YEAR TERM WHICH BEGAN ON APRIL 1.

THE LARGEST DISTRICT BOARD IS IN TSUEN WAN WHICH NOW HAS 38 MEMBERS, FOLLOWED BY YUEN LONG WITH 26 MEMBERS AND SHA TIN AND NORTH, BOTH HAVING 25 MEMBERS.

THE SEVEN NEW FACES ARE MR ANTHONY YUEN TAK-TIM (NORTH), MR ALEX BLUM (SAI KUNG), MR BENJAMIN NG PING-KIN (SHA TIN) MR CHAN WAY (SHA TIN), MRS CHA LIU BIE-JU (TSUEN WAN), MR YAU HON- TIM (TUEN MUN) AND MR YIP HING-CHUNG (TUEN MUN).

MR ANTHONY YUEN, AGED 29, IS AN EXECUTIVE OF AN INSURANCE FIRM AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE OWNERS CORPORATION OF ON KWOK VILLA WHERE HE LIVES. HE IS A CHINESE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE IN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT.

MR ALEX BLUM, 59, IS THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND A RESIDENT OF HANG HAU.

MR BENJAMIN NG PING-KIN, 31, IS CURRENTLY SERVING AS THE CHAIRMAN OF SHA TIN ARTS ASSOCIATION.

/MR CHAN