XN000022-1982-06-19 — Page 2

SATURDAY, JUNE 19, 1982

QUARRY BAY TOPS ALL DISTRICT BOARD CONSTITUENCIES

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OVER 22 200 RESIDENTS IN QUARRY BAY HAVE REGISTERED AS DISTRICT BOARD VOTERS - MAKING IT THE BIGGEST OF ALL 76 URBAN CONSTITUENCIES IN TERMS OF ELECTORATE.

IT IS ALSO THE ONLY CONSTITUENCY WITH AN ELECTORATE EXCEEDING 20 000.

THIS WAS STATED BY MR MATTHEW CHEUNG, THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICER (EASTERN), TONIGHT (SATURDAY) AT THE 17TH INAUGURATION CEREMONY OF THE SHAU KEI WAN ASSOCIATION OF COMMERCE,

MR CHEUNG TOLD THE GATHERING THAT A TOTAL OF 102 230 RESIDENTS IN EASTERN DISTRICT ON HONG KONG ISLAND HAVE REGISTERED AS VOTERS FOR THE DISTRICT BOARD ELECTION SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 23.

+IN PERCENTAGE TERMS THIS WORKS OUT TO 40.2 PERCENT OF THE ESTIMATED TOTAL ELIGIBLE ELECTORATE IN THE DISTRICT,+ HE SAID.

MR CHEUNG DESCRIBED AS ENCOURAGING+ THE RESPONSE FROM RESIDENTS TO THE RECENT VOTER REGISTRATION EXERCISE.

HE SAID THAT THIS WAS INDICATIVE OF THE INCREASING INTEREST OF THE AVERAGE RESIDENTS IN THEIR LOCAL AFFAIRS AND IN MAKING THEIR DISTRICT A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE IN.

MR CHEUNG URGED THOSE WHO WERE EAGER TO IMPROVE THE LOT OF THE DISTRICT TO STAND FOR THE COMING DISTRICT BOARD ELECTION.

HE ALSO BRIEFLY LISTED A NUMBER OF LARGE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE IN SHAU KEI WAN IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS. AMONG THEM WERE THE KORNHILL PROJECT, PROVIDING PRIVATE HOUSING FOR 33 000 PEOPLE, THE RECLAMATION AT QUARRY BAY, SAI WAN HO, AND ALDRICH BAY- THE ISLAND EASTERN CORRIDOR AND THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY ISLAND LINE,

SPORTS AWARDS SCHEME FOR ISLANDS DISTRICT *****

A SPORTS AWARDS SCHEME WILL BE LAUNCHED TOMORROW TO ENCOURAGE MORE YOUNGSTERS IN THE ISLANDS DISTRICT TO PARTICIPATE IN VARIOUS SPORTS ACTIVITIES AND TO HELP RAISE THEIR STANDARD OF PERFORMANCE.

JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE ISLANDS DISTRICT BOARD, RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT AND NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT, THE SCHEME ALSO AIMS AT MAKING FULLER USE OF THE INCREASED SPORTS FACILITIES IN THE DISTRICT.

+ALMOST 1 000 YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY ENROLLED FOR VARIOUS EVENTS AND WE HOPE TO HAVE MORE PARTICIPANTS LATER,+ A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DISTRICT BOARD SAID TODAY.

/HE EXPLAINED