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SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 1982

IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE

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DISTRICT BOARDS AND DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE PEOPLE, THE OUTGOING TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR LUI HAU-TUEN, SAID TODAY.

DURING HIS FOUR YEARS IN TSUEN WAN, MR LUI SAID, HE HAD SEEN DIFFERENT STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT, TOWN MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNITY BUILDING WORK.

+WE ARE NOW IN A STAGE WHERE THE EMPHASIS IS PLACED ON IMPROVING THE LIVING CONDITIONS OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE SETTING UP OF DISTRICT BOARDS AND DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES,+ HE SAID.

MR LUI WAS SPEAKING AT A DINNER PARTY GIVEN BY TSUEN WAN COMMUNITY LEADERS TO BID FAREWELL TO HIM AND TO WELCOME THE NEW DISTRICT OFFICER, MISS ELAINE CHUNG.

DESCRIBING THE DISTRICT BOARD IN TSUEN WAN AS A SUCCESS, HE SAID THE GOVERNMENT AND THE PUBLIC HAD GONE TO GREAT LENGTHS TO SOLVE THE DISTRICT'S TRAFFIC, TRANSPORT AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS, AND THE LACK OF RECREATIONAL AND CULTURAL FACILITIES.

+WE ARE NOW IN A BETTER SITUATION THAN WHEN I WAS HERE FOUR YEARS AGO, HE SAID.

HE HOPED MORE REGISTERED ELECTORS WOULD COME FORWARD TO VOTE IN THE SEPTEMBER URBAN DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS IN THE SAME WAY AS THE VOTERS RESPONDED TO THE NEW TERRITORIES ELECTIONS HELD IN MARCH.

MR LUI IS TO TAKE UP HIS NEW POST AS CITY DISTRICT COMMISSIONER, EASTERN, IN EARLY OCTOBER.

THE COMMUNITY LEADERS PRESENTED HIM A PLAQUE IN RECOGNITION OF HIS SERVICE IN TSUEN WAN.

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