XN000022-1982-08-29 — Page 2

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SUNDAY, AUGUST 29, 1982

ONE MORE DAY FOR D.B. CANDIDATES TO SUBMIT NOMINATIONS

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POTENTIAL CANDIDATES SHOULD MAKE GOOD USE OF TUESDAY (AUGUST 31) - THE FINAL DAY FOR NOMINATIONS — TO SUBMIT THEIR NAMES FOR THE COMING URBAN DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS.

THE APPEAL CAME FROM THE CITY DISTRICT COMMISSIONER (EASTERN), MR CHARLES GATELY TODAY AT THE CLOSING CEREMONY OF THE DISTRICT'S SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME.

HE WAS PLEASED TO SEE THAT A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN HIS DISTRICT HAD ALREADY REGISTERED AS VOTERS.

+1 HOPED THAT THE NUMBER OF CANDIDATES STANDING FOR THE ELECTIONS WILL BE EQUALLY ENCOURAGING, HE SAID.

+FURTHERMORE, I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO A GOOD VOTER TURN-OUT ON THE ELECTION DAY, SEPTEMBER 23.+

TODAY'S EVENT, HELD AT THE VICTORIA PARK SWIMMING POOL, WAS HIGHLIGHTED BY A WATER CARNIVAL WITH LIFE-SAVING AND WATER-DIVING DEMONSTRATIONS AND A SYNCHRONISED SWIMMING PERFORMANCE.

A RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMONY WAS PERFORMED BY EXECUTIVE COUNCILLOR, MR OSWALD CHEUNG, STEWARD OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB WHICH HAD DONATED $4 MILLION TOWARDS THE EXPENSES FOR THIS YEAR'S SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY.

THE TWO-MONTH PROGRAMME IN EASTERN, CO-ORDINATED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD'S COMMUNITY BUILDING COMMITTEE, HAD PROVIDED MEANINGFUL AND HEALTHY ACTIVITIES FOR MORE THAN 20 000 YOUNG PEOPLE DURING THE SUMMER HOLIDAYS.

GAS ENGINEERS DUE THURSDAY

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TWO HIGHLY EXPERIENCED GAS ENGINEERS FROM BRITAIN WILL ARRIVE ON THURSDAY (SEPTEMBER 2) TO TAKE UP THE TOP POSTS IN THE NEW GAS ADVISER'S OFFICE.

THEY ARE MR KENNETH TUNNAH, WHO WILL BE THE GAS ADVISER, AND MR ANTHONY NAM, WHO WILL ASSUME THE POST OF CHIEF GAS ENGINEER (SYSTEMS).

THE GAS ADVISER'S OFFICE COMES UNDER THE DIRECTOR OF ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL SERVICES. ITS INITIAL ESTABLISHMENT COMPRISES THE GAS ADVISER, TWO CHIEF ENGINEERS, THREE ENGINEERS AND SIX INSPECTORS.

/THE OFFICE