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GIS 新聞處

DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN

SUPPLEMENT

ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR

TO THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT BOARD MEETING ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1982

Mr Chairman, Mr Barnes, Ladies and Gentlemen,

I am very pleased to be here this aftemoon to open this

meeting of the Southern District Board. It is the first meeting of a

District Board in the urban areas where Elected Members have joined

Appointed Members, Urban Councillors and Goverment officials on the

Board.

The Southern District, on whose management you have been

elected or appointed to advise has its own distinctive features. It

contains one of the oldest village settlements in Hong Kong. It is the

biggest supplier of fresh fish in Hong Kong and it has some of the

most popular beaches in the Territory. It has a fast developing housing

sector. Each of the main towns and settlements, Pok Fu Lam, Aberdeen,

the Bays, Stanley and Shek 0 is unique in its own way, and each will

require a different approach.

But first let me congratulate you and all those concerned on

the auccess of the recent District Board elections. In the ten urban

districts, nearly a quarter-of-a million people cast their votes for

District Board representatives of their choice. I am very pleased with

this result. It owes much to the hard work of the candidates and

reflects growing interest in the community in District Management.

As I ....

Issued by Government Information Services, Beaconsfield House, Hong Kong. Tel: 5-233191