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THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1983

WITH THE COMPLETION OF THE NEW ABERDEEN MARKET COMPLEX EARLY THIS YEAR, THE CITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT SUCCESSFULLY CLEARED ON-STREET HAWKERS IN MARCH WITH THE HELP OF VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS CONCERNED.

THE CLEARANCE HAS PROVIDED MUCH NEEDED ROAD SPACE FOR THE PROVISION OF BUS TERMINI, LED TO MUCH IMPROVED CIRCULATION FOR BOTH VEHICLES AND PEDESTRIANS, AND A MUCH CLEANER LIVING ENVIRONMENT.

SIR PHILIP THEN TOURED THE MULTI-PURPOSE ABERDEEN MARKET IT COMPLEX WHICH IS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN THE URBAN AREA. HAS A MARKET, A DISTRICT LIBRARY, AN INDOOR GAMES HALL AS WELL AS OFFICES FOR THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

AT AP LE! CHAU, THE CHIEF SECRETARY VISITED A PRE-SCHOOL CENTRE OF THE SPASTICS ASSOCIATION OF HONG KONG WHICH OFFERS MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TREATMENT, TRAINING AND PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMME FOR MULTIPLE-HANDICAPPED CHILDREN.

SIR PHILIP LATER ATTENDED THE PANEL DISCUSSION OF A DISTRICT BOARD SEMINAR HELD AT THE AP LEI CHAU COMMUNITY HALL AND EXCHANGED VIEWS WITH PARTICIPANTS ON VARIOUS DISTRICT PROBLEMS.

VOTERS THANKED FOR TURNOUT

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THE DEPUTY REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR ALBERT LAM, THIS (THURSDAY) EVENING THANKED ALL THOSE VOTERS WHO TURNED OUT FOR THE FIRST DISTRICT BOARD BY-ELECTION HELD IN THE QUARRY BAY CONSTITUENCY.

HE WAS PLEASED WITH THE 10 PER CENT VOTER TURNOUT, TAKING NOTE THAT THIS WAS THE THIRD ELECTION FOR THE QUARRY BAY RESIDENTS WITHIN A SHORT PERIOD OF EIGHT MONTHS, THE LAST TWO BEING THE DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS LAST SEPTEMBER AND THE URBAN COUNCIL ELECTIONS IN MARCH THIS YEAR.

+SOME QUARRY BAY RESIDENTS MAY FEEL THAT THEY HAVE ALREADY EXERCISED THEIR CIVIC RIGHTS BY VOTING IN THE PAST TWO ELECTIONS, AND THEREFORE DID NOT VOTE AGAIN TODAY,+ MR LAM SAID.

+FURTHERMORE. WE ARE ELECTING ONLY ONE DISTRICT BOARD MEMBER TODAY, AS COMPARED WITH 76 MEMBERS LAST SEPTEMBER.

+THE HEAVY RAIN THROUGHOUT THE DAY HAD PROBABLY TURNED

AWAY MANY WOULD-BE VOTERS.

+ SINCERELY THANK THOSE WHO BRAVED THE WEATHER AND VOTED TODAY.

THIS GOES TO SHOW THAT DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION CONTINUES TO RECEIVE SUPPORT FROM THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG.+

MR LAM