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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1983

TRAFFIC SIGNS HAVE BEEN ERECTED AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS TO GUIDE MOTOR ISTS.

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ADVISED TO USE PUBLIC TRANSPORT TO GO TO THE SHA TIN RACE COURSE, AS PARKING SPACES IN THE VICINITY ARE EXTREMELY LIMITED.

VEHICLES PARKED ILLEGALLY ON THE ROAD OR PAVEMENT MAY BE TOWED AWAY WITHOUT WARNING.

VIEWS ON CONSTITUENCY BOUNDARIES SOUGHT

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RESIDENTS' VIEWS ARE BEING SOUGHT ON THE PROPOSED INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF CONSTITUENCIES IN SHA TIN FROM FOUR TO EIGHT FOR THE 1985 DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS, THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR DONALD TSANG SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).

SPEAKING AT A PRESS BRIEFING, HE SAID THE CHANGE WAS NECESSARY BECAUSE THE POPULATION IN SHA TINHAD DOUBLED SINCE THE LAST DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS IN MARCH 1982 FROM 120 000 TO 240 000.

BY EARLY 1985, THE POPULATION WILL REACH 410 000 AS COMPARED WITH 179 000 IN LATE 1982.

MR TSANG SAID THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION HAD BEEN REVIEWING DISTRICT AND CONSTITUENCY BOUNDARIES TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE OVERALL INCREASE IN POPULATION IN HONG KONG AND THE SHIFT IN POPULATION AMONG DISTRICTS.

+THIS IS A PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT TASK IN THE NEW TOWNS WHICH HAVE GROWN AND WILL CONTINUE TO GROW RAPIDLY OVER THE 1980S, HE SAID.

UNDER THE PROPOSAL, EACH NEW CONSTITUENCY WOULD HAVE ONE ELECTED MEMBER, AS AGAINST THE EXISTING PRACTICE OF HAVING TWO FOR EACH CONSTITUENCY.

+IN OTHER WORDS, THE NUMBER OF ELECTED SEATS ON THE SHA TIN DISTRICT BOARD WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED AT EIGHT, MR TSANG SAID.

+THE NEW CONSTITUENCIES ARE MORE COMPACT AND CONDUCIVE TO BETTER COMMUNITY BUILDING AND MOST OF THEM WILL NOT BE CHANGED AFTER 1985 AS THEY HAVE ACCOUNTED FOR THE ULTIMATE DEVELOPMENTS IN SHA TIN,

+THIS WILL ENABLE A STABLE POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT IN SHA TIN AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL.+

MR TSANG SAID THE DISTRICT OFFICE WILL CAREFULLY EXAMINE ALL COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS MADE, AND WILL SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE GOVERNMENT.

THE PROPOSED