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SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 1984

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RESIDENTS CAN HELP BUILD BETTER COMMUNITY

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RESIDENTS CAN HELP BUILD A BETTER COMMUNITY THROUGH THE IR ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, A TAI PO DISTRICT BOARD MEMBER, MR HUNG CHEUNG-HO, SAID THIS (SATURDAY) EVENING.

HE SAID THE DISTRICT BOARD HAD CONTRIBUTED MUCH IN IMPROVING THE WELFARE FOR ITS RESIDENTS AND BUILDING AN IDEAL COMMUNITY, BUT IT COULD NOT HAVE DONE SO WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF THE RESIDENTS.

ME HUNG WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE TAI PO DISTRICT AMATEUR SINGING CONTEST.

+THE CONTEST IS TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AS WELL AS STRENGTHEN THEIR SENSE OF DISTRICT IDENTITY AND BELONGING, HE SAID.

MR HUNG, WHO IS THE CHAIRMAN OF A WORKING GROUP ON THE DISTRICT'S CONTEST, POINTED OUT THAT THE EVENT WAS ONE OF MANY ACTIVITIES BEING ORGANISED BY THE LOCAL DISTRICT BOARD FOR THE BENEFITS OF THE RESIDENTS.

*ANYTHING THAT CONCERNS THE WELL-BEING OF THE RESIDENTS SUCH AS ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE, PUBLIC TRANSPORT, LAW AND ORDER, MEDICAL SERVICES, HOUSING PROVISIONS AND EDUCATION ARE OF GREAT CONCERN TO THE BOARD, HE SAID.

THE BOARD, HE ADDED, HAD BEEN CLOSELY MONITORING THE SITUATION IN. TUESEN FIELDS AND HADE NECESSARY IMPROVEMENTS.

HE SAID RESIDENTS COULD GIVE THE BOARD SUPPORT BY REGISTERING AS VOTERS SINCE MORE VOTES WOULD MEAN GREATER REPRESENTATIVENESS OF THE BOARD.

MR HUNG ALSO URGED THOSE WHO WANTED TO SERVE THE IR COMMUNITY TO STAND FOR NEXT YEAR'S DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS.

THE SIX-WEEK REGISTRATION OF VOTERS WILL BEGIN IN MID-AUGUST. ALL 18 DISTRICTS WILL HOLD THE DB ELECTIONS TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MARCH NEXT YEAR.

TWELVE YOUNG AMATEURS COMPETED IN TONIGHT'S CONTEST AND THE WINNER, MR CHOI SHUE-HA, WILL REPRESENT TAI PO IN A SEMI-FINAL ON AUGUST 11. THE FIRST RUNNER-UP IS MR KWOK SAI-ON AND THE SECOND RUNNER-UP MR KAM WING-CHIU.

A GRAND FINAL WILL BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 8.

THE 18-DISTRICT AMATEUR SINGING CONTEST IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG AND SING TAQ NEWSPAPERS LIMITED.

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