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THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1984

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MORE VIGOUR SEEN IN SEPARATE BOARDS

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RESIDENTS OF KWAI CHUNG AND TSING YI WILL FIND IT MUCH EASIER TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS ON COMMUNITY BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT WITH THE SETTING UP OF A SEPARATE DISTRICT BOARD NEXT YEAR, THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR TAM WING- PONG, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).

KWAI CHUNG AND TSING YI NOW HAVE A POPULATION OF ABOUT 400 000.

MR TAM SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD DECIDED TO SPLIT THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD, WITH A SEPARATE BOARD FOR KWAI CHUNG AND TSING YI TO COPE WITH NEW DEVELOPMENTS THERE.

+BY THEN, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WILL BE EVEN MORE VIGOROUS AND RESIDENTS CAN EXPRESS THE IR VIEWS MORE EASILY, HE SAID.

MR TAM WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF A THREE-DAY PHOTO EXHIBITION ON THE WORK AND STRUCTURE OF THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD IN THE PAST TWO YEARS.

THE EXHIBITION BEING HELD AT THE OPEN GROUND OUTSIDE THE KWAI HING MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY STATION, WILL LATER MOVE TO OTHER AREAS IN KWAI CHUNG.

+ IT IS HOPED THAT, THROUGH THE EXHIBITION, RESIDENTS WILL KNOW MORE ABOUT THE DISTRICT BOARD'S STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION AND THEY WILL, IN TURN, CARE FOR THE COMMUNITY AND TAKE MORE ACTIVE PARTICIPATION,+ MR TAM SAID.

HE POINTED OUT THAT FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS, THE DISTRICT BOARD HAD CONTRIBUTED TO COMMUNITY BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT IN THE DISTRICT.

THEY HAD ALSO INVOLVED THEMSELVES IN THE FORMULATING OF POLICIES ON TERRITORY-WIDE ISSUES, HE ADDED.

THE SECOND DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS WILL BE HELD NEXT MARCH AND THE SIX-WEEK REGISTRATION OF VOTERS WILL BEGIN ON AUGUST 15.

MR TAM APPEALED TO THOSE QUALIFIED RESIDENTS TO REGISTER AS VOTERS AND VOTE IN NEXT YEAR'S ELECTIONS.

+DISTRICT BOARDS WILL BE MORE REPRESENTATIVE WITH RESIDENTS' PARTICIPATION AND SUPPORT, HE SAID.

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