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SATURDAY, MAY 26, 1984

BOARD MEMBERS REFLECT RESIDENTS' VIEWS

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CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FEFLECT RESIDENTS' VIEWS ON MANY LOCAL AS WELL AS TERRITORY-WIDE SUES, THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, MR FRANK YUE, SAID THIS (SATURDAY) EVENING.

THE ISSUES RANGED FROM THE TRANSPORT REQUIREMENT OF THE CENTRAL AND MID-LEVELS STUDY, AND THE PROPOSED ELECTRONIC ROAD PRICING SCHEME, TO THE REPORT ON HONG KONG'S EDUCATION SYSTEM AND THE RECENTLY PUBLISHED REVIEW ON PUBLIC HOUSING ALLOCATION POLICIES.

+THE DISTRICT BOARD WILL CONTINUE THEIR EFFORT ON IMPROVING THE LIVELIHOOD OF THE RESIDENTS, SAID MR YUE AT THE OPENING OF THE DISTRICT AMATEUR SINGING CONTEST.

HE NOTED THAT THE CONTEST WAS ORGANISED TO EXPLORE LOCAL TALENT AND TO FOSTER DISTRICT IDENTITY AND A SENSE OF BELONGING AMONG THE RESIDENTS.

+THROUGH ACTIVITIES SUCH AS THE SINGING CONTEST, WE HOPE TO ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, CONTRIBUTE IDEAS AND SUGGESTIONS TO THE DISTRICT BOARD, AND SERVE THE COMMUNITY, HE SAID.

MR YUE SAID THE SECOND DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS WOULD TAKE PLACE NEXT MARCH, AND THE SIX-WEEK REGISTRATION OF VOTERS WOULD BEGIN IN MID-AUGUST.

HE APPEALED TO ELIGIBLE RESIDENTS TO REGISTER THEMSELVES AS VOTERS AND VOTE FOR THOSE CANDIDATES OF THEIR OWN CHOICE.

THE SINGING CONTEST IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICE, RAD 10 TELEVISION HONG KONG AND SING TAO NEWSPAPERS LIMITED.

BARONESS SEES MEDICAL FACILITIES

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BARONESS PHILLIPS AND HER DAUGHTER MRS GWYNNETH DUNWOODY,

A LABOUR MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT, VISITED THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT TODAY (SATURDAY).

IN THE MORNING, THEY CALLED ON THE DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, DR K.L. THONG, AT THE DEPARTMENT

HEADQUARTERS WHERE THEY WERE BRIEFED ON THE MEDICAL SERVICES IN . HONG KONG.

LATER, THEY WENT TO THE TANG CHI NGONG SPECIALIST CLINIC IN WAN CHAI TO LOOK AT THE VARIOUS SPECIALIST FACILITIES.

THE SPECIALIST