SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 1984
HE EXPLAINED THAT THE INCREASE IS IN LINE WITH THE RECENT GOVERNMENT'S DECISION TO FURTHER DEVELOP LOCAL ADMINISTRATION WHICH INCLUDES THE GRADUAL DOUBLING OF ELECTED SEATS IN DISTRICT BOARDS.
MR LAI WAS SPEAKING AT THE DISTRICT'S AMATEUR SINGING CONTEST HELD AT THE LEUNG SHEK CHEE COLLEGE TONIGHT.
HE SAID TO MAKE THE BOARD MORE REPRESENTATIVE AND MORE CAPABLE OF ATTENDING TO LOCAL PEOPLE'S NEEDS, EVERY ELIGIBLE RESIDENT IN KWUN TONG SHOULD EXERCISE HIS CIVIC RIGHT BY TAKING PART IN THE ELECTIONS.
+THEY SHOULD FIRST REGISTER AS VOTERS WHEN THE SIX-WEEK REGISTRATION EXERCISE BEGINS ON AUGUST 15, + HE SAID.
+THEY SHOULD THEN VOTE ON MARCH 7 TO ELECT THOSE WHO CAN TRULY REPRESENT THEM AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DISTRICT.+
CITING SQUATTER AREA IMPROVEMENT AND COMMUNITY BUILDING PROJECTS AS EXAMPLES, MR LAI SAID THE JOINT EFFORTS OF THE DISTRICT BOARD AND GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS HAD IMPROVED THE DISTRICT CONSIDERABLY SINCE THE BOARD WAS SET UP IN APRIL 1981.
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+HOWEVER, THE BOARD NEEDS THE SUPPORT AND PARTICIPATION OF EVERYONE IN THE DISTRICT TO CONTINUE WITH ITS FINE WORK, HE STRESSED.
TONIGHT'S EVENT WAS PART OF A TERRITORY-WIDE AMATEUR SINGING CONTEST JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE 18 DISTRICT OFFICES, RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG AND SING TAO NEWSPAPERS LIMITED.
THE CHAMPION OF THE NIGHT WILL REPRESENT THE DISTRICT IN A SEMI-FINAL ON AUGUST 11.
SWIMMERS URGED TO FOLLOW SAFETY RULES
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BEACHGOERS ARE BEING WARNED TO STAY OUT OF THE WATER AT PUBLIC BEACHES WHERE A RED FLAG IS HOISTED.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT EXPLAINED THAT THIS SIGNAL, WHICH MEANS IT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO ENTER THE WATER, WILL BE HOISTED WHEN THE WIND IS STRONG OR THE SEA ROUGH.
FOR THEIR OWN SAFETY, SWIMMERS ARE ALSO URGED TO STAY WITHIN THE AREA MARKED BY BUOY LINES.
/A 25-YEAR-OLD
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