XN000022-1984-07-28 — Page 3

SATURDAY, JULY 28, 1984

DB SEEN AS +A VITAL LINK+

***

WITH THE PUBLICATION OF THE GREEN PAPER ON REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT. THE DISTRICT BOARD HAS BECOME AN IMPORTANT LINK IN HONG KONG'S POLITICAL SYSTEM, A LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR, DR HO KAM-FAI, SAID TONIGHT (SATURDAY).

DR. HO SAID THAT UNDER PROPOSALS IN THE GREEN PAPER, DB MEMBERS TOGETHER WITH MEMBERS OF THE URBAN COUNCIL AND THE NEW REGIONAL COUNCIL, WOULD FORM AN ELECTORAL COLLEGE TO ELECT AMONG THEMSELVES A FIXED NUMBER OF REPRESENTATIVES TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TO SERVE THE PUBLIC AT THE POLICY-MAKING LEVEL.

+TO ENABLE DISTRICT BOARDS TO PLAY A POSITIVE ROLE IN THE REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT, PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND SUPPORT ARE OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE, HE STRESSED.

+AND THE BEST WAY TO PARTICIPATE IS BY REGISTERING AS VOTERS.+

DR HO WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION VARIETY SHOW AT MORSE PARK WHICH SET OFF A TWO-MONTH MAJOR PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN TO PROMOTE VOTER REGISTRATION.

+ THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM HAS ENABLED PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE TO DIRECTLY TAKE PART IN DISTRICT AFFAIRS, + HE SAID.

+UNDER THE DISTRICT BOARDS ARE AREA COMMITTEES AND MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES. PEOPLE CAN EXPRESS THE IR VIEWS THROUGH THIS CONSULTATIVE STRUCTURE TO IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT AND RAISE THE STANDARD OF LIVING.

+WONG TAI SIN WAS THE FIRST DISTRICT BOARD TO INITIATE THE MEET-THE-PUBLIC SCHEME TO FURTHER STRENGTHEN COMMUNICATION BETWEEN BOARD MEMBERS AND RESIDENTS.

+AND WITHIN A SHORT SPAN OF THREE YEARS, THE BOARD HAS SUCCESSFULLY CARRIED OUT MANY LARGE-SCALE COMMUNITY BUILDING PROJECTS, RECREATIONAL AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES AND CLEARANCES OF ILLEGAL STRUCTURES AT BACKLANES,+

+THESE ARE ONLY SOME EXAMPLES OF ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE DISTRICT BOARD WHICH DESERVES EVERY PUBLIC SUPPORT, DR HO ADDED.

TONIGHT'S VARIETY SHOW WAS ORGANISED BY THE WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT OFFICE TOGETHER WITH THREE AREA COMMITTEES, FEATURING A FOLK DANCE, A DRAMA AND SINGING PERFORMANCES BY POPULAR SINGERS.

-

13