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SATURDAY, SEPTIMBER 22, 1984

+ IN THIS REGARD, WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL TO LOCAL LEADERS AND VILLAGE REPRESENTATIVES WHO HAVE BEEN VERY ENTHUSIASTIC IN HELPING US REGISTER VOTERS, SHE SAID.

MISS CHENG ALSO COMMENDED THE LIAISON OFFICERS, TEMPORARY AND VOLUNTARY WORKERS WHO SOMETIMES HAD TO TRAVEL LONG DISTANCES JUST TO REGISTER A FEW VILLAGERS OR ISLANDERS.

THE VOTER REGISTRATION CAMPAIGN WAS TODAY TAKEN TO CHUNG MEI TUK, WHERE ABOUT 770 OF THE 1 060 BOAT DWELLERS ARE ELIGIBLE VOTERS.

AT THE SAME TIME, DISTRICT OFFICE STAFF LAUNCHED A CLEAN-UP EXERCISE THERE, DISTRIBUTING 10 000 DISPOSAL PLASTIC BAGS TO SOME 160 HOUSEHOLDS. EXTRA LITTER BINS HAVE ALSO BEEN PROVIDED ON SHORE.

+WE WANT TO EDUCATE THE BOAT DWELLERS ON ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE AND PROPER SANITARY PRACTICES,+ MISS CHENG SAID.

SPORTS FESTIVAL FOR CENTRAL AND WESTERN *****

A WIDE RANGE OF COMPETITIONS AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES HAS BEEN ARRANGED FOR THE SECOND SPORTS FESTIVAL FOR THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT.

THE THREE-WEEK PROGRAMME, WHICH WILL START TOMORROW (SUNDAY), WILL INCLUDE A SWIMMING GALA, AN ATHLETIC MEETING, WIND SURFING, TELEMATCH GAMES, A VARIETY SHOW, PICNICS FOR THE ELDERLY, A DANCE NIGHT AND A SPORTS CARNIVAL.

THE FESTIVAL WILL COST ABOUT $80 000, WITH THE DISTRICT BOARD CONTRIBUTING $50 000.

THE FESTIVAL IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICE; THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE AND THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT RECREATION AND SPORTS ASSOCIATION.

A LEAFLET GIVING DETAILS OF THE FESTIVAL IS AVAILABLE AT THE DISTRICT OFFICE AND ITS SUB-OFF ICES, AND THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE.

OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY WILL BE THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR LAM KAM-KWONG; THE SENIOR RECREATION AND SPORTS OFFICER, MR TAM PAK-HANG; THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT RECREATION AND SPORTS ASSOCIATION, MR LEUNG SIK-WAH THE ASSOCIATION'S VICE-CHAIRMEN, MR CHANNING SHUT AND MR LEUNG CHUNG-YU; AND TWO DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS, MR LIU LIT FOR AND MR LEE TAT-YUE.

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