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MONDAY, JULY 8, 1985

MORE NEWS REPORTS ABOUT DISTRICTS URGED

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KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR KEVIN MAK, THIS (MONDAY) AFTERNOON CALLED ON THE MEDIA TO GIVE MORE ATTENTION TO DISTRICT AFFAIRS, SO AS TO HELP PROMOTE RESIDENTS' COMMUNITY AWARENSS..

SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE ON THE TV PROGRAMME, +GOOD MORNING, KWUN TONG+, MR MAK SAID: +WHETHER IT IS NEWS REPORTS ON THE WORK OF THE DISTRICT BOARD AND DISTRICT AFFAIRS, OR FEATURES ABOUT THE DISTRICT'S LEGENDS AND DAILY LIFE, THE MEDIA HAVE A VITAL ROLE TO HELP FOSTER RESIDENTS' KNOWLEDGE AND CONCERN ABOUT THEIR DISTRICTS.+

THE ELECTRONIC MEDIA, IN PARTICULAR, SHOULD PROVIDE MORE INFORMATIVE PROGRAMMES TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT IN HONG KONG, HE SAID.

+RESIDENTS MUST KNOW MORE ABOUT DISTRICT AFFAIRS BEFORE THEY CAN DEVELOP THEIR SENSE OF BELONGING AND EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS ON DISTRICT MATTERS, MR MAK SAID.

ALSO SPEAKING AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT BOARD, MR LAM HANG-FAI, SAID IN THE PAST 10 YEARS AND IN THE NEXT DECADE, MANY PEOPLE OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT HAVE MADE OR WILL MAKE TO KWUN TONG THEIR HOME.+

+ IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE HELP NEW-COMERS TO THIS DISTRICT FEEL AT HOME, WHICH IS ONE OF THE TARGETS OF THE DISTRICT BOARD,+ HE ADDED.

MR LAM SAID THE PROGRAMME +GOOD MORNING, KWUN TONG+ WAS ONE WAY IN WHICH THE BOARD COULD ACHIEVE THIS.

SPEAKING ABOUT THE PROGRAMME, WHICH WILL BE HELD IN YUET WAH STREET PLAYGROUND ON JULY 19 AND BROADCAST LIVE ON TVB-JADE, THE DEPUTY PRODUCTION CONTROLLER OF THE HONG KONG TELEVISION BROADCASTS LIMITED, MR TANG WAI-HUNG, SAID IT WOULD INCLUDE FEATURES ON THE HISTORY OF KWUN TONG, INTERVIEWS WITH LOCAL PERSONALITIES AND DISCUSSIONS ON DISTRICT ISSUES,

NUMBER OF ESTABLISHMENTS INCREASES

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A TOTAL OF 90 554 WHOLESALE, RETAIL AND IMPORT-EXPORT ESTABLISHMENTS, RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS WERE IN OPERATION DURING THE WHOLE OR PART OF 1983, WITH 551 711 PERSONS ENGAGED, ACCORDING TO SURVEY RESULTS RELEASED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

COMPARED WITH 1982, THE NUMBER OF ESTABLISHMENTS AND PERSONS ENGAGED INCREASED BY EIGHT PER CENT AND FOUR PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

/IN 1983, DIESE