XN000022-1985-08-18 — Page 5

SUNDAY, AUGUST 18, 1985

LAST YEAR'S CONSULTATION WITH THE AREA COMMITTEES LED TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PROJECTS SUCH AS TREE-PLANTING ALONG SHUI NING STREET, PROVIDING BENCHES NEAR THE KWUN TONG MARYKNOLL COLLEGE, AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF AMENITY AREAS NEXT TO THE BUS TERMINUS AT SAU MAU PING AND KO CHIU ROAD ESTATES.

AS FOR COMMUNITY BUILDING PROJECTS, MR LAM SAID: +TO ENCOURAGE THE AREA COMMITTEES TO ORGANISE ACTIVITIES THAT CAN ENHANCE NEIGHBOURLINESS AMONG THE RESIDENTS, THE CULTURE, RECREATION AND SPORTS AND COMMUNITY BUILDING COMMITTEE HAS EARMARKED $210 000 FOR THEM THIS YEAR.+

+ THE AREA COMMITTEES ARE ALSO BEING ENCOURAGED TO ORGANISE ACTIVITIES WHICH WILL HELP PROMOTE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION TO THE KAIFONGS AND LOCAL ORGANISATIONS, HE SAID.

APPLICATION FORMS HAVE BEEN SENT TO THE AREA COMMITTEES THROUGH THE LIAISON OFFICERS OF THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICE. THE DISTRICT BOARD SPENT $200 000 ON VARIOUS COMMUNITY PROJECTS DURING THE LAST FINANCIAL YEAR.

RESIDENTS URGED TO REGISTER AS VOTERS

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SOUTHERN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR EDDY CHAN, TODAY (SUNDAY) URGED ELIGIBLE ELECTORS WHO HAVE NOT YET REGISTERED AS VOTERS TO DO SO BEFORE OCTOBER 1, TO PREPARE FOR NEXT YEAR'S URBAN COUNCIL ELECTIONS.

SPEAKING AT A JOINT SEMINAR OF THE WAH FU AREA COMMITTEE AN- LOCAL RESIDENT ORGANISATIONS, MR CHAN SAID SOUTHERN DISTRICT RESIDENTS HAVE A TRADITIONAL ENTHUSIASM IN DISTRICT AFFAIRS AS CAM BE SEEN FROM THE DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS IN MARCH.

+ IN THE WAH FU CONSTITUENCY, FOR EXAMPLE, ABOUT 16 000 OF THE 49 300 POPULATION ARE REGISTERED VOTERS, AND 38 PER CENT OF THEM VOTED IN MARCH, HE SAID.

+THIS ENTHUSIASM SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED TO CONTINUE IN THE

CURRENT VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVE,+ HE ADDED.

MR CHAN ALSO APPEALED TO YOUNGER RESIDENTS TO SIGN UP.

+THOSE WHO ARE OR WILL BE 21 YEARS OLD BEFORE DECEMBER 31 THIS YEAR AND CONFORM TO THE SEVEN-YEAR RESIDENCY RULE, SHOULD REGISTER NOW SO THEY CAN PARTICIPATE IN THE URBAN COUNCIL AND DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS IN FUTURE, HE SAID.

TODAY'S SEMINAR IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE WAH FU AREA COMMITTEE TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR LOCAL RESIDENT ORGANISATIONS TO EXCHANGE VIEWS ON THE DISTRICT'S ENVIRONMENTAL, TRANSPORT AND COMMUNITY BUILDING MATTERS.

/MR CHAN