XN000022-1987-03-28 — Page 2

SATURDAY, MARCH 28, 1987

ACTIVE PROMOTION OF CIVIC EDUCATION NEEDED

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A SURVEY ON COMMUNITY NEEDS IN EASTERN DISTRICT SHOWS THAT ABOUT 90 PER CENT OF RESPONDENTS HAVE A SENSE OF BELONGING TO THE DISTRICT, BUT THE IR AWARENESS OF COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES ORGANISED BY THE EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD IS GENERALLY LOW.

SPEAKING AT THE EASTERN DISTRICT CIVIC EDUCATION SEMINAR TODAY (SATURDAY), DISTRICT OFFICER, MR GARY YEUNG, SAID THE FIGURES INDICATED THAT THE DISTRICT OFFICE NEEDED TO CONTINUE

ITS WORK IN CONVEYING THE MESSAGE OF DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION IN ORDER TO MAKE THE PUBLIC BETTER UNDERSTAND AND PARTICIPATE IN THE WORK OF THE DISTRICT BOARD.

+THIS CAN BE ACHIEVED BY ENCOURAGING LOCAL RESIDENTS TO MAKE MORE USE OF THE DISTRICT BOARD'S +MEET THE PUBLIC+ SCHEME AND TO ATTEND DISTRICT BOARD MEETING AS WELL AS BY PROVIDING MORE CHANCES FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN DISTRICT ACTIVITIES,+ HE SAID.

THE EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD HAD DECIDED TO ORGANISE A DISTRICT FESTIVAL IN NOVEMBER THIS YEAR FOR THE FIRST TIME TO PROVIDE THE CHANCE FOR RESIDENTS TO TAKE PART IN THE EVENT AND TO ENHANCE THEIR SENSE OF BELONGING TO THE DISTRICT, MR YEUNG SAID.

+ON THE OTHER HAND, PLANS ARE IN HAND TO PUBLICISE A LARGE-SCALE TERRITORY-WIDE VOTER REGISTRATION CAMPAIGN IN AUGUST THIS YEAR,+ HE ADDED.

*THIS IS A CHANCE FOR THE PUBLIC TO EXERCISE THE IR CIVIC RIGHTS BY PARTICIPATING IN DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION AND DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS, ESPECIALLY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE OVER 21 AND THOSE WHO HAVE JUST MOVED INTO EASTERN DISTRICT. +

+BESIDES PROMOTING THE CIVIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN, THE DISTRICT OFFICE WILL ALSO MOBILISE LOCAL RESIDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES AND TO EXERCISE CIVIC RIGHTS AND DUTIES, + MR YEUNG SAID.

RETURNING FROM TRADE TALKS IN SINGAPORE

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THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, MR ERIC HO, RETURNED TO HONG KONG THIS (SATURDAY) AFTERNOON AFTER DISCUSSION WITH THE MINISTER FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, BRIGADIER GENERAL LEE HSIEN LOONG, AND SENIOR OFFICIALS OF THE TRADE DEVELOPMENT BOARD IN SINGAPORE.

HE WAS ACCOMPANIED DURING HIS VISIT BY THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY (DESIGNATE), MR HAMISH MACLEOD.