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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1988

SIR S.Y. CALLS ON ELECTORS TO VOTE

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THE SENIOR MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, SIR SZE-YUEN CHUNG, IN THE SHA TODAY (FRIDAY) CALLED ON SOME 90,000 REGISTERED ELECTORS TIN DISTRICT TO VOTE IN THE DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS ON MARCH 10.

THE LUNAR NEW YEAR SPEAKING AT THE SWITCHING-ON CEREMONY OF

HE SAID: LIGHTING DECORATIONS AT THE SHA TIN TOWN HALL THIS EVENING,

STEP TOWARDS "VOTING IN THE DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS IS AN IMPORTANT BUILDING UP A SUCCESSFUL COMMUNITY.'

"

HE NOTED THAT THE DISTRICT BOARDS HAD BECOME MORE MATURE THE INTRODUCTION OF THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION SCHEME IN 1981.

SINCE

DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT

"DB MEMBERS GIVE VALUABLE ADVICE TO THE GOVERNMENT ON MANAGEMENT MATTERS AND DB'S PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT, HE SAID.

"

ACTIVE

CULTURAL,

"IN TERMS OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, DB MEMBERS ARR VERY IN PLANNING, PARTICIPATING, AND

VARIOUS PROMOTING RECREATIONAL, SPORTS, CIVIC EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SERVICE ACTIVITIES.

"THIS

IN DEVELOPING A

DONE BAS

MUCH

AND HEALTHY COMMUNITY, IN SHA TIN, SUCH ACHIEVEMENTS ARE SELF-EVIDENT."

ACTIVE

INTO

SIR SZE-YUEN SAID THE VAST NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAD MOVED SHA TEN IN RECENT YEARS HAD MIXED WELL WITH THE INDIGENOUS RESIDENTS.

NEW

RESIDENTS HAVE "WORKING HARD TOGETHER, THE GOVERNMENT AND THE CONTRIBUTED TO THE PROSPERITY OF SHA TIN WHICH HAS BECOME A MODEL TOWN TODAY," HE ADDED.

ין

LUNAR NEW THE SAND MARTIN

THE LIGHTING DECORATIONS IN SHA TIN CELEBRATING THE YEAR ARF MOUNTED NEAR SHING MUN RIVER, LIGHTING BRIDGE, BANYAN BRIDGE AND RIVERSIDE PROMENADES.

OF A ROARING DRAGON THE MOST PROMINENT FEATURE IS A PICTURE

OF THE DRAGON. AMIDST CLOUDS, BLESSING RESIDENTS IN THE COMING YEAR

SEVEN METRES THE

METRES LONG AND

HIGH AND LINED PICTURE, ABOUT 100

OF ATTRACTION ON SAND WITH COLOURFUL LIGHT BULBS, FORMS THE CENTRE MARTIN BRIDGE.

PM 5.30

ΤΟ THE LIGHTS WILL BE SWITCHED ON EVERY EVENING FROM

EVE (FEBRUARY 16) TILL MIDNIGHT UNTIL MARCII 2. ON LUNAR NEW YEAR'S

TILL 5 AM THE FEBRUARY 19 AND ON MARCH 2, THEY WILL BE SWITCHED ON NEXT DAY.

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