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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 1988

REGIONAL SECRETARY URGES VOTERS TO CAST VOTES

THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR

MICHAEL CAST

THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR SUEN, TONIGHT (WEDNESDAY) URGED VOTERS IN THE TAI PO DISTRICT TO THEIR VOTES IN THE DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS ON MARCH 10.

DISTRICT LUNAR SAID THAT BY TO SERVE

SPEAKING AT THE CLOSING CEREMONY OF THE TAI PO NEW YEAR PROGRAMME AT THE TAI PO CIVIC CENTRE, MR SUEN VOTING, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO ELECT PEOPLE WHO WERE WILLING THE PUBLIC TO HELP BUILD A SUCCESSFUL COMMUNITY.

DISTRICT BOARD

HAD MEMBERS

PROVIDED

THE

ON

THE

OPINIONS VALUABLE IMPLEMENTATION OF DISTRICT MATTERS TO THE GOVERNMENT SINCE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION SCHEME IN 1981, MR SUEN NOTED.

CIVIC

AND

THE MEMBERS HAD ALSO PARTICIPATED ACTIVELY IN THE PLANNING

AND SOCIAL SPORTS,

EDUCATION LAUNCHING OF RECREATIONAL, SERVICES ACTIVITIES.

NOTING THAT MANY DEVELOPMENTS IN THE TAI PO NEW TOWN POINTED OUT COMPLETED WITHIN FIVE TO SEVEN YEARS, MR SUEN GOVERNMENT HAD TO SEEK RESIDENTS' VIEWS IN ORDER TO ENSURE A DEVELOPMENT FOR THE NEW TOWN.

WOULD BE THAT

THE

BALANCED

THE DISTRICT

BOARD

HAD

PLAYED

A VERY

IMPORTANT

ROLE IN

REFLECTING THESE VIEWS, HE SAID.

THE

LUNAR

NEW

YEAR PROGRAMME

WAS

CONCLUDED

A WITH ARTS ADVANCEMENT

SHOW

AND

FEATURING DANCE PERFORMANCES BY THE TAI PO DISTRICT ASSOCIATION, KINDERGARTENS AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT, SINGING PERFORMANCES BY POPULAR SINGERS.

BY

WAS ORGANISED ABOUT 800 RESIDENTS ATTENDED THE FUNCTION WHICH

LUNAR NEW

CO-ORDINATING YEAR PROGRAMME THE TAI PO DISTRICT

ADVANCEMENT ASSOCIATION COMMITTEE 1988 WITH ASSISTANCE FROM THE ARTS AND THE REGIONAL COUNCIL. IT WAS SPONSORED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD.

DISTRICT PROBLEMS CONTAINED THROUGH CO-OPERATION

* * *

THROUGH

OF

DISTRICT THE CO-OPERATION THE GOVERNMENT, VARIOUS PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED BY THE BEEN CONTAINED, THE NORTH DISTRICT OFFICER, MR TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

THE BOARD AND NORTH DISTRICT HAVE MATTHEW CHEUNG, SAID

HOSTED BY THE DISTRICT SPEAKING AT A JOINT SPRING RECEPTION

OF THE CHEUNG SAID CONSTRUCTION OFFICE AND THE DISTRICT BOARD, MR 1,200-BED NORTH DISTRICT HOSPITAL WAS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY END OF 1996 TO MEET THE DISTRICT'S NEED FOR MEDICAL SERVICES.

THE

/TRAFFIC CONGESTION