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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 1988

NEW CHAIRMAN FOR KWAI TSING DISTRICT BOARD

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AN ELECTED MEMBER OF THE KWAI TSING DISTRICT BOARD, MR LEE WING-TAT, WAS ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD AT A SPECIAL MEETING HELD TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

MR LEE, AGED 32, SERVED THE COMMUNITY AS A MEMBER OF THE KWAI TSING DISTRICT BOARD IN 1985-88 AND WAS RE-ELECTED IN THE DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS HELD IN MARCH.

KWAI TSING DISTRICT BOARD HAS A TOTAL OF 26 MEMBERS, OF WHOM 16 ARE ELECTED MEMBERS, NINE APPOINTED AND ONE EX-OFFICIO MEMBER WHO IS THE CHAIRMAN OF TSING YI RURAL COMMITTEE.

THE KWAI TSING DISTRICT OFFICER, MR BRIAN COAK, CONVENER OF TODAY'S MEETING, CONGRATULATED MR LEE ON BEING ELECTED CHAIRMAN.

MR COAK SAID THAT IN TERMS OF POPULATION, KWAI TSING WAS THE LARGEST DISTRICT IN THE NEW TERRITORIES AND WAS MADE UP OF THE DEVELOPING TSING YI AND LONG ESTABLISHED KWAI CHUNG.

THIS CONTRASTING FEATURE OF OLD AND NEW GAVE THE DISTRICT BOARD AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS WIDE VIEWS ON THE NEEDS OF RESIDENTS IN THE CONSULTATIVE PROCESS ON DISTRICT AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT POLICIES, HE ADDED.

SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 1985, THE BOARD HAD GIVEN VALUABLE OPINIONS ON VARIOUS ASPECTS SUCH AS ENVIRONMENT, TRAFFIC, CULTURE AND RECREATION, ADMINISTRATION AND PUBLICITY AND INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE, MR COAK SAID.

"I BELIEVE THAT MEMBERS OF THE NEW BOARD WILL CONTINUE TO WORK CLOSELY TOGETHER IN THE COMING THREE YEARS TO ADVISE THE GOVERNMENT ON THIS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING DISTRICT, HE SAID.

AT THE MEETING, MEMBERS ENDORSED A PROPOSAL THAT THE NUMBER OF COMMITTEES BE INCREASED FROM SIX TO SEVEN BY SPLITTING THE CULTURE AND RECREATION COMMITTEE INTO AN ARTS AND CULTURE COMMITTEE AND SPORTS AND RECREATION COMMITTEE.

MR COAK EXPLAINED THAT IT WAS NECESSARY TO SPLIT THE CULTURE AND RECREATION COMMITTEE AS THE NUMBER AND SCALE OF ACTIVITIES ORGANISED IN THE DISTRICT HAD BEEN EXPANDING IN THE PAST FEW YEARS WITH INCREASED GOVERNMENT FUNDING AT THE DISTRICT BOARD'S DISPOSAL.

ARTS AND SPORTS

DESERVED THE ATTENTION OF TWO SEPARATE COMMITTEES 50 THAT THE ACTIVITIES COULD BE CONCURRENTLY IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ASSOCIATIONS, HE SAID.

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ORGANISED RESPECTIVE

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RUN DISTRICT

THE BOARD'S