South Belfast - Ea1

“Alliance is working to build a united community in Northern Ireland. The Agreement is not the ceiling of our ambition, but the foundation on which we can build a shared society. “Alliance is working for an open, free and fair society. Only Alliance rejects the notion that we must all be boxed into ‘two communities’. “Alliance is working to give everyone something better than tribal politics – a genuinely shared future.” Geraldine Rice

Tom

Ekin

South Belfast THURSDAY 29th MAY 2003

Geraldine

Rice

1

Geraldine Rice 2 Tom Ekin Alliance Works Election Communication

East Antrim Constituency

Alliance works Label here

Tribal Politics doesn’t www.allianceworks.org Published by Patrick Mitchell on behalf of Geraldine Rice and Tom Ekin, all at 192 Saintfield Road, Belfast, BT8 6HH. Printed by Alan Evans Associates, 17 Godfrey Avenue, Bangor, BT20 5LS.

ALLIANCE WORKS for

South Belfast Working for South Belfast Alliance works for you all year round. Alliance representatives have established a strong track record of doing the practical work on behalf of constituents, raising issues on health and education, planning and policing, housing and transport. Your Alliance MLA will work to: • Radically overhaul Planning Laws • • Improve the funding of local health services • • Increase investment in public transport • • Put more police officers on the street • • Tackle bigotry and sectarianism • Geraldine Rice Works • Has lived in Ormeau Road and then Carryduff for most of her life. • Castlereagh Councillor since 1989. Instrumental in the recent campaign to save the Robinson Centre from DUP efforts to close it down. • As Alliance Spokesperson on Health takes a strong stance on a number of issues, especially free personal care for the elderly in residential and nursing homes. • Strong supporter of the police and the rule of law. Member of Probation Board for Northern Ireland, and former member of the Police Authority. Also serves of Castlereagh District Police Partnership. • Has a keen interest in environment, planning and public transport issues in South Belfast. • Committed to using the Good Friday Agreement to improve community relations.

Tom Ekin Works • Successful businessman, based in South Belfast. • Belfast City Councillor since 1997; heads the City Hall working group to start the long process of reducing sectarianism and building better community relations in Belfast. • Initiated and drives the City Hall efforts to produce effective anti-littering measures • Has been effective in making Planners attitudes in South Belfast more in tune with the area, urging less intrusive apartments and less ‘out of town’ supermarkets. • Successfully urged the police to better respond to fears of crime in the homes and streets of South Belfast. • Continues to highlight the problems of vandals and drinkers in the parks and playing fields of South Belfast.

Alliance Working ~ Making the Difference • Alliance MLAs saved the Assembly from collapse in November 2001. We have shown that we are prepared to take risks for peace. • Alliance proposals set out a new vision of how we can live and learn, work and play together. • Alliance is the only party to speak out against all illegal paramilitary flags and murals. • Alliance successfully proposed the appointment of a Children’s Commissioner to protect the interests of children in all aspects of government. • Alliance has persuaded the Government to introduce ‘Hate Crime’ laws, creating stiffer sentences for racial or sectarian offences. • Alliance is working to ensure that paramilitaries 'on the run' are processed through the courts. We demand that those exiled by paramilitaries must be allowed to return home in safety. Community Relations

Law and Order

Education

Health

Working to Overcome the Costs of Segregation

Hundreds of millions of pounds are wasted every year in needless duplication of facilities because of our segregated society. These resources could be much better invested in improving the quality of public services. Environment/Transport

Economy/Finance

Alliance will place a Alliance will abolish the Alliance will implement Alliance will introduce Alliance will reform Alliance will work to duty on all discriminatory 50:50 a strategy to place 10% free personal care for planning laws to ensure fair taxation, Government agencies quota, to put more of our children in those living in preserve our greenbelt, with value for money, to promote police on our streets. integrated schools residential and and protect ending the abuse of community relations. by 2010. nursing homes. important buildings. the regional rate. Alliance will push for Alliance will work to tougher enforcement of Alliance will abolish Alliance will reform Alliance will increase Alliance will seek to ensure people can live the law against tuition fees for students administrative the funding given to remove unnecessary in security in mixed gangsters, rioters at Northern Ireland structures to put more public transport and regulation and housing areas. and vandals. universities. money into patient care. improve our railways. burdens on business. The full Assembly Manifesto, and detailed policy papers are available from www.allianceworks.org or by phoning 9032 4274

“Alliance is working to build a united community in Northern Ireland. The Agreement is not the ceiling of our ambition, but the foundation on which we can build a shared society. “Alliance is working for an open, free and fair society. Only Alliance rejects the notion that we must all be boxed into ‘two communities’. “Alliance is working to give everyone something better than tribal politics – a genuinely shared future.” Tom Ekin

Tom

Ekin South Belfast THURSDAY 29th MAY 2003

Geraldine

Rice

1

Tom Ekin 2 Geraldine Rice Alliance Works

Election Communication

East Antrim Constituency

Alliance works Label here

Tribal Politics doesn’t www.allianceworks.org Published by Patrick Mitchell on behalf of Tom Ekin and Geraldine Rice, all at 192 Saintfield Road, Belfast, BT8 6HH. Printed by Alan Evans Associates, 17 Godfrey Avenue, Bangor, BT20 5LS.

ALLIANCE WORKS for

South Belfast Working for South Belfast Alliance works for you all year round. Alliance representatives have established a strong track record of doing the practical work on behalf of constituents, raising issues on health and education, planning and policing, housing and transport. Your Alliance MLA will work to: • Radically overhaul Planning Laws • • Improve the funding of local health services • • Increase investment in public transport • • Put more police officers on the street • • Tackle bigotry and sectarianism • Tom Ekin Works • Successful businessman, based in South Belfast. • Belfast City Councillor since 1997; heads the City Hall working group to start the long process of reducing sectarianism and building better community relations in Belfast. • Initiated and drives the City Hall efforts to produce effective anti-littering measures • Has been effective in making Planners attitudes in South Belfast more in tune with the area, urging less intrusive apartments and less ‘out of town’ supermarkets. • Successfully urged the police to better respond to fears of crime in the homes and streets of South Belfast. • Continues to highlight the problems of vandals and drinkers in the parks and playing fields of South Belfast.

Geraldine Rice Works • Has lived in Ormeau Road and then Carryduff for most of her life. • Castlereagh Councillor since 1989. Instrumental in the recent campaign to save the Robinson Centre from DUP efforts to close it down. • As Alliance Spokesperson on Health takes a strong stance on a number of issues, especially free personal care for the elderly in residential and nursing homes. • Strong supporter of the police and the rule of law. Member of Probation Board for Northern Ireland, and former member of the Police Authority. Also serves of Castlereagh District Police Partnership. • Has a keen interest in environment, planning and public transport issues in South Belfast. • Committed to using the Good Friday Agreement to improve community relations.

Alliance Working ~ Making the Difference • Alliance MLAs saved the Assembly from collapse in November 2001. We have shown that we are prepared to take risks for peace. • Alliance proposals set out a new vision of how we can live and learn, work and play together. • Alliance is the only party to speak out against all illegal paramilitary flags and murals. • Alliance successfully proposed the appointment of a Children’s Commissioner to protect the interests of children in all aspects of government. • Alliance has persuaded the Government to introduce ‘Hate Crime’ laws, creating stiffer sentences for racial or sectarian offences. • Alliance is working to ensure that paramilitaries 'on the run' are processed through the courts. We demand that those exiled by paramilitaries must be allowed to return home in safety. Community Relations

Law and Order

Education

Health

Working to Overcome the Costs of Segregation

Hundreds of millions of pounds are wasted every year in needless duplication of facilities because of our segregated society. These resources could be much better invested in improving the quality of public services. Environment/Transport

Economy/Finance

Alliance will place a Alliance will abolish the Alliance will implement Alliance will introduce Alliance will reform Alliance will work to duty on all discriminatory 50:50 a strategy to place 10% free personal care for planning laws to ensure fair taxation, Government agencies quota, to put more of our children in those living in preserve our greenbelt, with value for money, to promote police on our streets. integrated schools residential and and protect ending the abuse of community relations. by 2010. nursing homes. important buildings. the regional rate. Alliance will push for Alliance will work to tougher enforcement of Alliance will abolish Alliance will reform Alliance will increase Alliance will seek to ensure people can live the law against tuition fees for students administrative the funding given to remove unnecessary in security in mixed gangsters, rioters at Northern Ireland structures to put more public transport and regulation and housing areas. and vandals. universities. money into patient care. improve our railways. burdens on business. The full Assembly Manifesto, and detailed policy papers are available from www.allianceworks.org or by phoning 9032 4274