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Wednesday, October 17, 1973
entail the implementation of policies in the light of our resources of
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finance, manpover and land, and the monitoring of their effectiveness.
To do all this, we shall need to train and develop the expertise
of our own staff in the techniques of modern corporate management and
do so as quickly as possible. To assist in this we have secured the
services, on secondment, of two of the staff of the Greater London
Council experienced in these techniques.
All these endeavours, which are now in hand, should facilitate
the effective realisation of the far-reaching plane of which I have
spoken today. But, just as important, they should facilitate and expedite
the more mundane work of the Government.
ག་སནྡྷནཀྱི་ཇརིག་ཐར
With these major basic programmes and administrative reforms in
hand, I believe the time has come to give an additional thrust in two main areas:
the first is recreation, leisure and sport; and the second is that broad
complex of inter-related problems which might be described under the heading of
traffic and transport, land policy and pollution.
Recreation, leisure and sport
With rising standards of living, and time available to be spent on
more than just a struggle for existence, facilities for recreation, leisure
and sport have taken on a new and ur, ent significance. They are no longer
luxuries but essential parts of our social infrastructure which, I suggest
to you, we would noglect at our peril. I am conscious of the excellent work
already being done by a wide variety of organisations, both Government,
Government-aided and privately financed. But the machinery for a co-
ordinated drive has hitherto been lacking.
We will