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WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 1974.
MAC'S PART-TIME HELPERS MAY BE PAID BY GOVT.
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THE GOVERNMENT WILL SEEK FINANCE COMMITTEE'S APPROVAL FOR FUNDS TO PAY PART-TIME COMMUNITY ORGANISERS WHO ARE HELPING THE MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES, THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, THE HON. DENIS BRAY, SAID TODAY.
+THIS APPROACH WILL BE MADE, BECAUSE IN MY VIEW THE MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES HAVE TURNED OUT TO BE THE BEST MEANS YET FOUND TO HELP PEOPLE CO-OPERATE WITH EACH OTHER TO MAKE THEIR HOME SURROUNDINGS CLEAN AND SAFE,+ HE TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. +NOT ONLY THIS,+ HE ADDED, +BUT THEY HELP THOSE WHO JOIN TO GET TO KNOW THE PEOPLE NEXT DOOR WHICH IS NOT EASY IN THE AVERAGE MULTI-STOREY BUILDING.+
MR. BRAY WAS REPLY ING TO A QUESTION FROM DR. THE
HON. CHUNG SZE-YUEN WHO WANTED TO KNOW WHETHER FUNDS HAD BEEN MADE AVAILABLE TO RETAIN OR EXPAND THE SERVICES OF THE TEMPORARY COMMUNITY ORGANISERS.
THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS SAID THE PCESENT FINANCIAL PROVISION FOR STAFF FOR THE MAC'S REFLECTED THE FACT THAT THE SCHEME IS EXPERIMENTAL AND THAT THE GOVERNOR-IN-COUNCIL HAD YET TO REVIEW IT AND DECIDE ON THE LONGER TERM FUTURE REQUIREMENTS.
+CLEARLY THERE IS IMMENSE SOCIAL-POTENTIAL IN THESE COMMITTEES AND IT WOULD BE SHORTSIGHTED TO LET THEM RUN DOWN THROUGH LACK OF OFFICIAL ENCOURAGEMENT AT THIS STAGE,+ HE SAID.
UP TO THE END OF LAST MONTH, A TOTAL OF 1,512 MAC'S HAD BEEN FORMED. +THIS IS A GOOD START,+ SAID MR. BRAY, +BUT WE ARE NOWHERE NEAR HAVING AS MANY COMMITTEES AS ARE NEEDED.+
TEMPORARY WATER CUT
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WATER SUPPLY TO A NUMBER OF PREMISES IN YUEN LONG WILL BE INTERRUPTED FOR FIVE HOURS AS FROM 1 A.M. ON FRIDAY. (JULY 19) TO FACILITATE A TEST FOR LEAKAGE IN THE AREA.
THE AREA AFFECTED BY THE TEMPORARY STOPPAGE IS BOUNDED BY YUEN LONG MAIN ROAD, ON NING ROAD, SAI TAI STREET AND KOK TING STREET.
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