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TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1976
$200 M. TO BE SPENT ON TSUEN WAN THIS YEAR
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AN ESTIMATED $220.6 MILLION WILL BE SPENT ON TSUEN WAN THIS FINANCIAL YEAR. ABOUT ONE THIRD ON PUBLIC HOUSING INCLUSIVE OF BASIC COMMUNITY FACILITIES, THE DISTRICT OFFICER, TSUEN WAN, MR. JAMES HAYES SAID TODAY.
MR. HAYES, WHO WAS SPEAKING AT THE INAUGURATION CEREMONY OF THE 18TH TERM OFFICE BEARERS OF THE TSUEN WAN RURAL COMMITTEE, ADDED THAT IN THE FOLLOWING YEAR SOME $260 MILLION WAS LIKELY TO BE SPENT.
HE ASSURED THE CHAIRMAN OF TSUEN WAN RURAL COMMITTEE, MR. PETER YEUNG, THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE WOULD BE DONE TO PROVIDE COMMUNITY SERVICES FOR EXISTING AS WELL AS PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, +SINCE WE RECOGNISE THE NEED TO MAKE UP PRESENT DEFICIENCIES,+” HE SAID THERE WERE 140 ITEMS AT PRESENT IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME, WHICH WAS UPDATED EACH YEAR.
REFERRING TO OTHER PUBLIC SERVICES, LIKE KEEPING THE PEACE, REDUCING CRIME, IMPROVING TRAFFIC CONDITIONS AND PROMOTING CULTURAL, RECREATIONAL AND SPORTING ACTIVITIES, MR. HAYES SAID: +THESE MÅTTERS ARE ALREADY RECEIVING ATTENTION.+
HE WENT ON TO TAKE ONE MAJOR EXAMPLE, YOU ARE ALL I THINK AWARE OF THE CREATION OF A NEW KWAI CHUNG DIVISION OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE.
+THIS IMPORTANT STEP IN THE MAINTENANCE OF LAW AND ORDER AND THE SUPPRESSION OF CRIME IS BEING ACCOMPANIED BY THE INCREASED ATTENTION GIVEN TO LIAISON WITH THE LOCAL POPULATION THROUGH THE RURAL COMMITTEES, LOCAL ASSOCIATIONS AND THE MUTUAL AID COMMITTEE MOVEMENT.
*THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE DISTRICT FIGHT VIOLENT CRIME COMMITTEE EARLIER THIS YEAR CHAIRED BY THE DEPUTY DISTRICT OFFICER IS YET ANOTHER INDICATION OF THE IMPORTANCE ATTACHED TO THIS SUBJECT BY THE GOVERNMENT IN THE NEW TOWN.+
MR. HAYES SAID THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE GOVERNMENT TO STRENGTHEN THE PUBLIC SERVICES IN TSUEN WAN +IS NOT SHIRKED.+ IN PRACTICAL TERMS, RESPONSIBILITY WAS EXERCISED THROUGH THE NEW TOWN MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE COMPRISING SENIOR OFFICERS OF GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS WORKING IN TSUEN WAN.
*THE COMMITTEE IS EVER WATCHFUL OF LOCAL REQUIREMENTS AND WHERE NECESSARY SUGGESTS TO DEPARTMENTS THE NEED FOR INCREASED SERVICES AND THE EXTRA STAFF TO GO WITH THEM,+ MR. HAYES SAID.
HE MADE SPECIAL MENTION OF THE RECREATIONAL AMD AMENITIES COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED LAST JANUARY. ITS MEMBERSHIP WAS MADE UP OF A LARGE NUMBER OF +UNOFFICIALS+ DRAWN FROM A WIDE RANGE OF TSUEN WAN RESIDENTS AND OF OFFICIALS WHO HAVE RESPONSIBILITIES IN THIS FIELD,
/+THIS COMMITTEE