TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1977
RECORD NUMBER OF ENQUIRIES HANDLED BY HAD ******
THE 22 PUBLIC ENQUIRY CENTRES OF THE HOME AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT LAST YEAR HANDLED A RECORD OF 2,025,072 ENQUIRIES AND CASES.
THIS REPRESENTED AN INCREASE OF 426,796 ENQUIRIES AND CASES OR 26.7 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH THE 1975 FIGURE OF 1,598,276.
OF THE TOTAL, ABOUT HALF CONCERNED ENQUIRIES WHILE THE OTHER HALF INVOLVED THE DISTRIBUTION OF FORMS AND BOOKLETS.
AMONG THE FIVE SUBJECTS ON WHICH MOST QUESTIONS WERE ASKED WERE GOVERNMENT JOBS/VACANCIES (48,537), TECHNICAL EDUCATION (33,340), APPLICATION FOR PUBLIC HOUSING (32,121), LOCATION OF GOVERNMENT OFFICES (31,419) AND SCHOLARSHIPS AND AIDS (31,036).
AS FOR FORMS AND BOOKLETS DISTRIBUTED, THOSE IN DEMAND MOST WERE GOVERNMENT POST APPLICATION FORMS (234,156), TECHNICAL INSTITUTES APPLICATION FORMS (122,491), APPLICATION FORMS FOR PUBLIC HOUSING (65,486), WALK FOR A MILLION SPONSOR FORMS (63,750) AS WELL AS G.C.E. AND A.E.B. FORMS (50,608).
COMMENTING ON THE FIGURES, MRS. DORA TAYLOR, HEAD OF THE INFORMATION SECTION OF THE HOME AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT SAID : +THE INCREASING STATISTICS HAVE REFLECTED UPON THE GROWING IMPORTANCE OF THE PUBLIC ENQUIRY CENTRES IN HELPING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEMS OF THE VAST NUMBER OF PEOPLE LIVING IN HONG KONG,+
SHE SAID THAT TO MEET THE GROWING DEMAND OF THE PUBLIC THE DEPARTMENT INTENDED TO SET UP THREE MORE PUBLIC ENQUIRY CENTRES IN THE URBAN AREA WITHIN THESE TWO YEARS.
NEW DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR NEW TERRITORIES
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MR. MORRIS MORGAN TODAY OFFICIALLY TOOK OVER THE POST OF DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.
HE REPLACES MR. JOHN CHAMBERS, WHO HELD THE POST FOR NEARLY THREE YEARS AND WHO IS ABOUT TO TAKE OVERSEAS LEAVE.
MR. MORGAN, WHO JOINED THE GOVERNMENT IN 1961 HAS SERVED IN SENIOR POSTS IN THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT, SOCIAL WELFARE, EDUCATION, CENSUS AND STATISTICS AND COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY DEPARTMENTS.
HE HAS SPENT THE LAST FEW WEEKS VISITING THE SEVEN DISTRICTS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES FAMILIAR ISING HIMSELF WITH ADMINISTRATION PROCEDURES AND MEETING LOCAL PEOPLE TO LEARN ABOUT THEIR PROBLEMS.
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