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MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 1977
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TWO-WEEK EXHIBITION OF TSUEN WAN OLD AND NEW OPENED ******
THE RECENT ESTABLISHMENT OF TOWN MANAGEMENT OFFICES PROVIDES MORE DIRECT OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOCAL PEOPLE TO TELL GOVERNMENT WHAT THEY WANT AND GENERALLY TO ASSIST ITS EFFORTS.
THIS WAS STATED TODAY BY THE TSUEN WAN TOWN MANAGER. MR. JAMES HAYES, WHEN HE JOINTLY OPENED THE +TODAY AND YESTERDAY IN TSUEN WAN+ EXHIBITION IN THE LAI CHI KOK AMUSEMENT PARK WITH MRS. JANE AKERS-JONES, WIFE OF THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THE TWO-WEEK EXHIBITION, PRODUCED BY THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICE, CONCERNS TWO THEMES - TSUEN WAN OLD AND NEW, SHOWING THE PUBLIC THE DEVELOPMENTS WHICH ARE CHANGING THE FACE OF TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN.
MR. HAYES SAID PEOPLE'S INTEREST IN TSUEN WAN WOULD IN TURN GENERATE MORE STEAM FOR THE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME AND THE MEANS TO ACCOMPLISH IT.
+MEANWHILE, THE WORK OF COMMUNITY BUILDING CONTINUES APACE. THIS CANNOT BE DONE WITHOUT FIRST BRINGING GOVERNMENT OFFICERS INTO CLOSER TOUCH WITH LOCAL PEOPLE AND THEIR PROBLEMS,+ HE SAID.
+YOU WILL SEE FROM THE EXHIBITS AND CHARTS THAT THERE ARE NOW TWO TOWN MANAGEMENT OFFICES IN TSUEN WAN AND KWAI CHUNG, EACH WITH ITS OWN LIAISON AND EXECUTIVE STAFF AND HEADED BY AN ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER.
+THESE OFFICES ARE EQUIVALENT TO CITY DISTRICT OFFICES IN THE URBAN AREA AND PROVIDE COMPARABLE SERVICES TO THE IR LOCAL PUBLIC. WE HOPE THEY WILL BE WELL USED.+
MR. HAYES CONTINUED +HOWEVER, SUCH OFFICES CANNOT OPERATE EFFECTIVELY WITHOUT PUBLIC INTEREST AND SUPPORT AND I AM HAPPY TO STATE THAT LOCAL PARTICIPATION IS, IN FACT, CONSIDERABLE.
+ IT IS SPEAR-HEADED BY THE COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED IN 1976. MAJORITY OF UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS, PUBLIC SPIRITED PERSONS MANY OF LOCAL COMMUNITY. +
TSUEN WAN RECREATION AND AMENITIES THIS IMPORTANT BODY HAS A 15 IN NUMBER, SELECTED FROM WHOM HAVE LONG SERVED THE
MR. HAYES POINTED OUT THAT THE NETWORK OF AREA COMMITTEES THERE ARE AT PRESENT SIX AND THE IR NUMBER WILL BE EXPANDED ALSO ASSISTS THE DISTRICT OFFICE AND ITS TOWN MANAGEMENT OFFICERS WITH THEIR WORK, BRINGING FORWARD LOCAL PROBLEMS AND GIVING ADVICE AND HELP WHEN REQUESTED.
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