SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 1977
STRONGER LINK BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND TSUEN WAN RESIDENTS
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TWO MORE PUBLIC ENQUIRY SERVICE CENTRES WILL SCON OPEN IN LAI KING ESTATE AND ON TSING YI ISLAND TO STRENGTHEN THE LINK BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND LOCAL PEOPLE IN TSUEN WAN NEW TOAN. SIX SUCH CENTRES ARE ALREADY BEING OPERATED EACH OF THEM CENTRALLY LOCATED IN VARIOUS AREAS TO FACILITATE PUBLIC ENQUIRIES.
TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICER (TOWN MANAGEMENT), MRS. ALICE LAI SAID THIS TODAY AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE KWAI CHUNG TOWN MANAGEMENT OFFICE -- THE SECOND CITY DISTRICT STYLE OFFICE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THE FIRST TOWN MANAGEMENT OFFICE, FOR CENTRAL TSUEN WAN, WENT INTO OPERATION IN FEBRUARY THIS YEAR.
ADDRESSING THE CEREMONY THIS MORNING, MRS. LAI SAID THE SETTING UP OF THE TOWN MANAGEMENT OFFICES WAS AIMED AT PROVIDING A FURTHER MEDIUM OF CONTACT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AS A RESULT OF RAPID DEVELOPMENT IN TSUEN VAN.
+ THE TOTAL POPULATION OF KWAI CHUNG DISTRICT IS IN THE REGION OF 400,000, OF WHOM SOME 360,000 LIVE IN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES WHILE THE REMAINING 40,000 LIVE IN THE PRIVATE SECTORS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.
+APART FROM THIS, THERE ARE ABOUT 2,000 FACTORIES IN THE DISTRICT WITH AN INDUSTRIAL POPULATION OF SOME 70,000, MANY OF WHOM COME FROM OTHER DISTRICTS OUTSIDE KWAI CHUNG,+ SHE SAID.
MRS. LAI SAID THE GREAT INFLUX OF POPULATION FROM URBAN DISTRICTS INTO TSUEN WAN HAS, AMONG OTHER THINGS, CREATED A STRONGER PRESSURE UPON THE EXISTING COMMUNITY SERVICES AND FACILITIES.
+ IN ORDER TO ENABLE EVERY ASPECT TO COPE WITH LOCAL DEVELOPMENT, IT IS MOST ESSENTIAL TO OBTAIN THE OPINIONS AND SUPPORT FROM THE LOCAL PEOPLE, SHE SAID.
THE NEW KWAI CHUNG TOWN MANAGEMENT OFFICE WAS OFFICIALLY OPENED BY MR. FRANCIS TIEN, LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR MR. JAMES HAYES, TSUEN WAN TOAN MANAGER MR. DEACON CHIU, LOCAL COMMUNITY LEADER AND MR. PETER YEUNG, CHAIRMAN OF THE TSUEN WAN RURAL COMMITTEE.
THE OPENING CEREMONY WAS FOLLOWED BY A LION DANCE, WHOSE EYES WERE DOTTED BY MR. TIEN. THE NEW TOWN MANAGEMENT OFFICE IS AT KWAL KING BUILDING, 31 KWONG FAT CIRCUIT.
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