MONDAY, AUGUST 29, 1977.
TSUEN WAN RESIDENTS PARTICIPATE IN NEW TOWN'S DEVELOPMENT
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TSUEN WAN RESIDENTS ARE HAVING A GREATER SAY THAN EVER BEFORE IN THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND AMENITIES IN THE FAST-GROWING NEW TOWN.
THEIR VOICE IS BEING HEARD THROUGH A CORE OF 15 RURAL AND COMMUNITY LEADERS, BUSINESSMEN, SCHOOL HEADS, AND RESIDENTS' REPRESENTATIVES WHO HAVE BEEN GETTING TOGETHER FOR THE LAST 16 MONTHS TO DISCUSS THE NEEDS OF THE TOWN AS A WHOLE.
TOGETHER WITH EIGHT GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, THEY SIT IN THE MAJORITY ON THE TSUEN WAN RECREATION AND AMENITIES ADVISORY COMMITTEE, SET UP IN MARCH LAST YEAR.
THE COMMITTEE - THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN THE NEW TERRITORIES MEETS BI-MONTHLY WITH OFFICIAL MEMBERS REPRESENTING THE DISTRICT OFFICE, THE PUBLIC WORKS, URBAN SERVICES, EDUCATION AND SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENTS.
IN THE CHAIR IS THE TSUEN WAN TOWN MANAGER, JAMES HAYES, ASSISTED BY TWO VICE-CHAIRMEN - MR. CHAN PO-FONG, A FORMER CHAIRMAN OF THE TSUEN WAN RURAL COMMITTEE, AND MR, EDDIE SHORT, THE P.W.D.'S PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE NEW TOWN.
SINCE THE COMMITTEE WAS SET UP. ITS MEMBERS HAVE BEEN GETTING TOGETHER IN EIGHT FULL COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND NUMEROUS SUB-COMMITTEE MEETINGS ENDEAVOURING TO MAKE TSUEN WAN A MORE ATTRACTIVE PLACE
IN WHICH TO LIVE.
THEIR WORK IN THE FIRST YEAR HAS INCLUDED :
* ADVISING ON THE CONTENT AND LAYOUT OF URBAN AMENITIES SUCH
AS PARKS, PLAYGROUNDS AND SITTING-OUT AREAS.
* MASTERMINDING A DISTRICT-WIDE SURVEY ON THE PATTERN OF
LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES OF TSUEN WAN PEOPLE, WHICH WILL FORM A BASIS FOR FUTURE PLANNING BY THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES.
* SPONSORING A SCHEME TO IMPROVE THE RECREATIONAL AND AMENITY
CONDITIONS IN SOME OF THE OLDER TOWN SQUARES IN CENTRAL TSUEN WAN.
* STAGING AN EXHIBITION WHICH ENABLED THE LOCAL PEOPLE TO
COMMENT ON A NUMBER OF PROPOSED NEW-LOOK DESIGNS PREPARED BY A GROUP OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS FOR BEAUTIFYING THE TOWN SQUARES.
* PUTTING FORWARD SUGGESTIONS ON THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES
IN THE $19.2 MILLION MULTI-PURPOSE AUDITORIUM FOR TSUEN WAN, WORK ON WHICH IS WELL UNDERWAY AND SHOULD BE READY BY 1979.
* MEETING THE CONSULTANTS AND COMMENTING ON PROPOSALS FOR
THE TSO KUNG TAM PARK AND OUTDOOR RECREATION CENTRE.
SUPPORTING